Hey guys, so there is this "Virtual Ham Radio Expo" on August 8th and 9th with a lot of exhibitors and a lot of virtual presenters. I noted that there was no "Getting Started" type of satellite presentation. I threw something out to the BB a week ago and aside from a response from Michelle, nothing else.

We are so caught up in our controversies, that we seem to be forgetting that there are a whole lot of people who just want to learn about this fascinating aspect of our hobby. If we don't watch it, WE WILL DRIVE THEM AWAY FROM THE ORGANIZATION!

Read Eric's email below. I am not the guy to produce a compelling "Getting Started" video, but I would like to work with someone who thinks they have one, and I would partner with them for the Q and A sessions. The deadline here is Saturday of this week.

Lets make this happen!

From: Eric 4Z1UG eric@qsotoday.com Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 11:40 PM To: tjschuessler@verizon.net Subject: Re: Expo Contact Form Message

Dear Thomas,

You are right, there is no AMSAT representation in this Expo this time around. AMSAT does not have a booth, and none of the potential speakers replied to my invitations.

If you have an excellent 20 to 30 minute video about AMSAT that you can send to me before Saturday, I will include it into a speaker Slot and give you a Q&A spot just after its first showing. Otherwise, we will do this again in March 2021 and hopefully someone from AMSAT will contact me.

73,

Eric, 4Z1UG

Eric Guth Tel: +1-213-577-0091 http://www.qsotoday.com http://www.qsotodayhamexpo.com

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 5:36 AM mailto:eric@qsotoday.com wrote: I am an AMSAT member and part of the Ambassadors program who take AMSAT presentations to hamests and clubs. I noted that there are NO presentations relating to Amateur Radio in Space except the one on QO-100. Unfortunately, that is a satellite opportunity not available to western hemisphere stations. I sent an email out to the AMSAT mail reflextor and got no direct response from anyone else interested in presenting for your event. Is it too late to get presentation slots? I would like to do an Intro to satellites presentation. Please let me know if someone else has approached yo about this. If so, that is fine, but I see nothign in your topics list and so would be willing to put myself forward to do it. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thomas Schuessler N5HYP 2144031464