[amsat-bb] ANS-099 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2012-04-07 Thread Lee McLamb
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-099 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communic

[amsat-bb] San Francisco High School Students Plan Near-Space Balloon Mission

2012-04-07 Thread EMike McCardel
They following two articles were reported in the April edition of the Mount Vernon (OH) ARC Newsletter "CQ". Barry Butz, N8PPF is the father of Craig Butz, KJ6DYP, one of the teachers involved in the project. I thought I would post in event anyone was interested in following the ballon launch.

[amsat-bb] Space Week Proclamation

2012-04-07 Thread Clint Bradford
The City of Jurupa Vallley will declare the week of April 15-21 "Space Week" at their April 19, 2012 regular city council meeting. Students at Flabob Airport's aviation school will be conducting a ham radio conversation with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station that week. "I am s

[amsat-bb] Re: Space Week Proclamation

2012-04-07 Thread Clint Bradford
The City of Jurupa Valley is in California - sorry - that media alert I just sent out was for our local news outlets, and I forgot to "better" detail it for this international audience. Clint K6LCS ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed

[amsat-bb] Project PoGo Kickoff Today

2012-04-07 Thread Trevor .
Hobbyspace reports that the San Diego Space Society is starting a project to develop a CubeSat style payload for reusable suborbital space flights. They are looking for people to join the team. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/6314 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK News on Twitter - http://twitter.com/AMSAT