[KL7AA] LEO Luncheon, April 17th.

[Dan O'Barr]

To all who are interested in the higher tech aspects of Amateur Radio.
You are invited to the next Infamous LEO Luncheon.

Meeting will be held at: 

Szechuan Restaurant
11751 Business Blvd
Eagle River, AK. 99577
694-9168
12 Noon, Saturday, April 17th

Speakers are:

Reginald Driscoll- WA6ZAP�.Reg was a project engineer for ATT and Bectel
Corp�s. He has worked and designed electronic and electrical equipment and
installations through out the world. He will be talking to us about the
installation and design of grounding systems in Amateur Radio stations.

Mike Melum- KL6M�.Mike is a world famous 70 CM EME�er. Mike�s 30 Foot dish is
awesome. He will be talking to us about EME in general, how to get on EME, some
of his own adventures on EME. Believe me when you here the story of how he
acquired the 30-foot dish and got it up you will be awestruck. Mike will bring
some equipment and play some tapes of EME contacts.  Check his web site out at:
http://www.qsl.net/kl6m/.

Dan O�Barr- KL7DR�.Dan is President of MARA http://www.KL7JFU.com, Alaska Area
Coordinator for AMSAT # 24622, BP51ho http://www.amsat.org, 
Founding member of, and recipient of a �Certificate of Appreciation as Elmer of
The Year 2000� for The Great and Honorable LEO Society (Gahleos)
http://gahleos.obarr.net, 
Communications Coordinator for the Re-start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
http://www.iditarod.com,
Current board member and communications adviser to The American Red Cross
http://alaska.redcross.org,
Owner, Alyeska Technologies http://www.obarr.net/professional,
1st Lieutenant Alaska State Defense Force http://www.ak-prepared.com/asdf,
Emergency Communications Specialist for the Wasilla Alaska Stake of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints http://www.lds.org
Member of ARRL http://www.arrl.org
Member of AARC http://www.kl7aa.org
Member of ARES http://www.qsl.net/aresalaska 
Dan will give an update on the current operating LEO satellites and the
upcoming launch this summer of AMSAT�s new LEO satellite---�ECHO.�

73�s
Mike KL7AR / kl7dr