[BLT] Interesting item on eBay web site item#3656287556: AMSAT AO-40 Sculpture

[andrew.macallister@emersonprocess.com]

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Title of item:	AMSAT AO-40 Sculpture
Seller:	amsat-na
Starts:	Jan-21-04 09:15:10 PST
Ends:	Jan-31-04 09:15:10 PST
Price:	Currently $1,125.00
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Item Description:		
	




AO-40 Sculpture


 

 &nbsp AO-40 Sculpture






This auction comes on behalf of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 
(AMSAT®) and the AMSAT-Echo launch fundraising campaign.  Your winning bid 
becomes a donation to AMSAT® and may be fully tax deductible (check with 
your tax advisor)!

Pay your donation directly to AMSAT® Headquarters (1-888-FB-AMSAT) by 
credit card or check, or by PayPal to martha@amsat.org.

Not the high bidder?  Please, consider making your bid a real donation to 
AMSAT® and the Echo launch!


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The sculpture will
be given to the highest bidder.  The winning bid is a donation to
AMSAT®, in support of the Echo satellite launch.  If you're not the
high bidder, please visit amsat.org, and consider making a donation
to the Echo launch, anyway.  
This bronze is one of only four pieces, created by long time AMSAT® member Floyd Thorn, N5SVP(SK).  It has been donated to AMSAT by his family to support the AO-ECHO launch campaign. The piece measures 11” x 4” and weighs just over 1 lb.  The wood base bears a brass plaque with the sculptor’s name and callsign.  

Floyd Thorn, PhD, was a physicist with interests in astronomy, space communications, amateur radio, and jewelry making.  A long time member of AMSAT, Floyd flew F4F’s and PBY’s in WWII and developed a business providing cathodic protection systems to the petroleum industry.  

The AO-Echo satellite’s planned launch window runs from March to May of this year.  Echo will enable satellite voice communications using simple handheld FM transceivers, along with other interesting modes.



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