ARLA/CLUSTER: 10 razões da AMSAT para irmos (quem tiver disponibilidade financeira) à Dayton Hamfest

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Amsat: Top 10 reasons to come to Dayton

10. Rub shoulders with 25,000 of your best friends at the largest
hamfest in the United States, including all of the AMSAT Directors and
senior officers.
See the latest equipment from Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood, Flex, Alinco, M2,
Arrow, and many other manufacturers of amateur radio equipment and
accessories. Take advantage of discounted pricing you won't find anywhere else.

9. Find out how to organize a contact with the astronauts on the
International Space Station for your local school or youth group from
our Education and ARISS experts.

8. Pickup the latest AMSAT golf shirts, T-shirts, and hats. Get your
copy of the updated "Amateur Satellite Frequency Guide" (laminated
frequency chart) and Gould Smith's just revised "Getting Started with
Amateur Satellites" (book).
We'll also have assembled wide-band preamps and antennas that are
great for portable operation.

7. See demonstrations of SatPC32 and MacDoppler satellite tracking
software, and get your operational questions answered. Meet Don Agro,
author of MacDoppler (Friday & Saturday, 2-3 p.m.). See a
demonstration of the LVB Tracker, a computer interface to the Yaesu
azimuth-elevation rotors. Talk with Mike Young, who has built more LVB
Trackers than anyone else. Assembled LVB Trackers will be available.

6. Hear a team presentation at the joint AMSAT/TAPR dinner on the new
AMSAT Ground Terminal (AGT). AGT is using Five and Dime (5 GHz uplink,
10 GHz downlink) technology that is being developed for the Phase 3E
(P3E) HEO satellite, the Phase 4B (P4B) geosynchronous satellite, and
the Cube Quest Challenge (CQC) lunar mission. While much of the P3E
and P4B *satellite* development is classified, the AGT is all open
source and public information.

5. Hear the latest on the *five* Fox satellites, P3E, P4B, CQC, the
International Space Station, other current and future satellites, education
news, and an AMSAT update at the AMSAT Forum Saturday, from 11:15 to 1:30.

4. Get one-on-one guidance on setting up your satellite station and
making contacts at our "Beginner's Corner". Witness live
demonstrations of contacts through satellites AO-7, AO-73, AO-85,
FO-29, SO-50, XW-2A, XW-2C, and XW-2F using handheld antennas.

3. Meet and interact with some of the Engineering Team members working
on the Fox-1 satellites and our new Five and Dime AMSAT ground
terminal. Learn all of the public information and get breaking news on
the Virginia Tech plans for the Phase 3E and Phase 4B satellites.

2. Get satellite station and operating tips from some of the best
satellite operators in the country, including John Papay K8YSE (1,575
grids confirmed), Doug Papay KD8CAO (1,159 grids), Drew Glasbrenner
KO4MA (1,343 grids), Paul Stoetzer (450 grids), and Wyatt Dirks AC0RA
(938 grids).

1. Receive special premiums when you join or renew your AMSAT
membership at Dayton, including an updated "Amateur Satellite
Frequency Guide" (laminated frequency chart), and special pricing on
the SatPC32 satellite tracking software.

Steve Belter, N9IP
Dayton Team Leader