Google Project Loon using 2400 and 5800 MHz

Project Loon is a research and development project being developed by Google with the mission of providing Internet access to rural and remote areas using High-Altitude Balloons (HAB) placed in the stratosphere at an altitude of about 20 km to create an aerial...

Fox-2 MPPT Team Selected In TI Design Contest

AMSAT sponsored a senior design project at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) this academic year. The students included senior EE majors: Bryce Salmi KB1LQC Brent Salmi KB1LQD Ian MacKenzie KB3OCF Dan Corriero The project was to develop a Maximum power point...

AMSAT ARISS Program Status

Frank Bauer, KA3HDO and AMSAT VP for Human Spaceflight Programs presents an update on the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program. The presentation was given at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention. Frank takes a quick look at 30 years of amateur radio...

AMSAT Education and You

During the AMSAT Forum at the Dayton 2013 Hamvention, Mark Hammond, N8MH, AMSAT VP for Education Relations gave a quick overview of AMSAT’s recent educational activities, AMSAT’s partnership with the ARRL Education & Technology Program, and how you can...