‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2019 QST PAGE 67 ƒ AND NEEDS TO HAVE A BEAM ANTENNA AND SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED. PETER P. VEKINIS BECAME A RADIO AMATEUR IN SOUTH AFRICA IN 1975, AND NOW HOLDS SEVERAL CALL SIGNS, INCLUDING EI4GV, SV0GV, VE3PPV, KH6VP, AND LX1QF. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN COMPUTERS SINCE THE 1970S, HAVING DESIGNED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR PERSONAL COMPUTERS. HE ORIGINATED THE PICOSAT SYSTEM AT THE AMSAT CONFERENCE IN 1995 AND 1996, HAS RESEARCHED ASTRONOMY AND SETI, HAS BEEN AN INSPECTOR, AND HAS PRODUCED MANY VIDEOS INCLUDING ESPRIT ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ