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Ham Appointed Chief of Army MARS

On Friday, September 25, veteran Army communicator Jim Griffin, KE7LJA, became Chief of the Army Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS). Major General Susan Lawrence, Commanding General of the 9th Signal Command (Army), named Griffin to succeed Stuart Carter; Carter has held the Chief’s post since December 2006. MARS, the Defense Department-sponsored organization of Amateur Radio operators who volunteer for communications support in emergencies, is a component of the 9th SC(A).

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/09/26/11093/?nc=1

SimSat-4 Launch Status

From Pat Kilroy, N8PK

The SimSat-4 high-altitude balloon experiment launch was scrubbed this past Saturday morning due to weather. It was rescheduled to this coming Saturday morning, October 3.

It features the PICetSat II module, flying a microcontroller similar to that originally designed by our own Rich Mitchell N3III and Steve Beckman N3SB.

You are invited to check it out!

For more insight on the mission or the scrub, go to http://simsat.net under SimSat-4.
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