After looking through Hector's slideshow below, I was left with great awe. This slideshow should be seen by every high school radio club. High school students can be very resourceful when a high goal is in front of them, even though funds are tight, as they almost always are.

I think three of my favorite events in my ham radio "career" have been with three ARISS satellite events -- a middle school with MIR, an elementary school with ISS, and a high school when Richard Garriott W5KWQ, was on the ISS.

Kodos to Hector and to all who helped him. Again, I am in awe.

Ron W5RKN

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Message: 12 Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 20:58:23 +0000 From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" amsat-bb@wd9ewk.net To: "amsat-bb@amsat.org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Financial arguments about full duplex Message-ID: CAN6TEUckkTaw5ii04QUeEJ_1noDsaCdW+tEfzeOJmckGJD4jAg@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

Hi!

When it comes to being creative in the face of little or no access to equipment, one example to remember is how Hector - CO6CBF at the time in 2012 and 2013, now also W5CBF - scrounged to get equipment and parts together to work satellites. For Hector in 2012 living in Cuba, even a $30 Baofeng radio was out of reach - nobody sells them in Cuba, and with a monthly income for most Cubans around US$20 to US$25/month even that radio is a luxury.

If you'd like to see what Hector did to put together his station, he gave a presentation at the 2012 AMSAT Symposium in Orlando. The video of his presentation is at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eocmIubIBQ4

The slideshow that was displayed on the screen during Hector's 2012 talk is available at:

http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/AMSAT -NA_Symposium2012/Martinez_Cuban_Homebrew.pdf

This is ingenuity and creativity taken to a high level, out of necessity.

Hector gave another presentation at the 2013 AMSAT Symposium in Houston on a slightly different topic. You can see that video at:

?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH5Gb_dmuGs

and the slideshow is at:

http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/AMSAT -NA_Symposium2013/Martinez_FUNcube_School_Support.pdf

I am sensitive to hams who say that costs are an issue when trying to get on the satellites. I also remind myself, and other hams, that there are ways to get on the air when someone wants to make it happen.

73!

Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK