JPL, Mars Helicopter, Cube Sats, Ham Radio and more: N5BF talks to Eric Guth 4Z1UG

Courtney Duncan N5BF had a full career at JPL and is the current president of the San Bernardino Microwave Society. There is a lot of interesting stuff in this interview, much of it about space exploration. Courtney tells us about how experience with re-purposing radio gear came in handy at JPL. For example, the helicopter that they have been flying on Mars has a very cheap and light off-the-shelf Zigbee transceiver. He also talks about the origins of the Cube Sats.

Here is Eric’s page on this interview, with useful show notes:

https://www.qsotoday.com/podcasts/n5bf

I like to listen to Eric’s shows on YouTube — here is the YouTube recording of the N5BF interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbr4jE11vfg

Here is N5BF’s ham radio web site:

http://cbduncan.duncanheights.com/HamRadio/HamRadio.html

Here is the club page of the San Bernardino Microwave Society:

http://www.ham-radio.com/sbms/

Thanks to Eric and Courtney!