AMSAT website technical review team formed

Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT's VP-Marketing and User Services is pleased to announce that our Website Technical Review Team, under the leadership of Gould Smith, WA4SXM has been formed.

Gould serves as Director-Field Operations and is the author of a number of AMSAT books. He is well qualified to handle this important task with the assistance of a very capable team that he has formed. The team that Gould has developed consists of AA2TX, KO4MA, KQ6EA, N8FGV, and VA3DB.

The team has begun a systematic look at the content of the AMSAT website for technical issues, and is assigning a priority to identified items.

The first areas the team is addressing are the Glossary and the Mode J operation article. When appropriate, they will seek input from other individuals who may be knowledgeable in particular areas. Two members of the team will OK articles for technical content with final approval from Gould before he forwards them for inclusion on the website.

"Our team is excited about updating the technical content of our website" says Gould Smith, WA4SXM. "However, this will take some time and will require thoughtful evaluation. In looking at the Glossary for example, we have found through our initial research that even the experts sometimes disagree on proper definition of technical terms. We want the AMSAT website to be a trusted and reliable source."

Emily Clarke, W0EEC serves as Director-Website and will be working closely with Gould to implement changes as they are developed.

Should website visitors wish to suggest areas of current website technical content for the team's consideration or are interested in submitting suggested technical changes or updates, they can do so by contacting Gould Smith, WA4SXM using his AMSAT e-mail alias. Please put 'Website Technical Review' in the subject line.

Gould and several members of the team will be attending the AMSAT Symposium in Lafayette, LA (7-9 OCT 2005) and are interested in hearing comments from attendees concerning their thoughts on the updating of technical content of our website.

Barry, WD4ASW

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