Thank you to all the members that nominated me for the AMSAT Board of Directors. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Paul Stoetzer, N8HM. An AMSAT Life Member, I served as AMSAT’s Secretary from 2015-2017 and as Executive Vice President since 2017.
There have been suggestions made that AMSAT is "stagnant," "in hibernation," or "sitting on our thumbs." Nothing could be further from the truth. By any objective measurement, the past five years have been incredibly successful for AMSAT. Membership and satellite activity has grown. We have launched four satellites and placed a transponder on a fifth. One satellite (RadFxSat-2 / Fox-1E) is completed and awaiting launch no earlier than the third quarter of this year, and we have launch opportunities for the first two satellites of our GOLF series. Additionally, we completed the Multi-Voltage Power Supply for ARISS, have engaged in more partnerships to fly our linear transponder module, and begun work on the Amateur Radio EXploration (AREx) program to place an amateur communications system on the Lunar Gateway. The work done by our engineering team leads us well-poised for the future. I believe that within the next few years, we will be in a position to place a CubeSat in HEO and provide the worldwide amateur community with a resource they have not enjoyed since AO-40. This will not be an easy task. It is critical that the engineering team continues their work on the GOLF project perfecting the systems that will enable us to operate a CubeSat in a HEO environment. The first GOLF satellite, GOLF-TEE, will serve as a testbed for these technologies in LEO. Data gained from that mission will further inform our engineering team's efforts. While our engineering team continues their hard work building the satellites, the rest of the leadership team must work equally as hard fundraising for a HEO launch opportunity. It will not be an easy task, but I know we can do it. Please vote for me, Mark, N8MH, and Bruce, KK5DO. Together we will return amateur radio to HEO.
I encourage you to read my candidate statement at https://www.upwardtoheo.com/biographies/paul-stoetzer-n8hm
I've also written some more information about why I'm running for the Board at https://www.upwardtoheo.com/updates/why-im-running-n8hm
Former AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, explains why Mark, N8MH, Bruce, KK5DO, and I are the best choices in this election at https://www.upwardtoheo.com/updates/former-amsat-president-barry-baines-wd4a...
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Paul, N8HM