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* Sean Kutzko, KX9X, Appointed AMSAT Volunteer
Coordinator
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-083
ANS-083 AMSAT News Service Special
Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 083.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON,
MD.
DATE March 23, 2020
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID:
$ANS-083.01
Sean Kutzko, KX9X, Appointed AMSAT Volunteer
Coordinator
AMSAT President Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, has announced the
appointment
of Sean Kutzko, KX9X, as Volunteer Coordinator.
First
licensed in 1982 as KA9NGH, Kutzko served as both ARRL Contest
Branch Manager
(2007-2013) and ARRL Media and Public Relations Mana-
ger (2013-2017). He was
the creator and co-administrator of the ARRL
National Parks on the Air
(NPOTA) program in 2016. An active HF and
VHF contester, DXer and backpack
QRP enthusiast, Kutzko started work-
ing satellites in 2011 and has
transmitted from over fifty different
grid squares. He has written
instructional materials on satellite op-
erating for the AMSAT website, QST,
and blogs regularly on satellite
topics for the DX Engineering blog "On All
Bands."
"It's an honor to be able to volunteer for AMSAT," Kutzko said.
"When
[new AMSAT president] Clayton [Coleman, W5PFG] asked if I would
help
coordinate a team of volunteers, I jumped at the opportunity. AMSAT
is
a great organization and helping find good volunteers who are
willing
to help all areas of AMSAT's growth and development is the least
I
could do for the organization that has given me a lot of enjoyment
and
technical skill."
Outside of Amateur Radio, Kutzko is a freelance
PR/communications
consultant and voiceover artist, as well as a baker of
artisan breads,
pizza and pastries. He also plays drums in a classic
rock/country
band, Silverweed. He lives in Urbana, Illinois.
[ANS
thanks AMSAT President Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, for the above
in-
formation]
/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT
offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club,
as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive
addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the
AMSAT
Office.
73 and Remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in
Space,
This week's ANS Contributing Editor,
Paul Stoetzer,
N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot
org
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