I am very interested in Amat. Satellites but, I think this might be a little to advanced for me. I am more interested in equiptment and operation of Easy Sats. Unless you think this would help me out in some way. KB3RUR Chris

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1. AMSAT-DC Workshop Date Options (Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680))

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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:07:35 -0600 From: "Kilroy, Patrick L. (GSFC-5680)" [email protected] Subject: [amsat-dc] AMSAT-DC Workshop Date Options To: "[email protected]" [email protected] Message-ID: F0D6AD19FBE27346BC5FBD7D34D1A07F1B8E8A2DA3@NDMSSCC02.ndc.nasa.gov Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Here are the date options for our next local AMSAT-DC Workshop, each one a Saturday. If like last year, the session would start no earlier than 9:00 AM:

April 10 April 17 April 24 May 1 May 8 May 15

Last year the workshop was held on the last Saturday of April in Greenbelt, Md. Each participant built a PICetSat II module on a generic printed circuit board (an "ETU" module) from a $90 kit. This year the module will be assembled on a custom printed circuit board (a "proto- flight" unit) which would be MUCH easier. The module transmits simple telemetry on UHF from a small high- altitude balloon using a popular microcontroller PIC chip.

I would expect the same scenario for this year, and possibly add an option for an antenna construction project, but I wanted to check first before locking in the date and activity.

So, my questions are simple:

Would you attend our workshop to build either a PICetSat II module kit OR a 432 MHz antenna? Which one would you prefer to construct and take home?

Which of these dates noted above would likely be good or bad for you to attend?

Can you, or someone you know, head up the antenna-building part of the workshop with me?

Any other questions? Please feel free to contact me any time.

Thank you,

Pat Kilroy, N8PK AMSAT Area Coordinator

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