[K3PZN-List] Hamfest Technical Session and Demonstration ... (HELP!)

[Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680)]

Dear CCARC,

Thank you for the honor of offering the technical 
presentation at our hamfest this Sunday.  As noted 
on the updated SimSat-4 mission web page under 
http://simsat.net my working title is " SimSat, 
High-Altitude Payloads, Microcontrollers and More."  

Rich and I might also have a demo, if a little 
additional help is available.  Here are some 
requests, for those who are not already over 
booked on Sunday . . . 

1. Please bring a portable radio (an HT is fine) that 
you can tune to 433.920 MHz FM, plus or minus 100 kHz 
in 5 kHz (or smaller) steps, to copy the downlink 
code.  

2. Please bring any microcontroller project you may 
have made in the past year to offer as a "show 'n' 
tell" opportunity.  If it is mounted on a solderless 
breadboard then that would be even better!  

3. Invite your friends, fellow hams, AND YOUNG 
PEOPLE (at least one) and a teacher.  This is also 
an education forum in a sense, although not advertised 
exactly as such.  

4. I NEED SOMEONE to please help me transport the 
helium cylinder from my home (near MD 97 and Bartholow 
Road, about 5 miles south of the club station) to the 
Hamfest early in the morning on Sunday.  A minivan or 
pickup truck would be fine.  We just need to be able 
to STRAP DOWN the tank to hold it firmly for the short 
ride.  Call me 301-286-1984 days or 301-537-7645 eves 
ASAP if you can help.  Thank you!  

5. Steve N3SB -- can you please update the club web 
page to add my title, and to correct the typo regarding 
the annual hamfest anniversary year.  ISN'T IT OUR 
TWENTIETH?  (The "19th" is listed on one page.)  

Congratulations to the club on this major milestone!  

6. Rich N3III -- please let me know if you need either 
a pressure transducer or a transmit module for your 
latest skunkworks attempt.  I can bring a spare or two 
from work to place in your HAND if you let me know 
soon.  Anything else??  

7. I will try to borrow a PowerPoint Projector for 
the presentation but it's not a done deal.  Have we 
a back up?  Thank you.  

This will be a productive and fun day for all!  

Cheers,

Pat Kilroy
N8PK