Back to the future. Tucson stuff. I have forgotten what I wrote somewhat so there might be some duplication. I was just going to check the schedule for the event but I then remembered that the schedule is in with the project proceedings which are in my bags. And these bags are not yet located according to the WorldTracer web site. Strange. How hard can it be… are not the bags checked before they go onto each flight? Maybe not.

Well, I had a number of friends on the same flight from Tucson to Dallas/Fort Worth. Two of them checked in together and checked in together and were catching the same connecting flight to Dayton. The pilot of that connecting flight said that all the bags had got onto the flight. Well, not quite. One of my friends had his bag missing in Dayton. For some reason it did not make the plane. Oops. Dunno why the pilot reported otherwise.

Friday night was a buffet ‘social’ snack. This is the first time I have ever seen a complete pig on a spit be used for a ‘snack’. There was a collection of mexican and more western food – tons of beans, pork and fresh fruit. Amazing food, and too much left over.

Saturday morning was all about some new satellites. It was great to hear about what was going on with the satelites under development. And what the capabilities are going to be. The idea with all the new birds is that they will all be extending the ‘state of the art’.

The afternoon talks were mostly on Software Defined Radios. Unfortunately I did not get to see most of this as I had an introduction talk to give – about two hours of it. Fortunately I cheated – I had a few people come in to give more expert updates and introductions and advertising. And this created some connections between the newbies and the suppliers.

Anyway that is enough for now. More later…