Also, watch for the results of Field Day 2010 in the July/August issue of the AMSAT Journal.

73...bruce

Joe,

Mine arrived relatively recently. For years I have noticed that I get magazines, newsletters, etc, not just the Journal, significantly later than others. One of the mysteries of snail mail and living in the country.

Alan WA4SCA

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Gary "Joe" Mayfield Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 11:24 PM To: 'Gould Smith'; AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Latest AMSAT Journal

Gould,

Please don't take my message the wrong way. I love the journal, but have had MANY delivery issues. I have yet to receive the May/June issue.

73, Joe kk0sd

-----Original Message----- From: Gould Smith [mailto:gouldsmi@bellsouth.net] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:21 PM To: Gary "Joe" Mayfield; AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: Latest AMSAT Journal

The latest AMSAT Journal (July/August 2010) will be at the printer's next week.

We are always open to new submissions, this is he main contributing factor for the delay in getting the Journal out.

Kudos to Ed Long, JoAnne Maenpaa and Bill Hook for doing a great job! Also, Many Thanks to the authors that make the Journal such an anticipated publication.

73, Gould, WA4SXM ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Neeley" w6zkh@att.net To: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" gary_mayfield@hotmail.com; AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:29 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Journal

May/June I received last Tuesday. Looks like they are an issue behind.

W6ZKH

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From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" gary_mayfield@hotmail.com To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Fri, August 27, 2010 7:22:54 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Journal

What is the most recent AMSAT Journal? When did it show up at people's QTH?

Thanks and 73,

Joe kk0sd

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You know that it still costs only 3 cents to mail a letter (same charge that was made during the Civil War). The remainder is for storage costs!

Glen, K9STH

Website: http://k9sth.com

Everyone,

First - sorry for the slow response to this thread. Seems like everything I do is late!!!

Second - the Journal delays are due to a number of factors. The two greatest factors are a lack of publishable articles and me. I frequently have a lack of enough articles to produce a full issue on time. So I delay publication until I can get enough content to publish an issue. Secondly, I have a real job and busy life and I frequently have to travel. (Ask Barry how many times he's called me and I was in England or China or some far away place like that.) That prevents me from working on the Journal and that delays things sometimes. I try my best to get the Journal to you on time, but it seems that most times I am unsuccessful.

The plan is to send the Journal to the printer the first week of the second month shown on the cover. For example, the January/February issue should go to the printer the first week of February. The printer should get it into the mail the week after that so that you would receive the issue mid to late February. That should hold true throughout the year. Unfortunately it doesn't happen that way very often, thus the delays. AMSAT certainly is NOT delaying the Journal - I am - for the reasons above.

So I apologize for the delays. I do try to provide you with a quality Journal with a variety of interesting and informative articles. Thanks to the great people that contribute to the Journal and my associate editors, Bill Hook and JoAnne Maaenpaa, we eventually get there with each issue. Despite the fact that I've been late, we have NOT completely missed any issues.

I hope this explains things a bit. I know it's not acceptable, but we try to do the very best we can. BTW - the July/August issue went to the printer last week so it's running late too. This delay was due to me this time. Houston was HOT!!!

Ed Long WA4SWJ Editor, The AMSAT Journal ----

From: gary_mayfield@hotmail.com To: andres@msu.edu; amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:09:23 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Latest AMSAT Journal

Steve,

I believe AMSAT is sending the Journal, and I don't remember claiming they weren't. I also know it quite often doesn't get here. It is the only piece of regularly scheduled mail I have trouble with. I suspect the postal service is having problems between me and AMSAT. I was just checking to see if that has happened again. The answer I got leads me to believe it is too soon to tell with this issue of the magazine. I asked the original question simply because it is very difficult to know when you were supposed to get something you didn't get :-)

73, Joe kk0sd

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of STeve Andre' Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 11:30 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Latest AMSAT Journal

On Saturday 28 August 2010 00:24:10 Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:

...

Gould,

 Please don't take my message the wrong way.  I love the journal, but

have had MANY delivery issues. I have yet to receive the May/June issue.

73, Joe kk0sd

Joe,

Don't assume that AMSAT didn't send it to you 'till you've verified it with them and they think they had a problem.

I've had delivery issues on things too, and it is the fault of the Post Office. Your local PO can range from fantastic to wretched, and here in Ann Arbor MI, it seems like we're more towards the wrong end of the scale. One issue of QST had a completely mangled front cover, so bad that I called the PO here and complained. The response was... "Oh.". Lansing MI on the other hand, has such an efficient system that a letter mail to my home town of Ann Arbor *gets there faster* than the same thing mailed *in* Ann Arbor in most cases.

So when the ham mag you've been waiting for looks like a war refugee, or has been AWOL for 1 week+, think about the system that carries it to you. Note: This is not a rant against the USPO--I support it, but I think it needs help, and I don't think that money is the answer.

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Ed,

I understand fully. I'm the editor of my Astronomy Club's newsletter, A much smaller publication than the Journal and I've experienced everything you have as well.

It's important to balance all the things in life and as I've mentioned to folks, it's a hobby and life likes to throw higher priorities in your way more oft than not.

I'm sure all appreciate your efforts.

Once I get a few bucks stashed off, I'll send my check in to join AMSAT. And I've got an article Idea for you.

73

Clear Skies

Rick Tejera Editor SACnews, Public Outreach Coordinator Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org saguaroastro@cox.net K7TEJ

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Ed Long Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 20:01 To: gary_mayfield@hotmail.com; andres@msu.edu; AMSAT-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Latest AMSAT Journal

Everyone,

First - sorry for the slow response to this thread. Seems like everything I do is late!!!

Second - the Journal delays are due to a number of factors. The two greatest factors are a lack of publishable articles and me. I frequently have a lack of enough articles to produce a full issue on time. So I delay publication until I can get enough content to publish an issue. Secondly, I have a real job and busy life and I frequently have to travel. (Ask Barry how many times he's called me and I was in England or China or some far away place like that.) That prevents me from working on the Journal and that delays things sometimes. I try my best to get the Journal to you on time, but it seems that most times I am unsuccessful.

The plan is to send the Journal to the printer the first week of the second month shown on the cover. For example, the January/February issue should go to the printer the first week of February. The printer should get it into the mail the week after that so that you would receive the issue mid to late February. That should hold true throughout the year. Unfortunately it doesn't happen that way very often, thus the delays. AMSAT certainly is NOT delaying the Journal - I am - for the reasons above.

So I apologize for the delays. I do try to provide you with a quality Journal with a variety of interesting and informative articles. Thanks to the great people that contribute to the Journal and my associate editors, Bill Hook and JoAnne Maaenpaa, we eventually get there with each issue. Despite the fact that I've been late, we have NOT completely missed any issues.

I hope this explains things a bit. I know it's not acceptable, but we try to do the very best we can. BTW - the July/August issue went to the printer last week so it's running late too. This delay was due to me this time. Houston was HOT!!!

Ed Long WA4SWJ Editor, The AMSAT Journal ----

From: gary_mayfield@hotmail.com To: andres@msu.edu; amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:09:23 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Latest AMSAT Journal

Steve,

I believe AMSAT is sending the Journal, and I don't remember claiming they weren't. I also know it quite often doesn't get here. It is the

only

piece of regularly scheduled mail I have trouble with. I suspect the

postal

service is having problems between me and AMSAT. I was just checking to

see

if that has happened again. The answer I got leads me to believe it is

too

soon to tell with this issue of the magazine. I asked the original

question

simply because it is very difficult to know when you were supposed to get something you didn't get :-)

73, Joe kk0sd

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of STeve Andre' Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 11:30 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Latest AMSAT Journal

On Saturday 28 August 2010 00:24:10 Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:

...

Gould,

 Please don't take my message the wrong way.  I love the journal,

but

...

have had MANY delivery issues. I have yet to receive the May/June

issue.

...

73, Joe kk0sd

Joe,

Don't assume that AMSAT didn't send it to you 'till you've verified it

with

them and they think they had a problem.

I've had delivery issues on things too, and it is the fault of the Post Office. Your local PO can range from fantastic to wretched, and here in Ann Arbor MI, it seems like we're more towards the wrong end of the scale. One issue of QST had a completely mangled front cover, so bad that I called the PO here and complained. The response was... "Oh.". Lansing MI on the other hand, has such an efficient system that a letter mail to my home town of Ann Arbor *gets there faster* than the same thing mailed *in* Ann Arbor in most cases.

So when the ham mag you've been waiting for looks like a war refugee, or has been AWOL for 1 week+, think about the system that carries it to you. Note: This is not a rant against the USPO--I support it, but I think it needs help, and I don't think that money is the answer.

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