Is the AMSAT Journal web page (http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/journal/) correct in that the current issue is November/December 2008? If not, when was the last issue mailed, as I haven't received any since the November/December 2008 issue. Also is there any way to order backissues? I can't seem to find any of the other 2008 issues.
I'm asking as my magazine delivery has been rather unreliable lately.
Kent,
I have the January/February 2009 on my shelf. It arrived several days ago.
Alan WA4SCA
Just received January/February 2009 issue in today's mail.
73,
Jeff WB3JFS
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Kent,
I have the January/February 2009 on my shelf. It arrived several days ago.
Alan WA4SCA
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Thanks to all who have replied. I'll give it until the end of the week. If I haven't received it by then I'll email or call Martha.
Kent, I received mine yesterday. Jan/Feb. Give it a few days for snail mail to hit you.
73 de W4AS Sebastian
On Mar 25, 2009, at 7:15 PM, Kent Frazier wrote:
Thanks to all who have replied. I'll give it until the end of the week. If I haven't received it by then I'll email or call Martha.
-- 73, Kent K5KNT AMSAT #36765 ARRL
Kent and everyone,
For quite a while now Bill Hook and I were the only people working on the Journal to get it into your hands. BTW - Bill does a yeoman job with editing. I was the only one trying to obtain articles for publication and due to a lot of factors I wasn't doing much of a job and was having poor success getting articles in. You've probably seen a few of my pleas on the BB. I was the production guy trying to do sales (selling people on why they should write for the Journal). Thus, the Journal has been running late since I had nothing to publish since I'm not much of a sales guy. Now we have two more folks helping us and we've been able to scare up some more content. So I hope this gets better.
Usually I send out a note to the BB when the issue goes to the printer since we have been late releasing issues. I was just trying to keep everyone informed. This time I didn't do that. Just forgot to be honest. However, it is in the mail and you should get it soon if you don't have it already. The last issue was Jan/Feb 2009.
I am working on the Mar/Apr 2009 issue right now, which is a lot sooner in the schedule than in the recent past. The goal is to get the Journal to the printer the first week of the even months so that members can get the issue sometime during the second month posted on the cover. For example: I would hope you will see the Mar/Apr issue sometime in April. As soon as possible in the month would be better.
Layout of the Journal is a one man job and it is a LOT of work. When articles are lacking it is just that much more frustrating. But, with JoAnne and Tim helping out (see your last issue cover - upper right) things should get better.
I'll continue to send out notices when the issue is uploaded to the printer. After that it is out of my hands and into the rain, sleet snow and hail........
73,
Ed
Long WA4SWJ Editor, The AMSAT Journal ----
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:27:55 -0500 From: k5knt.kent@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Journal
Is the AMSAT Journal web page (http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/journal/) correct in that the current issue is November/December 2008? If not, when was the last issue mailed, as I haven't received any since the November/December 2008 issue. Also is there any way to order backissues? I can't seem to find any of the other 2008 issues.
I'm asking as my magazine delivery has been rather unreliable lately.
-- 73, Kent K5KNT AMSAT #36765 ARRL _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Ed and all,
Thanks again for the responses. In no way did I mean anything negative towards AMSAT, the Journal or those involved.
Members of my local club had been talking about receiving there issues of QST and two weeks later I still had not received mine. I sent an email to ARRL and received a quick reply to notify them if I had not received it with in the next few weeks. It arrived two days later. For what ever reason I received that magazine two weeks later than others in the same city. One even lives two blocks from me.
When I noticed that I hadn't received any AMSAT Journal issue more recent than the November/December issue, I began to wonder if this issue was repeating itself. Thus my posting to the list. Hopefully just my inquiring will prompt the issue to show up in my mailbox in the next few days. <grin>
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:02, Ed Long wa4swj@hotmail.com wrote:
Kent and everyone,
For quite a while now Bill Hook and I were the only people working on the Journal to get it into your hands. BTW - Bill does a yeoman job with editing. I was the only one trying to obtain articles for publication and due to a lot of factors I wasn't doing much of a job and was having poor success getting articles in. You've probably seen a few of my pleas on the BB. I was the production guy trying to do sales (selling people on why they should write for the Journal). Thus, the Journal has been running late since I had nothing to publish since I'm not much of a sales guy. Now we have two more folks helping us and we've been able to scare up some more content. So I hope this gets better.
Usually I send out a note to the BB when the issue goes to the printer since we have been late releasing issues. I was just trying to keep everyone informed. This time I didn't do that. Just forgot to be honest. However, it is in the mail and you should get it soon if you don't have it already. The last issue was Jan/Feb 2009.
I am working on the Mar/Apr 2009 issue right now, which is a lot sooner in the schedule than in the recent past. The goal is to get the Journal to the printer the first week of the even months so that members can get the issue sometime during the second month posted on the cover. For example: I would hope you will see the Mar/Apr issue sometime in April. As soon as possible in the month would be better.
Layout of the Journal is a one man job and it is a LOT of work. When articles are lacking it is just that much more frustrating. But, with JoAnne and Tim helping out (see your last issue cover - upper right) things should get better.
I'll continue to send out notices when the issue is uploaded to the printer. After that it is out of my hands and into the rain, sleet snow and hail........
73,
Ed
Long WA4SWJ Editor, The AMSAT Journal
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:27:55 -0500 From: k5knt.kent@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Journal
Is the AMSAT Journal web page (http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/journal/) correct in that the current issue is November/December 2008? If not, when was the last issue mailed, as I haven't received any since the November/December 2008 issue. Also is there any way to order backissues?
I
can't seem to find any of the other 2008 issues.
I'm asking as my magazine delivery has been rather unreliable lately.
-- 73, Kent K5KNT AMSAT #36765 ARRL _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
program!
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Thanks to everyone who replied to my query. I received my issue in the mail on Saturday.
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