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WG3K > ANS 26.05.24 00:33z 56 Lines 2185 Bytes #999 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: Hamvention 2024 a Success for AMSAT
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Hamvention 2024 was held this past weekend at the Greene County Fairgrounds
in Xenia, OH. It was a busy weekend at the AMSAT booth as visitors joined
or renewed their memberships, learned about satellite operation, checked
out our Engineering and CubeSat Simulator displays, and purchased items
from AMSAT's store.
The first event of the weekend was AMSAT's informal "Dinner at Tickets" at
Tickets Pub & Eatery in Fairborn, OH, on Thursday evening. Approximately 20
AMSAT members and visitors attended this informal dinner and enjoyed great
conversation about amateur radio satellites.
Friday was a very rainy day early in the morning and while this prevented
the setup of our normal satellite demonstrations, booth traffic was heavy
as visitors sought refuge by visiting the inside vendor exhibits.
Alan Johnston, KU2Y, introduced the new CubeSatSim Kits available for
purchase in the education section of the AMSAT booth and sold out of all
the kits. More kits will be available to purchase from the AMSAT Store in
the near future. Details about the CubeSatSim Kits can be found on the AMSAT
website https://www.amsat.org/cubesatsim-kits-available-at-hamvention/.
The Engineering section also saw a lot of traffic as visitors viewed the
displays and had conversations with AMSAT's Engineering team. One of the
new items on display was a 3D printed model of the subsystems within the
GOLF-TEE satellite.
On Sunday afternoon, the ARRL Youth Rally attended a demonstration of a
pass of Tevel-3 at the AMSAT demo area.
The AMSAT and ARISS forums were held on Saturday afternoon. Archived videos
of each forum presentation can be found on YouTube, courtesy of DARA:
AMSAT: Celebrating the Past, Looking to the Future
https://youtu.be/kT5idAAucbw?si=UkqBSL7grN8bV-DP
AMSAT GOLF 2024
https://youtu.be/NKtLzJus1Ec?si=3H-nTWUtWgzrs4CF
AMSAT CubeSat Simulator
https://youtu.be/ad7kmDZDWv4?si=qtWDLKHgBS4YFiRP
AMSAT Youth Initiative
https://youtu.be/m-JMtMsRdl4?si=1VYuxGOMM6Po2a-J
ARISS: 40 Years of Amateur Radio in Space
https://youtu.be/WcHDTkmTJ-s?si=qEFSqo4QcFPZNQnA
*[ANS thanks the AMSAT Hamvention Team for the above information - photos
courtesy Keith Baker, KB1SF
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