AMSAT Hamvention wrap-up

Dayton Hamvention 2005 is over and it was a great success for AMSAT.

On Thursday night, over 70 hams interested in satellites attended the . This annual party is growing in popularity as an AMSAT sponsored event. As always, it was a great time to sit back and talk to old friends and plan for the next few days at Hamvention.

The AMSAT booth had an excellent year. Sales of books, shirts and other AMSAT items were strong thoughout the weekend. On Friday morning former astronaut Tony England visited the AMSAT booth and had a chance to meet many of the booth workers and AMSAT members. All AMSAT members
owe a great "thank you" to all of the Dayton volunteers who worked at the booth during Hamvention 2005.

On Friday evening the AMSAT banquet at the Amber Rose was a great success. Many felt it was the best banquet ever. It was a near sell out with 84 members in attendance. Former astronaut Tony England gave an impressive talk on how knowledge gained from ham radio helped him several times during his career with NASA as an astronaut. Rick Hambly also spoke about AMSAT and our future satellite programs.

On Saturday morning the AMSAT forum at the Hamvention was crowded as usual. We had four excellent speakers who talked about the future of the amateur radio satellites. AMSAT Treasurer Gunther Meisse, W4GSM video recorded the AMSAT forum and Dr. Tony England speech on Friday
night. There may still be an opportunity for those who missed Hamvention 2005 to see these events.

In summary, thanks to all who attended AMSAT parties and the booth at Hamvention 2005. Thank you for the support to AMSAT for those who joined as new members or renewed their membership at the booth. A special thanks to all who worked to make the AMSAT effort at Hamvention 2005 a great success!

Ed, N8NUY

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