A brilliantly formatted and well written Journal. Kudos to the authors, editors and layout folks. Wow.
Ev, W2EV Rochester VHF Group
On Friday, May 1, 2020, 08:32:33 AM EDT, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-122
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In this edition:
* New AMSAT Membership Portal Launched, March/April 2020 Edition of The AMSAT Journal Now Available
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-122 ANS-122 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 122.01
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE May 1, 2020 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-122.01
New AMSAT Membership Portal Launched, March/April 2020 Edition of The AMSAT Journal Now Available
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of the AMSAT office, the March/April 2020 edition of The AMSAT Journal will not be printed and mailed to members. Instead, a full-color PDF is being made available on the AMSAT website. The issue can be downloaded below:
https://tinyurl.com/ANS-MarAprJournal
This issue includes detailed information about AMSAT's new online membership portal, now active at https://launch.amsat.org. AMSAT members are encouraged to review this article, which includes detailed instructions on accessing your membership account. Stay tuned for more features, including members-only content coming soon.
Articles in the March/April 2020 edition of The AMSAT Journal:
* Apogee View - Clayton Coleman, W5PFG * Engineering Update - Jerry Buxton, N0JY * Treasurer's Report - Robert Bankston, KE4AL * AMSAT's New Member and Event Portal - Robert Bankston, KE4AL * amsatLink — Proposed Wireless Communications Network - Robert Bankston, KE4AL * Educational Relations Update - Alan Johnston, KU2Y * A New Design for the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator - Alan Johnston, KU2Y; Jim McLaughlin, KI6ZUM; David White, WD6DRI; Pat Kilroy, N8PK * For Beginners — Amateur Radio Satellite Primer IV - Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF * PSAT 1U — A Low-Cost, EasyBuild 1U CubeSat - George Downey, Robert Bruninga, WB4APR * Gridmaster Heat Map - Paul Overn, KE0PBR
[ANS thanks the AMSAT office for the above information]
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73 and Remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space,
This week's ANS Contributing Editor,
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