..I too am frustrated by the almost complete abscense of any thing related to AMSAT or the satellites coming out of QST....
We have no one to blame but ourselves if WE miss the opportunity to submit articles to QST. They would WELCOME well-written articles on the topic.
I might add that CQ-VHF has invited as much satellite and amateur radio in space articles as we can muster. Below are the CQ-VHF Magazine links for their issue highlights which provide an abstract of what has been published in the print magazine. You need to get the paper version for the entire article and pictures ...
AMSAT's 2007 Space Symposium announcements ... http://www.cq-vhf.com/2007AMSATSymWint08.html
Get Ready For SuitSat-2 ... http://www.cq-vhf.com/GetReadyForSuitSpr08.html
The ARRL also published an AMSAT article they felt was more timely on their amateur radio news & features web rather than waiting for the magazine ... http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2008/03/05/10005?nc=1
I'm not a born writer but the editor staff at CQ VHF and ARRL polished everything up after they got my basic article and photos. I'm sure there are editors standing by for everything else we'd like to tell about operating satellites!
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm@amsat.org