Amsat-dc (INACTIVE) May 2008

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Obituaries for Ron
by Daniel Schultz 15 May '08

15 May '08

Obituaries for Ron http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR200805140… http://www.gazette.net/stories/051408/burtnew230217_32358.shtml

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WA4SIR Final Arrangements
by wmt9b 12 May '08

12 May '08

>From http://www.arrl.org/sections/MDC.html ..................... Ron made his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, loved amateur radio and was a member of the Goddard [Space Flight Center] Amateur Radio Club (GARC). Friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Blvd. West, Silver Spring, MD from 2 pm to 4 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm on Friday, May 16th. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Resurrection Church, 3315 Greencastle Road, Burtonsville, MD on Saturday, May 17 at 10 am Interment will be at Burtonsville Union Cemetery.

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AMSAT/ARISS photos from Space Day by W4ART
by Perry Klein 11 May '08

11 May '08

Art Feller, W4ART has posted photos from AMSAT/ARISS participation at Space Day at the National Air and Space Museum to http://picasaweb.google.com/oojimoe/2008SpaceDayNASM Thanks, Art! Perry, W3PK

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AMSAT Lab in Pocomoke
by Robert Davis 10 May '08

10 May '08

To all prospective lab volunteers, The AMSAT Lab in Pocomoke will be closed the following Saturdays: May 17 because of the Dayton Hamfest in Ohio! May 24 because of the it's Memorial Weekend! We'll probably be open May 31, but I'll decide later! More schedule update before then! Today, J.C. and I put together the beginnings of the full-scale engineering unit of the Eagle satellite structure. This consists of only the inner 4 honeycomb panels where electronics are mounted. We also mounted four channels and two electronics boxes. At the moment it's all held together with a few rivets and bubble gum. When it returns, we'll continue to work on it. We want to finish it, because this is our practice unit. Ray will take the full-scale engineering unit and the half-scale model of Eagle, along with some photos and stuff, to the Dayton Hamfest. http://www.hamvention.org/ I'll have another update before May 31st. 73 bob Robert Davis KF4KSS

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ISS Contact on Saturday Reported a Success
by Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-568.0) 05 May '08

05 May '08

Atta boy! Good job to a good team! We hope all the volunteers will be recognized by name for us soon. (See below.) Congratulations! Sincerely, Pat N8PK THIS JUST RELEASED . . . SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-124.05 NA1SS Contacts The National Air and Space Museum AMSAT News Service Bulletin 124.05 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 4, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-124.05 An International Space Station Expedition 17 ARISS school contact was held with participants at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), Washington, DC, USA on 03 May. NN1SS in Maryland performed earth station duties and provided the telebridge between NA1SS and the National Air and Space Museum. The contact was audible over most of the Eastern USA on the 145.80 MHz downlink. This ARISS contact is part of the space day events celebrating NASA's 50th anniversary. This event is made possible by the generous support of Lockheed Martin. The ARISS/AMSAT exhibit wass in the new "America by Air" gallery, Gallery 102 on the first floor, just past the Museum Store before you reach the Flight Simulators. The display featured ARISS and AMSAT hardware. Mr. Kemp and students from his Systems Engineering Class at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology explained their progress on their Cubesat project. [ANS thanks Kenneth, N5VHO and Perry, W3PK for the above information] /EX

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Amsat-dc (INACTIVE) May 2008