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  1. I had fun at the #Hamvention conference last week. I was too busy at the AMSAT Education table to post, but I was showing off the CubeSat Simulator and talking satellites. 🛰️📡📻

    This video of me is actually from two years ago ago, but I just found it 😁

    youtube.com/shorts/yE8KGB1ivUw

    #CubeSatSim #AMSAT #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #OpenSource #satellites #STEM #RaspberryPi #CubeSat #Education #RTLSDR

  2. The CubeSatSim Lite is available again on the AMSAT Store!

    This open source hardware and software project runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and transmits realistic satellite telemetry in the 70cm ham radio band.

    I really enjoying developing this STEM educational project!

    #CubeSatSim #CubeSat #HamRadio #AMSAT #RaspberryPi #STEM #OpenSource #Education #SDR #HamR #AmateurRadio #RaspberryPiZero

    amsat.org/product/cubesatsim-l

  3. The CubeSatSim Lite is available again on the AMSAT Store!

    This open source hardware and software project runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and transmits realistic satellite telemetry in the 70cm ham radio band.

    I really enjoying developing this STEM educational project!

    #CubeSatSim #CubeSat #HamRadio #AMSAT #RaspberryPi #STEM #OpenSource #Education #SDR #HamR #AmateurRadio #RaspberryPiZero

    amsat.org/product/cubesatsim-l

  4. The CubeSatSim Lite is available again on the AMSAT Store!

    This open source hardware and software project runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and transmits realistic satellite telemetry in the 70cm ham radio band.

    I really enjoying developing this STEM educational project!

    #CubeSatSim #CubeSat #HamRadio #AMSAT #RaspberryPi #STEM #OpenSource #Education #SDR #HamR #AmateurRadio #RaspberryPiZero

    amsat.org/product/cubesatsim-l

  5. The CubeSatSim Lite is available again on the AMSAT Store!

    This open source hardware and software project runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and transmits realistic satellite telemetry in the 70cm ham radio band.

    I really enjoying developing this STEM educational project!

    #CubeSatSim #CubeSat #HamRadio #AMSAT #RaspberryPi #STEM #OpenSource #Education #SDR #HamR #AmateurRadio #RaspberryPiZero

    amsat.org/product/cubesatsim-l

  6. The CubeSatSim Lite is available again on the AMSAT Store!

    This open source hardware and software project runs on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and transmits realistic satellite telemetry in the 70cm ham radio band.

    I really enjoying developing this STEM educational project!

    #CubeSatSim #CubeSat #HamRadio #AMSAT #RaspberryPi #STEM #OpenSource #Education #SDR #HamR #AmateurRadio #RaspberryPiZero

    amsat.org/product/cubesatsim-l

  7. I finally released the v2.2 software for CubeSatSim, the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator. This release was way too much work. It had too many bug fixes and new features. I need to push releases more frequently, as testing took forever and I kept finding bugs.

    I’m very happy with the release. Combined with having more CubeSatSim Lites available, it is an important step for the project!

    #CubeSatSim #AMSAT #HamRadio #CubeSat #STEM #RaspberryPi #OpenSource

    github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeS

  8. I finally released the v2.2 software for CubeSatSim, the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator. This release was way too much work. It had too many bug fixes and new features. I need to push releases more frequently, as testing took forever and I kept finding bugs.

    I’m very happy with the release. Combined with having more CubeSatSim Lites available, it is an important step for the project!

    #CubeSatSim #AMSAT #HamRadio #CubeSat #STEM #RaspberryPi #OpenSource

    github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeS

  9. I finally released the v2.2 software for CubeSatSim, the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator. This release was way too much work. It had too many bug fixes and new features. I need to push releases more frequently, as testing took forever and I kept finding bugs.

    I’m very happy with the release. Combined with having more CubeSatSim Lites available, it is an important step for the project!

    #CubeSatSim #AMSAT #HamRadio #CubeSat #STEM #RaspberryPi #OpenSource

    github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeS

  10. I finally released the v2.2 software for CubeSatSim, the AMSAT CubeSat Simulator. This release was way too much work. It had too many bug fixes and new features. I need to push releases more frequently, as testing took forever and I kept finding bugs.

    I’m very happy with the release. Combined with having more CubeSatSim Lites available, it is an important step for the project!

    #CubeSatSim #AMSAT #HamRadio #CubeSat #STEM #RaspberryPi #OpenSource

    github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeS

  11. The 43rd Annual AMSAT Space Symposium is underway in Phoenix, Arizona!

    There is a livestream on YouTube youtube.com/live/oAC9_Uh2ys4?f

    My #CubeSatSim presentation is tomorrow morning.

    #AMSAT #CubeSat #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

  12. I enjoyed watching on YouTube Patrick Wood as the Keynote Speaker at the AMSAT-UK 2025 annual colloquium this morning. He did live demonstrations of his CubeSat Simulators which was awesome!

    youtube.com/live/RC1p6iS-zwE?s

    #CubeSatSim #CubeSat #AMSAT #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

  13. That’s great @tom! You are following these steps to upgrade your beta #CubeSatSim ? github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeS

    One issue you may run into with another sound card is the audio level. We use the receiver audio directly from the FM transceiver module without an audio amplifier. This particular one had a high enough gain that one wasn’t needed. Other sound cards I tried needed an extra amplifier.

    Keep me posted.

    I have suggestions on how to troubleshoot or add an amp.

  14. @tom Your #CubeSatSim MPU6050 enhancement sounds great! If you could you share it with the community at github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeS that would be very helpful 😁

  15. @tom Glad you are enjoying the #CubeSatSim! I’m not aware of a general BPSK decoder, although I’m sure you could make one with #GnuRadio. I have an experimental BPSK decoder for the FunCube mode which runs on the Raspberry Pi with the FCD FunCube Dongle if you want to try that out. To try the FunCube mode on the CubeSatSim you’d need to update the software to v2.1. See CubeSatSim.org/code for details.

  16. I spend a lot of my time on this #OpenSource hardware and software #HamRadio project. We have a limited number of no solder kits available next week for your classroom or #STEM outreach: The #AMSAT #CubeSatSim, the #CubeSat Simulator:

    amsat.org/ans-152-amsat-news-s

  17. @jlin Good luck! Let me know how your #CubeSatSim 🛰️ project goes and if I can help in any way 😁👍🏻

  18. We got a reprogrammed RS-41 radiosonde working with our ground station today:

    amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Mapn

    A different one failed to be received on our last weather balloon launch by the #Villanova #CubeSat Club the other week.

    #RadioSonde #RS41 #HAB #WeatherBalloon #CubeSatSim #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #W3YP

  19. We got a reprogrammed RS-41 radiosonde working with our ground station today:

    amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Mapn

    A different one failed to be received on our last weather balloon launch by the #Villanova #CubeSat Club the other week.

    #RadioSonde #RS41 #HAB #WeatherBalloon #CubeSatSim #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #W3YP

  20. We got a reprogrammed RS-41 radiosonde working with our ground station today:

    amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Mapn

    A different one failed to be received on our last weather balloon launch by the #Villanova #CubeSat Club the other week.

    #RadioSonde #RS41 #HAB #WeatherBalloon #CubeSatSim #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #W3YP

  21. We got a reprogrammed RS-41 radiosonde working with our ground station today:

    amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Mapn

    A different one failed to be received on our last weather balloon launch by the #Villanova #CubeSat Club the other week.

    #RadioSonde #RS41 #HAB #WeatherBalloon #CubeSatSim #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #W3YP

  22. We got a reprogrammed RS-41 radiosonde working with our ground station today:

    amateur.sondehub.org/#!mt=Mapn

    A different one failed to be received on our last weather balloon launch by the #Villanova #CubeSat Club the other week.

    #RadioSonde #RS41 #HAB #WeatherBalloon #CubeSatSim #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #W3YP

  23. The Villanova CubeSat Club balloon payload was recovered by Pavel in North East Philadelphia about 1.5 hours after launch. He chased it down then called my number from the “Harmless Scientific Experiment” label stuck on the outside.

    #HAB #CubeSatSim #AmateurRadio #HamRadio #Villanova #GPS #CubeSat

  24. If you are at #DEFCON, check out the #AMSAT #CubeSat Simulator at the Aerospace Village! 🛰️📡

    It will be part of RC Jones workshop “How to Corrupt Youth to Cyber Focused Space Science” on Sunday 8/11

    aerospacevillage.org/defcon-32

    There will also be a #CubeSatSim on display transmit UHF telemetry to a #RaspberryPi ground station and taking #SSTV selfies on 8/9 - 8/11

    aerospacevillage.org/defcon-32

    For more info on this #OpenSource #STEM project see cubesatsim.org/wiki-beta

  25. At the AMSAT Forum at Hamvention on Saturday, I’ll be showing off this prototype 2U CubeSat Simulator.

    If you are there or stop by the AMSAT Booth on Friday or Saturday, make sure you say hi! 🛰️📡😁

    CubeSatSim.org/wiki-beta

    #CubeSatSim #AMSAT #Hamvention #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #OpenSource #RaspberryPi #STEM #CubeSat

  26. I recorded an unboxing video for the new AMSAT Beta CubeSat Simulator Kits, which will be available this week at #Hamvention and on the AMSAT Store in June.

    CubeSatSim.org/kit-videos-beta

    #AMSAT #CubeSatSim #STEM #CubeSat #RaspberryPi #OpenSource #HamRadio #AmateurRadio

  27. AMSAT CubeSat Simulator kits will be available at #Hamvention next week, and on the #AMSAT Store in June for a suggested donation of $400.

    The kit has three custom PCBs fully assembled and tested and the Pi Zero and Pico. You just need to solder pin headers on the sensors and solder wires to the solar panels, and assemble the 3D printed frame.

    The kits will ship to US addresses.

    CubeSatSim.org/kit-beta

    #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #STEM #RaspberryPi #CubeSatSim #CubeSat #OpenSource

  28. We flew this #APRS transmitter that has a GPS module and transmits at 144.39 MHz. It is also based on the #CubeSatSim.

    We flew this last year on our high altitude balloon but forgot to replace the batteries, so it ran out of power early in the flight.

    The GPS should work up to 100,000 ft. You can see the dipole antenna on the right side.

    The APRS antenna is a 2m J-pole made out of twin lead.

    Next is the SSTV transmitter.

  29. This payload is a student senior capstone design project transmitter. They started with my #CubeSatSim design and modified it to be a balloon payload.

    It will transmit a Pi Camera image as SSTV Scottie 2 format in 435.9 MHz with a 500mW FM transceiver board. It will then switch to #APRS data packets for a minute then back to SSTV images.