by m0xtd | Jun 12, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Satpack is an ATmega328 controlled satellite tracker with doppler tuning. To calculate the position of the satellite, they use qrpTracker, which is an Arduino friendly program based on James Miller’s Pan-13. Next, the Arduino tunes the radio to listen to the...
by m0xtd | Jun 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
The Virginian-Pilot reports that when fifth-grader Tristan Jolley of Mack Benn Jr. Elementary school wasn’t picked to attend this year’s NASA student symposium in Houston, he was disappointed – motivated, too. If anything, he said, it made him want...
by m0xtd | Jun 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
In 1992 Southern California Amateur Radio operators uplinked a video of stand-up comedian Jay Leno, host of NBC’s The Tonight Show, to the Space Shuttle Columbia through Jim Steffen, KC6A’s station in Long Beach, California. Watch Jay Leno – SAREX...
by m0xtd | Jun 11, 2012 | Daily Updates
This video shows Tony Hutchison VK5ZAI on the Channel 7 Today Tonight TV show talking about amateur radio and the ARISS schools program. The show provides some great insights as to how Amateur Radio can provide support for NASA as well as raise public awareness...
by m0xtd | Jun 10, 2012 | Daily Updates
John Klingelhoeffer, WB4LNM, AubieSat-1 Technical Mentor at Auburn University Alabama reports that the satellite has been successfully commanded to change the transmission mode. John says “A short message was received Saturday evening indicating that uplink...
