{"id":5597,"date":"2021-11-07T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T04:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2021\/11\/07\/jpl-mars-helicopter-cube-sats-ham-radio-and-more-n5bf-talks-to-eric-guth-4z1ug\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T08:04:30","slug":"jpl-mars-helicopter-cube-sats-ham-radio-and-more-n5bf-talks-to-eric-guth-4z1ug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2021\/11\/07\/jpl-mars-helicopter-cube-sats-ham-radio-and-more-n5bf-talks-to-eric-guth-4z1ug\/","title":{"rendered":"JPL, Mars Helicopter, Cube Sats, Ham Radio and more: N5BF talks to Eric Guth 4Z1UG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This morning Eric Guth has a really interesting interview on his QSO Today podcast. <\/b><\/p>\n

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.
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Here is Eric’s page on this interview, with useful show notes: <\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.qsotoday.com\/podcasts\/n5bf<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

I like to listen to Eric’s shows on YouTube — here is the YouTube recording of the N5BF interview: <\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fbr4jE11vfg<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Here is N5BF’s ham radio web site: <\/b><\/p>\n

http:\/\/cbduncan.duncanheights.com\/HamRadio\/HamRadio.html<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Here is the club page of the San Bernardino Microwave Society:<\/b><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ham-radio.com\/sbms\/<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to Eric and Courtney! <\/b><\/p>\n

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