AMSAT at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention

AMSAT will have a great deal to offer the amateur satellite
enthusiast at the 2007 Dayton Hamvention.

The dates for Dayton are Friday May 18 - Sun May 20, 2007. The AMSAT Forum will be on Friday afternoon this year from 11:15am to 2:00pm in Forum Room 1.

Speakers and topics during the forum are:

• Moderator: Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary

• Rick Hambly, W2GPS, President, AMSAT-NA "Summary of AMSAT-NA Activities in 2007"

• Peter Guelzow, DB2OS, AMSAT-DL President and Bob McGwier, N4HY, AMSAT-NA VP - Engineering, "Phase 3-Express: An Update"

• Jim Sanford, WB4GCS, EAGLE Project Manager "Eagle Status Update"

• Andrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT-NA VP-Operations and Gould Smith, WA4SXM, AO-51 Command Station, "AMSAT-NA Satellite Operations and AO-51 Update"

• Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA Director-Human Space Flight, "ARISS and Future SuitSat Missions"

Friday night will usher in the first AMSAT/TAPR Banquet, to be held at the Air Force Museum.
'Dinner Under the Wings' will be served in the Cold War area of the museum beginning at 6:45pm. The museum will be open until 10:00pm for viewing. Join us Friday night for an enjoyable dinner and experience.

The price of the Banquet is $35, tickets must be purchased online at the AMSAT Store or by calling Martha at the AMSAT Office (301) 589-6062. There will no Banquet tickets sales
at the AMSAT booth this year, as we have to give the museum a final count on Tuesday before the banquet.

For additional information see the AMSAT website front page or the AMSAT at Dayton pages at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/hamvention/Dayton2007.php

See you there!

Gould, WA4SXM

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