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    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/RKYEFDNZON24JB36ZIGIWQUXH5WDIEDJ/",
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        "address": "stefan_wagener (a) hotmail.com",
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    "sender_name": "Stefan Wagener",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb]  Orbital Classroom -Where is it?????????",
    "date": "2007-12-21T04:18:43Z",
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    "content": "Hi folks,\n\nHaving read through many, many emails about Eagle, GEO's and other stuff I\nwould like to introduce an idea that has captured me for a few years (!) now\nand has never come up. We all agree (I assume) that amateur radio and\nsatellites is a great combination and fun. I assume most of us love it and\nthose that don't at least make a living from it otherwise they wouldn't do\nit. In addition, the big majority of us have some grey hairs, but we are\nstill trying to learn and challenge our brains (scary thought). Having said\nthat, when I came back from the AMSAT annual meeting (symposium) this year I\nfelt we missed a great opportunity and to be more specific we have absolute\nnothing in place to teach and educate our members and the community. Yes, we\ngo to hamfests and events and have a pretty PowerPoint or in the \"parking\nlot\" demo, but where are the courses, the classes that help us better\nunderstand for example the orbital mechanics of a satellites, the satellite\ncommunication principles for VHF and UHF, the design of L and S band\nantennas? All the stuff that goes beyond our basic license and would keep us\nlearning????\n\nI look at the ARRL and see many exciting courses and AMSAT has nothing in\nplace. Some of the material has been written up and I applaud Gould Smith\nand others that took the time to write these documents. \n\nThe problem is that they are books! No interaction, no feedback, etc. I\nbelieve we can do so much more.\n\nWhy don't we have pre-conference courses at AMSAT meetings that allow our\nparticipants to learn? Why don't we offer certificates for continuing\neducation based on accomplishments in learning and become much more\neducated? Where is the course on emergency preparedness and satellites (GEOs\nanyone). How do I interpret two line Keppler data and what will happen if I\nmodify some of those numbers (ANDE re-entry anyone)? How about a basic\ncourse in SRD or building small beautiful satellites and lessons learned\n(Bob Bruninga's ideas). All this would add value, probably generate some\nresources for AMSAT (course fees) and make us proud of learning and sharing\nknowledge and not just opinions. For example, I would have no problem adding\n$ 30 -50 to my registration fee for the AMSAT symposium and having a full\nday workshop. Everyone else is doing it and all the conferences I go to.\n\nNo, I am not talking about amateur satellite 101 for newcomers (that still\nis important), I am talking about \"meat\" for those that are part of the\nhobby already and want to move to the next level of knowledge. We have\nthousands of members and our pool of potential instructors is big. I would\nhighly encourage the board to seriously look at this. I know that Rick\nHambly is fully committed to make the education a bigger part of AMSAT and\nwe need to support him. I for one have no problem in teaching and\nvolunteering for a course at the next AMSAT meeting but it would be very\nnice if you share your thoughts about this. Maybe it is just me and everyone\nelse is fine but maybe the next \"Orbital Classroom\" is finally that, a\nclassroom and not just a two page paper in the journal!\n\n \n\nHave a great Christmas and Holiday Season and many contacts in 2008. \n\n \n\n",
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