[amsat-bb] ARISS and Giving Tuesday

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All,

 

Just a reminder that tomorrow, Nov. 27, is giving Tuesday.  I hope some of
you get out there and give to your favorite cause.  I also hope AMSAT and
ARISS are at the top of your lists.  

 

The following is on the top page of the ARISS web site.  Take a look at:
www.ariss.org <http://www.ariss.org>  The donate button is there too.  So
please consider a donation to ARISS.

 

It should also be noted that while folks are giving to their favorite causes
tomorrow, the ARISS hardware team will be presenting to NASA the thermal
modifications made to the power supply of the ARISS next-generation radio
system  If we get through this hurdle, our next step is flight hardware
fabrication, flight testing and launch!  Please wish the ARISS hardware team
the best!

 

Thanks for all your interest and support to ARISS!   Ad Astra! 

 

73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO

ARISS International Chair

AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs 

 

 

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Tuesday, Nov. 27 is  <http://www.givingtuesday.org/> #Giving Tuesday, when
many people donate to a favorite cause. Gifts to ARISS on Tuesday or at any
time of the year are a wonderful way make a difference to our youth, to our
communities and to the amateur radio hobby.  All ARISS donations via AMSAT
(including Fundrazr) are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. If
donating directly to AMSAT, be sure to designate "ARISS" on your check, in
the PayPal notes or in your letter.  Our readers can consider doing the same
thing John Carobine, WB8RFB, did -- here is his letter.

I'm not one who considers myself influenced much by advertisements but I
recently made a donation to AMSAT-NA to support the ARISS mission of
bringing technology awareness to a whole new generation of young people
because of one; namely, the Kenwood advertisement on the back page of the
July 2018 edition of QST Magazine.  I "connected" with it and it made me
want to support this program in whatever capacity I can. 
 
In part, the ad stated "The ARISS mission is to provide and operate Amateur
radio systems in space aboard the International Space Station, helping
inspire, educate and engage youth and communities worldwide in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics."

The last 11 years of my working life were spent as an adjunct instructor of
adult education in my local college's GED program.  I taught some of those
subjects.  As I told my students "knowledge is power and power enables one
to have many options."  The  mission statement struck a cord with me having
worked in various capacities in each of those areas over the span of my
entire working career.  I spent twenty years in the U.S. Navy working in
various meteorological, oceanographic, electronic and computer maintenance
and management capacities.  Those activities plus additional formal
education opened future employment doors for me in the civilian sector for
30 additional years.  

Exposing school students via ARISS to the possibilities of careers in STEM
is nothing short of positive.  As stated so many times before, we never know
what lesson, activity, or casual statement will open a person's mind and
inspire them to greatness.

As I celebrate 47 years in amateur radio, I encourage others to reflect upon
what amateur radio has meant and done for them.  I hope that you too will be
inspired to "pay it forward" and help preserve and promote an avocation that
has meant so much to all of us.

John Carobine, WB8RFB
Life Member

Permission to post this letter, originally printed in December 2018 QST, was
received from John Carobine, WB8RFB, and ARRL.