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Our October Meeting Is Tomorrow, Saturday October 17th
at 9:00 a.m.
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It will be an in-person meeting. Note the Time.
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Aerospace Activities for Amateur Radio Operators and Others
Fredrick Raab KK6NOW will give an entertaining, prop-loaded presentation:
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Aerospace activities have never been so accessible to learners and experimenters of all ages. This presentation will highlight such activities from ground level to deep space, with an emphasis on those involving amateur radio. Topics include high powered rocketry, high altitude balloons, satellites, and radio astronomy.
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Since retiring from the UCSD Qualcomm Institute’s Center for Wireless and Public Health Systems in 2017, Fredric Raab KK6NOW promotes STEM/STEAM activities through teaching and course development, focusing his efforts on computer engineering projects using the Arduino, Raspberry Pi and software defined radio (SDR).
His special interest is in space and aerospace applications, building flight recorders and trackers for high powered amateur rockets and high-altitude balloons, functional (but not space-worthy) CubeSats, and ground stations to receive telemetry from satellites, weather balloons and aircraft.
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He serves on several NASA STEM Engagement review committees and judged seven NASA TechRise student challenges to send experiments on sub-orbital sounding rockets and high-altitude balloon flights.
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Although he spent his entire career in telecommunications, he didn’t obtain his technical and general licenses until 2014, initially for off-roading, then with the Red Cross. Today his primary usage is telemetry and experimentation.
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Club President: Don Stouder - N1GAY
Club Vice-President: Rick Lee - N6PSP
Club Treasurer: Jim Haggerty - KN6QLC
Club Secretary:Gavin Schutz – K6GAV
Directors
Guy Chabot - KS6F
Mark Johnston - KD6SEC
Shane Meyer - KO6JGR
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President Emeritus: Glenn Morrison – WB6RLC
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Membership: Anne Larson - KJ6QWC
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