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A PART OF A BALLOON LAUNCH.  SATELLITES AND FOXORING A COMBINATION OF
CLASSIC ORIENTEERING AND DIRECTION FINDING ON 80 METERS WERE THE FOCUS ON
THURSDAY.  RUTH ROTATED CAMPERS BETWEEN A PRESENTATION ON ALL ASPECTS OF
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS AND CONDUCTING FM PASSES.  CAMPERS WERE ABLE TO
WATCH HER DEMONSTRATION, BE COACHED THROUGH MAKING CONTACTS USING HER
EQUIPMENT, AND THEN ATTEMPT THEIR OWN PASS WITH ARROW ANTENNAS AND ICOM
HANDHELD TRANSCEIVERS.  THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE HOW COMPLEX AND FUN SATELLITE
CONTACTS CAN BE, AND WERE THRILLED TO MAKE A FEW CONTACTS.  THA T
AFTERNOON, BOB FREY, WA6EZV, LED A FOXORING WORKSHOP AND COMPETITION.
IRST, WE USED ORIENTEERING MAPS TO FIND SPECIFIC CIRCLE CHECKPOINTS TO
DETERMINE WHERE BEACONS WOULD BE LOCATED IN A COURSE AROUND THE MUSEUM.
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