[amsat-bb] ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communication Conference), Atlanta, 9/21-23, Saturday Night Banquet Grand Prizes Announced

2012-09-16 Thread Mark Thompson
ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference), Atlanta, GA Friday, 9/21 - Sunday, 9/23 DCC Information & Registration www.tapr.org/dcc Saturday Night Banquet Grand Prizes Announced (Must be present at banquet to win)  ICOM  ID-31A UHF D-STAR Digital Handheld Transceiver http://www.icoma

[amsat-bb] Re: Satellite Presentation

2012-09-16 Thread Hector, CO6CBF
Patrick, Thanks very much to you and the other stations who called me during the Demo! It was a warm day, we had 34C here. We operated on the SO-50 and AO-27 passes from the sea walk of my city. The 1757z SO-50 pass was easy to work and we had several contacts on it. Despite the 1919z AO-27 pass

[amsat-bb] Endeavour Delayed

2012-09-16 Thread Clint Bradford
WEATHER POSTPONES SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR FERRY FLIGHT TO SEPT. 18 WASHINGTON -- NASA's planned ferry flight of space shuttle Endeavour atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) has been postponed until Tuesday, Sept. 18 due to an unfavorable weather forecast for Monday, Sept. 17. To ensure a saf

[amsat-bb] Re: Satellite Presentation

2012-09-16 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hector, Thanks for the contact with CO9FAA on the AO27 pass this afternoon. How many watched your demonstrations? ¡73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ On Saturday, September 15, 2012, Hector, CO6CBF wrote: > Hello all! > > On Sunday September 16th, I will be in a Satellite pre

[amsat-bb] Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results

2012-09-16 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Chris, Actually, we do know there were 700 ballots returned, as stated. If everybody voted for the maximum number of 3, that would be 2100. The total votes case totals to 2040. The 60 votes difference represents people voting for fewer candidates, as you mentioned. 73s, Alan WA4SCA Corporate

[amsat-bb] Official statement of AMSAT-DL BoD about P3E & P5

2012-09-16 Thread Nader Omer
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/september2012/amsat_dl_statement.htm ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://am

[amsat-bb] Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results

2012-09-16 Thread Chris Arnesen
We don't know that there were 700 ballots returned as you didn't have to vote for 3. You could have only voted for 1 or 2. --Chris, KU7PDX On 9/15/2012 8:37 PM, Stefan Wagener wrote: 700 ballots and how many eligible voting members? Stefan, VE4NSA On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Alan P. Bid

[amsat-bb] Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results

2012-09-16 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Stefan, I don't have the current membership number handy, but the turnout was about 18-20%. It is down a bit this year. It tends to rise and fall with the number of active satellites, and member interest. Since there are a bumper crop in the works, ours and others, over the next year, I am hop

[amsat-bb] Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results

2012-09-16 Thread David H. Jordan
The same thought crossed my mind Stefan. Dave, AA4KN Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Stefan Wagener Sender: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.orgDate: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:37:46 To: Cc: AMSAT-BB; SAREX-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election R

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