02/01/2016 A package of two satellites carrying Amateur Radio payloads has been deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a collaborative Texas A&M and University of Texas at Austin research effort. Built by Texas A&M students, AggieSat4 (AGS4) will release UT’s Bevo-2 CubeSat in about Read More …
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Virginia Tech team advancing use of amateur radio in emergency communications
Researchers at the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology are preparing to send an amateur radio transponder into a geosynchronous orbit in 2017. “Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, a new ham band will be available for the Americas,” said Robert Read More …
First amateur radio in geosynchronous orbit will aid disaster communications
Slated to be launched in 2017. Click on the link below to read the article from Virginia Tech electrical and computer engineering. http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/12/122215-ictas-humegeoradio.html Patrick, KM4ICE