Researchers at the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology are preparing to send an amateur radio satellite into a geosynchronous orbit in 2017.
This will be a great opportunity for Amateur Radio satellite operators! Some preliminary information about this satellite may be found here.
The proposed frequency plan for the spacecraft is:
Uplinks: 5655-5665 MHz
Downlinks: 10455-10465 MHz
The amateur radio payload will comprise a Software Defined Transponder capable of supporting many different modes, including analog SSB.
Possible coverage of a Geosynchronous satellite at 74 degrees West – Credit NX5R
According to AMSAT Vice President-Operations Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, the satellite’s potential footprint would extend over the US from the Mid-Pacific to Africa.
We are making good progress on our High Altitude Balloon project. We have identified three local schools are interested in the project and Jamey, KC1ENX and others are working to set up a meeting with teachers in these schools to explain what we are doing and gain support. You can see what we are sharing with teachers and parents here.
Possible Balloon Payload Experiment – UV Radiation Measurements
Brian, AB1ZO is working on flight planning and science experiments for our high-altitude balloon. You can see Brian’s plans here.
We have also started a fund-raising campaign to raise the funds that we need for equipment, helium and other equipment to build and launch our balloon. Our fund-raising campaign has been active for about a week now and we are approaching the halfway point of our goal. Please consider helping us with the project by making a donation. You can do this by clicking on our GoFundMe drive below.
The January Tech night was about getting the most out of your HF transceiver. Fred had an interesting PowerPoint presentation where he demonstrated how to do just that. For anyone else new to HF, I wanted to comment on it here. In his presentation, he described how you should use filtering first and digital signal processing (DSP) as a last resort. That’s the exact mistake I was doing. if you use a lot DSP with a narrow filter selected the audio sounds hollow and really difficult to listen to. If you turn off the DSP select the narrow filter and then bring up the DSP if needed you get less noise and a pleasing audio output. Also turning down the AF gain can be your friend too!
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