AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-082
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* AMSAT/TAPR Banquet To Be Held in Honor of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 082.01 From AMSAT HQ WASHINGTON, DC DATE March 23, 2022 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-082.01
AMSAT/TAPR Banquet To Be Held in Honor of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
The 13th annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be held at the Kohler Presidential Banquet Center on Friday, May 20th at 18:30 EDT. This dinner is always a highlight of the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corp.) and TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio) activities during the Dayton Hamvention. This year’s banquet will honor the life and accomplishments of long time amateur satellite and amateur packet pioneer Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, who passed away in February.
The Kohler Presidential Banquet Center is located at 4548 Presidential Way, Kettering, Ohio – about 20 minutes away from the Greene County Fairgrounds.
Tickets ($57 each) may be purchased from the AMSAT store. The banquet ticket purchase deadline is Friday, May 13th. Banquet tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be sold at the AMSAT booth. There will be no tickets to pick up at the AMSAT booth. Tickets purchased on-line will be maintained on a list with check-in at the door at the banquet center. Seating is limited to the number of meals reserved with the Kohler caterers based on the number of tickets sold by the deadline.
Register today at https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-tapr-joint-hamvention-banquet-registrati...
[ANS thanks AMSAT & TAPR for the above information]
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This week's ANS Contributing Editor,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org