[amsat-bb] New FM repeater satellite planned: MEMESat-1

[John Brier]

Lesson plans are, uhm, planned ;-)

https://letsgo2space.com/lesson-plans/

As for antenna waving versus HF portable, I've had plenty of attention from
boy scouts in past sat demos as well as random kids and their parents in a
park once when I did an ISS SSTV demo.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 14:54 Dwayne Sinclair via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> In my humble opinion, image capabilities in general will be a nice
> addition, but the new bird all by itself won’t be any more accessible to
> students than any of the existing birds available today.  To help the
> hobby, we need to be developing and publishing projects/lesson plans that
> teachers can use as a foundation for activities for a school club at
> various grade levels.
>
> When I setup and run portable, I have all people young and old asking
> about what I am doing because it “looks cool”. Standing around with a pair
> of headphones on waiving an antenna around is not that appealing to anyone
> - its difficult and tiring.
>
> Regards Dwayne NA6US
> Redondo Beach, California
>
>
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