Palomar Amateur Radio Club and Open Research Institute Donate $2,449.44 to Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
Palomar
Amateur Radio Club (PARC) was
founded in February of 1936
and serves the San Diego, CA, USA amateur radio community.
PARC hosts monthly membership meetings and
hosts
several annual events. PARC
repeater system
serves
individuals
and groups and provides opportunities for recreation, emergency
preparation, and technical experimentation.
Contact
board@palomararc.org
Open
Research Institute (ORI) is a non-profit research and development
organization which provides all of its work to the general public
under the principles of Open Source and Open Access to Research.
https://openresearch.institute/
Contact Michelle Thompson w5nyv@arrl.net
https://openresearch.institute/
Contact Michelle Thompson w5nyv@arrl.net
Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
lets students worldwide experience the excitement of talking directly
with crew members of the International Space Station, inspiring them
to pursue interests in careers in science, technology, engineering
and math, and engaging them with radio science technology through
amateur radio.
Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space
agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the
United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
(AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the International
Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory and National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to
promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via
amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in
classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts,
students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space,
space technologies, and amateur radio.
For
more information, see www.ariss.org.
This
donation is given to support the Multi-Voltage
Power Supply (MVPS). ARISS needs
to replace
the current aging ISS amateur radio station
power supply. ARISS
has
a fund-raising
campaign throughout
2019 to
help with the expensive space-rated parts required to finish building
the MVPS units.
Kerry Banke N6IZW has been a core volunteer in the effort to design, build, and test the flight, training, and spare models of the MVPS. Inspired by his commitment, expertise, and mentoring throughout this project, individuals organized a fundraiser through the Amateur Radio Satellite Service Facebook group.
Kerry Banke N6IZW has been a core volunteer in the effort to design, build, and test the flight, training, and spare models of the MVPS. Inspired by his commitment, expertise, and mentoring throughout this project, individuals organized a fundraiser through the Amateur Radio Satellite Service Facebook group.
Palomar
Amateur Radio Club agreed to be the 501(c)(3) of record. Open
Research Institute handled logistics, publicity, and secured a
corporate match from Qualcomm Incorporated.
The
$2,449.44
donation was made to ARISS from PARC on 28 May 2019.
A substantial amount of additional funding is needed to replace the amateur radio power supplies on the ISS. This donation is a small part of a much larger effort to keep amateur radio in space, upgrade and update equipment on the space station, and promote peaceful international cooperation and the unparalleled educational opportunities enabled by ARISS.
A substantial amount of additional funding is needed to replace the amateur radio power supplies on the ISS. This donation is a small part of a much larger effort to keep amateur radio in space, upgrade and update equipment on the space station, and promote peaceful international cooperation and the unparalleled educational opportunities enabled by ARISS.
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