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home | newest check | boards | help index | log | ps | userlogin | send sysop | slog | status forward | bcm news | users | version | remove cookieWG3K > ANS 21.04.24 11:19l 42 Lines 2497 Bytes #20 (0) @ AMSAT BID : $ANS112.2 Read: GUEST Subj: AMSAT Thanks First Quarter 2024 President窶冱 Club Members Path: JH4XSY<IW0QNL<VE2PKT<KA1VSC<WG3K Sent: 240421/0202Z 3359@WG3K.#SMD.MD.USA.NOAM LinBPQ6.0.24 Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP 窶� Development happily reports, 窶廢ach year for the past four years of its re-incarnation, the AMSAT President窶冱 Club has picked up speed and becomes a more important factor in AMSAT窶冱 annual fund raising efforts. The first quarter of the 2024 the President窶冱 Club is off to a great start. With our regular dedicated contributors plus many first-time members, contributions have already raised almost $16,000 in the first three months of 2024. 窶彜o often, our members think about AMSAT窶冱 having to raise funds for satellite hardware 窶� the costs for electronic components, solar panels, batteries and so on. But, there are many background costs. A good example is software licenses needed for actual satellite development. The volunteer engineers can often swap licenses so they can limit the number of licenses needed. But, as they draw closer to finalizing drawings for circuit boards, spaceframes and deployable solar panels, the team can stretch software licenses only so far before work flow becomes handicapped. Some software licenses, even with the best educational or non-profit discounts, easily exceed the $1,000 mark. And, those licenses need to be renewed on an annual basis. 窶弋he engineering team can always use more electrical and mechanical engineers to move the FOX-PLUS and GOLF programs along. But, being able to leverage the efforts of our current volunteers with enough software licenses would be a huge plus. Contributions from members of the President窶冱 Club make a big difference in giving the engineering team the tools they need.窶� To date, the generous donors members of the 2024 AMSAT President窶冱 Club include: * Titanium ($4,800 ) Barry Baines, WD4ASW William Brown, K9LF * Gold ($1,200 ) Anonymous Burns Fisher, WB1FJ John Kludt, K7SYS Glenn Miller, AA5PK * Silver ($600 ) Donald Coker, KM6TRZ Richard Dittmer, KB7SAT Mark Johns, K0JM Joseph, Lynch,N6CL Bruce Paige, KK5DO Jason Schwarz, N4JJS * Bronze ($300 ) Donald Pettigrew, K9ECT Dave Taylor, W8AAS * Core ($120 ) David Batzle, N2VDY Robert Beatty, WB4SON Alan Boggs, K7IIV James Gallagher III, KB3SQS David Hartrum, WA3YDZ Steven Husey, KB1UOJ William Pesci, N4WLP Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Stefan Wagener, VE4SW Wayne Wagner, AG1A Members can learn more about joining the President窶冱 Club at https://www.amsat.org/join-the-amsat-presidents-club/. [ANS thanks Frank Karnauskas, N1UW, AMSAT VP 窶� Development for the above information.]
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