They may be building nanosatellites, but there’s nothing small about Villanova’s CubeSat Club
Villanova’s CubeSat club was launched in fall 2018 and has taken great strides for such a young club. The CubeSat club’s 2018-2019 year was packed with a variety of workshops and projects, including:
- Setting up temporary ground stations called SatNOGS (Satellite Network Operators Group)
- Building Yagi-Uda antennas from tape measurers and scrap wood and using them to track low earth orbit satellites as they flew over Villanova
- Building an AMSAT CubeSat Simulator, a functional satellite model
- Assisting with the freshman CubeSat mini-design projects
- Earning amateur radio licenses and ham radio callsigns
- Assembling and selling electronic transceiver boards used in CubeSats as a fundraiser
- Attending the 2019 Hamvention conference and running the AMSAT education table
- Received and decoded a special message sent from the AO-73 FunCube Satellite especially for Villanova
Space ham: Local radio operators present program at library
SOUTH POINT – The Southern Ohio Amateur Radio Association is always trying to expand the interest in ham radio and does many public events to spread the world. But a recent request had the club reaching beyond the earth’s stratosphere. Jan Gullett, Briggs Lawrence County Public Library Southern Branch children’s reading librarian, asked the members of SOARA to present an introduction to ham radio, but with a twist……
I was able to visit this museum when I went to Dayton this year. It’s a very cool place, and I plan to go again, perhaps next year……Dan
National VOA Museum of Broadcasting Plans Anniversary Party
Her six massive transmitters may be quiet, but she is far from silent.
Amateur radio operators routinely talk to the world from station WC8VOA in West Chester, Ohio, located about 25 miles north of Cincinnati. This former VOA relay station is now the National VOA Museum of Broadcasting with collections from the Gray History of Wireless Museum; Powel Crosley Jr., and Cincinnati radio and TV broadcasting history; and the Voice of America. Next week the museum celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Bethany Station Saturday, Sept. 21, with a fundraiser to make the first floor of the museum accessible for people for all abilities.
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