A few Project Oscar folks (ok, only one, me!) participated in the Yuri’s Night Event at NASA Ames, along with folks with the NASA Ames Amateur Radio Club and the 50 MHz and Up Club.
The amateur radio club “theme” for Bay Area Yuri’s Night 2008 was Earth-moon-Earth (EME), e.g. working OSCAR-ZERO. Two EME stations were setup, an excellent 1296 MHz station and a 2m station. Four contacts were made on 1296 Mhz (which really is a lot) and two stations were copied on 2m (no QSOs, maybe next year). All-in-all, the guys talked to a lot of people from the general public, and the event was an amazing success for space exploration, amateur radio, and the public!
Pictures are available here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/n9jim-6/sets/72157604519871420/
73!
