Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers

We have a commitment from Dr. Namir E. Kassim as our keynote speaker for the annual conference to be held June 24 to 27. Dr. Kassim is the Head, Radio Astrophysics and Sensing Section LWA Project Scientist Naval Research Laboratory in Washington. He will present a talk on low frequency radio astronomy. His work on the Long Wavelength Array (LWA) should be very interesting.

Registration and more information about the meeting can be found at http://www.radio-astronomy.org/?q=node/181

The annual SARA meeting will be held at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)Green Bank, West Virginia Sunday June 24th to Wednesday June 27, 2012. Contributors are invited to submit abstracts of their proposed talks to the Vice President (vicepres@radio-astronomy.org) on or before March 1st. A draft paper for publication in the Proceedings is needed by April 15th. The final copy is due May 15th. An optional short bio can be included with the abstract. Optional supporting documentation can be submitted by the final copy date but will not be published in the Proceedings.

The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) announces a regional conference will be held at Stanford University in California March 24 and 25, 2012. Deborah Scherrer of the Stanford Solar Center has offered to be our host for this event since SARA and Stanford are collaborating on the SuperSID project.

The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) hereby solicits papers for presentation at its 2012 Western Regional Conference, to be held March 24 through March 25, 2012, at Stanford University, California. Papers on radio astronomy hardware, software, education, research strategies, observations and philosophy are welcome.

By Bill Seymour; Secretary, SARA
The SARA 2011 Southeastern Conference was held at the Tamke-Allan Observatory (TAO), Roane State College in Harriman, TN. SARA member Dr. David Fields, Physics Professor and Observatory Director was our host. He provided a science lecture room in a building adjacent to the telescope domes for the meeting. After a full day of demonstrations and presentations in the classroom, this made it convenient for the attendees to walk outside and participate in optical telescope viewing and watching the Orionids meteor shower on a beautiful moonless night.

As required by Section 3 of SARA By-Laws, this is the official call for nominations for SARA officers and board members. If you are interested in running for office and would like to know more about the positions, please contact a board member or SARA President Bill Lord (president@radio-astronomy.org). The requirement to be on the board is to attend the board meetings at the annual meeting and to actively participate in board-related activities. If you are unable to attend the annual meetings, then the director at large position may be for you. This position is a full board position only attending the annual meeting is not required.

The Annual SARA Conference will be held June 24 thru June 27, 2012 at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. Members are invited to present papers on radio astronomy hardware, radio astronomy software, search strategies, astrophysics, planetary science, data reduction and analysis, and radio astronomy education. Demonstrations will be most welcome.

The 2011 SARA Southeast Regional Conference is planned for Saturday October 22 at Tamke-Allan Observatory, 35 miles west of Knoxville, Tennessee.  Members are invited to present papers on radio astronomy hardware, radio astronomy software, search strategies, astrophysics, planetary science, data reduction and analysis, and radio astronomy education. Demonstrations will be most welcome. The conference theme is "Moving Ahead in Radio Astronomy" and Chuck Higgins, radio astronomer and member of the NASA Radio Jove Team, will be our keynote speaker.

By: Julian Jove

The SARA 2011 Western Conference was held at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. Ray Fobes, Staff Radio Astronomer and SARA member, was our host. He provided a nice lecture hall for our meetings and Bill and Melinda Lord, SARA president and treasurer, respectively, kept us organized and, for the most part, out of trouble. Well, at least the group was not mentioned in the Prescott Police Blotter.