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    PR # 32211                                                                   
     About 10\% of the low-z, radio-quiet quasars observed with the ROSAT        
     PSPC have energy slopes steeper than 2. On the contrary, the 1-10 keV       
     spectrum of most quasars (less than 20), observed by EXOSAT and Ginga       
     have slopes flatter than 1. This proposal is to observe with ASCA two       
     of the brightest steep PSPC quasars, to investigate whether such a          
     spectral shape extends up to 10 keV, or if there is a break in the          
     ASCA band.                                                                  
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
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