Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers

NRAO and Green Bank Overview; NRAO and SARA
Lory Mitchell Wingate

Abstract: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) enables forefront research into the Universe at radio wavelengths and operates a complementary, state-of-the-art suite of four radio telescope facilities and instrumentation for use by the scientific community, regardless of institutional or national affiliation, including: (a) the international Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile;

The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) participated in the 4th USA Science & Engineering Festival, the largest Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education event of its kind in the United States.

The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA) announces a regional conference will be held at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona March 11 to 13, 2016. SARA member Ray Fobes is a Staff Radio Astronomer at the University and is coordinating the event. He can be reached by e-mail at westernconference_at_radio-astronomy_dot_org.

Vice President Tom Hagen is pleased to announce that Lory Wingate from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has agreed to be the Keynote Speaker at the 2016 Annual SARA Conference to be held July 10 to 13 at the NRAO in Green Bank, WV.