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<div align="center"><font color="#999999" size="1">The Amateur Radio Facility at Bochum</font></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>The <strong>AMSAT-DL</strong> satellite symposium and AGM will be held in Bochum, Germany on Saturday, October 5, 2013.<br><br>The AMSAT Deutschland Facebook page says <br><em>“There will be certainly some exciting news!”</em><br>
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<p><br>The radome of the amateur radio facility at Bochum houses an impressive 20 metre dish antenna that was used to bounce amateur radio signals off the planet Venus. <br><br>The AMSAT-DL Symposium lecture schedule<br>
<br>Saturday 05.10.2013<br><br>10:15 – 10:30 Welcome<br><br>10:30 – 11:15 Stereo A / B status and Turbo Code introduction, experience report by Mario Lorenz, DL5MLO<br><br>11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break<br><br>11:45 – 12:15 Asteroid Defense by Wolfgang Wittholt, Fernuni Hagen<br>
<br>12:15 – 12:45 Space Generantion Advisory Council (SGAC) Small Satellite Project Group (SSPG) presentation and objectives by Dennis Mattes<br><br>12:45 – 14:00 Lunch break<br><br>14:00 Current and new projects / project progress / etc then an official part of the AGM with elections.<br>
<br>AMSAT-DL event announcement<br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/397993230305940/permalink/419259888179274/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/397993230305940/<br>permalink/419259888179274/</a><br>
<br>AMSAT-DL<br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/AMSAT-DL" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/AMSAT-DL</a><br></p></div>