The Dayton Hamvention is four weeks away! It is time to be creating your shopping list and making your travel plans. AMSAT's presence will be felt with eight adjoining booths in Building 1. Highlighting the exhibit will be:

CubeSat Simulator hardware and software demonstrations
SatPC software demonstrations
AMSAT Engineering staff question and answer table
AMSAT Youth Initiative (KidzSat) introduction
OSCAR ground station for live satellite operations
Annual Membership sign-up and renewals
AMSAT President's Club recognition
AMSAT Board of Directors and Senior Officers Meet and Greet
AMSAT Store offering AMSAT trinkets, books and Arrow Antennas

In past years, we had 30 people assist with the AMSAT booth at Dayton. We've had a good response so far to our call for volunteers, but we could really use another 10-15 people. The 2022 Hamvention is May 20-22 in Xenia, Ohio. Would you consider helping AMSAT at the Hamvention this year?

The interaction with AMSAT members, satellite operators, designers, and builders makes the whole experience a lot of fun. Meet or renew acquaintances, exchange operating tips, and find out what antennas, software

and equipment other AMSAT members use. We currently expect the AMSAT senior officers and board members to be there too.

If you're an experienced operator, great! We can use you and your experience.

If you've never operated a satellite before, but want to learn more, that's OK. We can use your help too.

Whether you're available for only a couple of hours or if you can spend the entire weekend with us, your help would be greatly appreciated. Please send an e-mail to Phil, w1eme@amsat.org if you can help. Thank you!

AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will honor the life of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR. The 13th annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be held at the Kohler Presidential Banquet Center on Friday 20th May 2022 at 18:30 EDT. This dinner is always a

highlight of the AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corp.) and TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio) activities during the Dayton Hamvention. This year's banquet will honor the life and accomplishments of long time amateur satellite and amateur packet pioneer Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, who passed away in February.

The Kohler Presidential Banquet Center is located at 4548 Presidential Way, Kettering, Ohio. That is about 20 minutes away from the Greene County Fairgrounds.

Tickets ($57 each) may be purchased from the AMSAT store. The banquet ticket purchase deadline is Friday, May 13th. Banquet tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be sold at the AMSAT booth. There will be no tickets to pick up at the AMSAT booth. Tickets purchased on-line will be maintained on a list with check-in at the door at the banquet center. Seating is limited to the number of meals reserved with the Kohler caterers based on the number of tickets sold by the deadline.

Register for AMSAT Hamvention Update 2022 - https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-tapr-joint-hamvention-banquet-registration/