2008 Dayton AMSAT Forum

The AMSAT Forum will be held Saturday May 17 from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM in Forum Room 5. The following speakers are confirmed:

• Moderator: Barry Baines, WD4ASW, AMSAT Corporate Secretary and VP Special Projects ;
• Rick Hambly, W2GPS, AMSAT-NA President, and Bob Davis, KF4KSS, AMSAT-NA Director Spacecraft Integration and Lab Manager, "AMSAT Update" Rick will present a status report on the Intelsat negotiations, a brief update on Eagle, and AMSAT-DL's Phase 3-E Project. Bob will provide an overview of AMSAT's new Integration Lab in Pocomoke, MD as well as discuss the HASP (High Altitude Student Payload) and Cubesat Projects that are under development at the lab.
• Gould Smith, WA4SXM AMSAT VP User Services & AO-51 Command Station, Andrew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations & AO-51 Command Station, and Mark Hammond, N8MH, AO-16 Command Station, "AMSAT Satellite Operations Update" which will provide an overview of AO-51, all satellite operations and highlight how AO-16 has been reconfigured as a voice repeater satellite.
• Matt Ettus, N2MJI, ACP System Engineer and Michelle Thompson, W5NYV, ACP Ground Station Design Engineer, "AMSAT's Advanced Communications Package (ACP)" Matt and Michelle will provide an overview of the new communications system currently under development for Eagle and a potential payload package to be placed on a commercial geostationary satellite. ACP is designed to provide emergency communicatons using portable ground stations as well as make it possible for amateurs living in areas with CC & R restrictions to be able to communicate via our next generation satellite. They will explain why ACP is being developed and discuss both the work being done on the payload as well as the ground station component that is being developed concurrently.
• Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT Director Manned Space Programs, "A Ham Radio Operator's View of ARISS " Frank will outline several new initiatives under development for Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) that will interest amateur radio operators as well as provide an overview of SuitSat-2 currently under development.

Special emphasis will be placed on the scope and status of AMSAT-NA satellite projects this year. AMSAT has a number of projects underway, this is your opportunity to find out more about them and ask questions of the development teams. The session is always standing room only. Get there early and grab a good seat!

Updated: 10 Apr, 08