AMSAT-NA has announced the results of its recent Board of Directors election. These candidates have been elected to serve 2-year terms: Tom Clark, K3IO; JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM; and Lou McFadin, W5DID.
Jerry Buxton, N0JY, will serve the year remaining on the term of the late Tony Monteiro, AA2TX.
The First Alternate is Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, and the Second Alternate is Frank Griffin, K4FEG.
The re…
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Nominations are invited for open seats on the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors. Three terms will expire this year, and a fourth director will be elected for 1 year to complete an unexpired term. Up to two alternates may be elected for 1-year terms.
A nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for Director.
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After 30 years in the same location, AMSAT-NA is moving to a new office and will be closed today, Friday, April 25. AMSAT-NA will re-open in its new digs on Friday, May 2. The new address is AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St #304, Kensington, MD 20895.
AMSAT said its e-mail will remain operational, but it may be slow in responding. Purchases may be made as usual through the AMSAT Store, but they will n…
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The AMSAT-NA Board of Directors has tapped Jerry Buxton, N0JY, to be AMSAT’s Vice President of Engineering. In a special AMSAT meeting held via GoToMeeting on April 1, the board unanimously approved the selection of Buxton, who lives in Granbury, Texas. He replaces Tony Monteiro, AA2TX, who died March 26.
“Given the significance of completing Fox-1 for delivery on time later this year, the Board…
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AMSAT Board Member and Vice President-Engineering Anthony J. “Tony” Monteiro, AA2TX, of North Andover, Massachusetts, died March 26. He was 55. First licensed in 1973, he reported making his first ham radio contact with a transmitter made using parts from an old TV set.
“A Heathkit HR-10B receiver and a 65-foot piece of wire strung out of a window for an antenna made up the rest of my station, w…
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The votes have been tallied, and Barry Baines, WD4ASW; Tony Monteiro, AA2TX; Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, and Mark Hammond, N8MH, have been elected to the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors. The first alternate is JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, and the second alternate is Steve Coy, K8UD. Frank Griffin, K4FEG, and Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO, did not attract sufficient votes to become a Board member or alternate. Baines is …
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