I'm sorry I haven't done this sooner, but editorial deadlines have prevented me from getting much else done over the last month and a half. So without further ado...an introduction is in order. My name is Larry Van Horn, the ham call is N5FPW. I'm the managing editor of Satellite Times magazine, a division of Grove Enterprises. I live in Brasstown, North Carolina, the home of Grove Enterprises (we also publish Monitoring Times magazine). I have been involved with satellites and the space program in one form or another for the last 30 years. Before coming to Grove in the summer of 1993 I was in the United States Navy (retired after 23 years of service). I worked in naval communications and electronics. Most of my energy over the years has been aimed towards the RF end of the satellite listening spectrum, but I have done some visual observing as well. Now that I live in an RF quiet zone, and in an area of totally darkened skies (no city lights around here), I plan on doing a lot more visual and RF observing of satellites. I have written numerous articles on satellites and even published a book that went through three editions in the 1980's called "Communications Satellites." Now that we have a magazine here at Grove devoted to satellites and space, I plan on spending more time updating information on our web site about listening and viewing satellites. It is a slow process, but I feel it is a good medium to share information (just like the seesat-L and hearsat-L lists). I have been very impressed with the information I have seen on both lists and the nice folks that post to these list, very professional and cordial people. If I or any member of the Satellite Times staff can be of any assistance be sure to drop me e-mail and I will see that it gets into the right hands. You can reach me at: steditor@grove.net. Our web site is at http://www.grove.net. Again I apologize for not doing this sooner, but deadlines sometimes exact a toll in getting things done in the time I would like to get it done in. Best Regards to All, Larry Van Horn "If you're not looking up---you're looking in the wrong direction." Larry Van Horn, Managing Editor Satellite Times Magazine E-mail address: steditor@grove.net