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    Saturday Breakfast at the
           Country Buffet!

M. Grönroos captured this unusual panorama of the Northern Lights using a Casio QV-3000EX/Ir digital camera. Photo details: 13 s exposure, aperture F2, about ISO 320 equiv. CCD (ISO 100 + 2 gain setting), temperature about -8 degrees Celsius (temperature affects CCD noise greatly), 35mm equivalent lens. March 20, 2001

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    The Saturday breakfast has caught on well. Twelve people attended the March 3rd meeting.
Attendees were;
Mel Peters           N7TSW
Terry Peters       Guest
Chuck Parker     KC7PDI
Max Johnson      KB7TMH
Scott Etlinger      KC7ZUH
Cindy Etlinger    KD7IXZ
Perry Hopkins    KD7EYM
Eric Stephenson KK7UE
Tony Thornton   KI7GA
David Stover       KC7YOE
Darrell Graham KC7AOI
Burt Younglove  WA7AXO

    There is no structured program people just get together and talk about what interests them. Burt brought his Log-book of 40 meter contacts from the night before and some Books we all wanted to steal.
    Oddly most of the conversation was HAM related. Go figure!
    Come to the next one It's FUN,  the first Saturday of each Month at the Country Buffet 106th & Washington
near Mall 205 !           
                                              CP

J. Jussila captured this dazzling image from a spot near the University of Oulu in Finland on 19 March, 2001, at ~21 UT. Photo details: Fuji Provia 100F, pushed 1 stop to 200ASA, 15 seconds exposre with 24 mm F/1,4 (Canon) lens. March 19, 2001