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* AMSAT Academy to be Held Prior to Dayton
Hamvention
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-065
ANS-065 AMSAT News Service Special
Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 065.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON,
MD.
DATE March 5, 2020
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID:
$ANS-065.01
Come join us the day before Hamvention, for AMSAT® Academy –
a unique
opportunity to learn all about amateur radio in space and working
FM,
linear transponder, and digital satellites currently in
orbit.
AMSAT® Academy will be held Thursday, May 14, 2020, from 9:00am
to
5:00pm, at the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (DARA) Clubhouse,
loc-
ated at 6619 Bellefontaine Rd, Dayton, Ohio.
The $85 registration
fee includes:
• Full day of instruction, designed for both beginners and
advanced
amateur radio satellite operators, and taught by some of the
most
accomplished AMSAT operators.
• Digital copy of Getting Started
with Amateur Satellites, 2020 Edi-
tion ($15 value)
• One-Year, AMSAT®
Basic Membership ($44 value)
• Pizza Buffet Lunch
• Invitation to the
Thursday night AMSAT® get together at Ticket Pub
and Eatery in
Fairborn.
Registration closes May 8, 2020. No sign ups at the door. No
refunds,
no cancellations.
Registrations may be purchased on the AMSAT
store at
https://www.amsat.org/product/2020-amsat-academy-registration/
[ANS
thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, Vice President - User Services for
the above
information]
/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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