SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-001.01
UK Civil Honour for Ron Broadbent G3AAJ AMSAT-UK

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 001.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 1, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-001.01

Word has reached ANS that Ronald J. Broadbent, G3AAJ, has been awarded the
Order of Merrit for Member of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in
in the New Year UK Prime Minister's Civil Honours List today in recognition
of his services to Amateur Radio. her 1995 New Years Honours List.  The
award, which entitles Ron to add the initials "MBE" after his name, was
given "for services to amateur radio."

Ron is the longtime Honorary Secretary of AMSAT-UK, as well as serving as
it current Treasurer.  

It might be explained that the term "Honorary" in Britain refers to one who
is umpaid.  It does not infer that the person does not perform.  Certainly
Ron labors dilegently for the cause of Amateur Radio and amateur
satellites.

This award is most well-deserved and is an honour for both Ron and 
AMSAT-UK, recognising his many years of devoted service to AMSAT and its 
members worldwide as well as the contribution of AMSAT to the technical 
advancement of space technology.
     
AMSAT-NA and the AMSAT News Service congratulate Ron and AMSAT-UK on
receiving this high honor and also the recognition its awarding brings to
all of Amateur Radio. 

AMSAT-UK, one of the world's most active amateur satellite group,s was born
in the early '70s as an occasional newsletter.  But this modest start
created great interest and therefore more and more demand on the time of
the handful of volunteers then involved, until, in 1978, the whole ad hoc
arrangement was swept up into a coherent whole by Ron Broadbent G3AAJ who
agreed to take on the job of an Honorary Secretary.

During his first year it became apparent that AMSAT-UK had been blessed
with real worker.  During the next sixteen years (1978 - 1994) he steadily,
and virtually single handedly, built the organisation up into a world
respected body dedicated to fund-raising for amateur satellites.  Amateur
radio is an international hobby, and a substantial proportion of Amsat-UK's
several thousand members are also from overseas.

Ron Broadbent's voluntary activities include promotion entailing answering
thousands of enquiries worldwide about Amateur Satellites amd organising
stand and attendance at several exhibitions per year as well as production
of 6 issues per annum of award-winning Oscar News Magazine.

Ron has also been active in fund raising and recruiting new members.   
Ron has also organised nine of the annual International Amsat Space
Symposium held at the University each July.  


All this, and much more, was done in his spare time from home when the day
job was with Trinity House attending to the UK's lighthouses and
lightships.  He retired from Trinity House in 1985, and since then has
worked full-time 12 hours/day, 7 days/week, more or less for free,
furthering the amateur satellite movement.

At the heart of most worthwhile public endeavours can be found one or two
hard working, unsung personalities.  Ron Broadbent G3AAJ is undoubtedly one
of these selfless individuals, and the award bestowed on him fittingly
recognises these achievements.

ANS thanks to G3IOR, G3RUH, G3YJO and W2RS for information used in the
preparation of this bulletin.

/EX

     
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-001.02
KO-23 and KO-25 Back in Partial Operation

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 001.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD january 1, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-001.02

Both KO-23 and KO-25 are reported to be back in at least partial operation,
with the directories intact.  One can now download, but uploads seem to be
disabled on both birds.

ANS thanks Alan Biddle WA4SCA for this information.

/EX


SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-001.03
RS-15 Orbit Determination

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 001.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 1, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-001.03

ANS wishes to thank all of those who have done the "sleuthing" of RS-15's
orbit!  You have done a tremendous job of helping the rest of us to get up
and running on the new bird in miminum time.  Your work is particularly
outstanding given the precious little you all had to go on from the start.
 
And, of course, MANY thanks to our Russian friends for giving us such a
wonderful new present for Christmas!
 
ANS thanks Keith Baker KB1SF for this bulletin material.

/EX