Dayton Amsat Forums schedule

We have a great line-up of speakers for the AMSAT Forum at Dayton this year. The forum will concentrate on discussing AMSAT projects and activites for this year.

Moderator: Barry A. Baines, WD4ASW AMSAT Corporate Secretary & VP-Special Projects

Rick Hambly, W2GPS AMSAT President and Robert Davis, KF4KSS AMSAT Director-Spacecraft Integration and Lab Manager, "AMSAT Update".

Rick will present a status report on the Intelsat Negotiations, a brief update on Eagle, and AMSAT-DL's Phase 3-E Project.

Bob will provide an overview of AMSAT's new Integration Lab in Pocomoke, MD as well as discuss the HASP (High Altitude Student Payload) and Cubesat Projects that are under development at the Lab.

Gould Smith, WA4SXM, AMSAT VP-Member & User Services, Andrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA AMSAT VP-Operations, and Mark Hammond, N8MH AMSAT Command Station, "AMSAT Satellite Operations Update" which will provide an overview of AO-51 as well as highlight how AO-16 has been reconfigured as a voice repeater satellite.

Matt Ettus, N2MJI, ACP System Engineer and Michelle Thompson, W5NYV ACP Ground Station Development Engineer, "AMSAT's Advanced Communications Package (ACP)". Matt and Michelle will provide an overview of the new communications system currently under development for Eagle and a potential payload package to be placed on a commercial geostationary satellite.

ACP is designed to provide emergency communications using portable ground stations as well as make it possible for amateurs living in areas with CC&R restrictions to be able to communicate via our next generation satellite. They will explain why ACP is being developed and discuss both the work being done on the payload as well as the ground station component that is being developed concurrently.

Frank Bauer, KA3HDO AMSAT Director-Manned Space Programs, "A Ham Radio Operator's View of ARISS". Frank will outline several new initiatives under development for Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) that will interest amateur radio operators as well as provide an overview of SuitSat-2 currently under development.

Gould, WA4SXM

AMSAT Forum at Dayton Hamvention 0900-1130 Saturday, May 17 Forum Room 5