I answered last year to a call and I got an answer from AMSAT ... but it was negative due to the ITAR regulations and my Spanish nationality :-)
Maybe if the US relax ITAR for hamradio satellites we (non-US hams) can help in future projects. :-)
Just my 2 cents :-)
Jaime, EA4TV El 07/06/2013 19:43, "John Stephensen" kd6ozh@comcast.net escribió:
If AMSAT asks for volunteers its usually for newsletters, booth duty or web site maintenance. The AMSAT BoD raises money, provides it to groups doing development of amateur satellites and provides general services like this mailing list. In my experience, satellites are developed by dedicated teams that will ask for volunteers for specific tasks. For example, I was a volunteer for Eagle U-band receiver development. AMSAT might have passed on a name and the position had already been filled.
73,
John KD6OZH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Lubbers K8TL" k8tl@earthlink.net To: "AMSAT BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 15:55 UTC Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT needs volunteers ???
Over the past half century I responded several times to AMSAT’s call for
volunteers and never heard back from them. I was happy to hear from my son when he volunteered his software talents to AMSAT and told me that they had asked when would be a good time to contact him. His job title is Software Engineer with over 30 years experience, a number of published articles and winner of a number of design contests. He is also comfortable with hardware and firmware. If I mention a piece of hardware or software that I wish was a available in my ham shack it is usually available the next time he visits.
Oh by the way I see AMSAT is still looking for a software guy, they never followed up on their request of when they could contact him. They sure blew an opportunity there.
Tom K8TL
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