[amsat-bb] Tokyo Ham Fair 2018

[Jeff Boyd]

I would like to extend my gracious thanks to Keith Baker (KB1SF/VA3KSF) and
his wife Kathryn (KB1OGF/VA3OGF) for chatting me up during the Tokyo Ham
Fair this past weekend, where they had set up a booth promoting the next
Dayton Hamvention.

https://i.imgur.com/Po65neI.jpg

As the former president and current treasurer of AMSAT, Mr. Baker was
tickled that I had on my Fox-1A T-shirt (that I wore specifically for the
occasion), and that spawned a great conversation about the current state of
amateur satellites -- he pointed out that it was the move to the
now-ubiquitous "cubesat" form factor that resulted in a Cambrian Explosion
of satellite development. We also chatted about each other's backgrounds,
and I got to interpret for some other interested Japanese attendees who had
come over.

Mr and Mrs Baker are both charming people and I hope they are here next
year for the 2019 event as well!

P.S. The JAMSAT (Japanese organization) booth:
https://i.imgur.com/jE66KPc.jpg

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J. Boyd
JR2TTS/NI3B
the2belo at gmail.com