Alan Johnston, KU2Y
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Alan Johnston, KU2Y
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A ham radio operator who enjoys amateur satellites and CubeSats. I teach electrical engineering at a university and enjoy STEM outreach activities. I volunteer at #AMSAT […]

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

There is a livestream on YouTube https://youtube.com/live/oAC9_Uh2ys4?feature=share

My #cubesatsim presentation is tomorrow morning.

#amsat #cubesat #hamradio #amateurradio
October 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Reposted by Alan Johnston, KU2Y
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!

https://www.youtube.com/live/RC1p6iS-zwE?si=Qhpy46co1FCiZfci […]

[Original post on mastodon.radio]
October 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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!

https://www.youtube.com/live/RC1p6iS-zwE?si=Qhpy46co1FCiZfci […]

[Original post on mastodon.radio]
October 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Alan Johnston, KU2Y
If you are a US citizen holding a #hamradio license, please add your name to this campaign to end overbearing HOA restrictions on #amateurradio antennas with bills in both the house and senate, both of which have bipartisan sponsorship.

Fill in your callsign, and your contact information will […]
Original post on social.makerforums.info
social.makerforums.info
September 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Reposted by Alan Johnston, KU2Y
Had a mild-but-annoying cold all weekend, but worked on some projects.

My ‘connect your Morse Key to Discord’ boards are now with JLCPCB for assembly.

And I designed a servo controlled ‘analog dial gauge’ for the CubeSatSim project.
June 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by Alan Johnston, KU2Y
@ku2y Hi!
I've been playing with a CubeSatSim that the RSGB have lent me. It's been rather a lot of fun so far.
Do you know of anything that can decode the BSPK telemetry that isn't FoxTelem? I'd ideally like to hook it up to MQTT so I can build a visualiser for it.

Also I've wired up the INT […]
Original post on theclacks.cloud
theclacks.cloud
June 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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 […]
Original post on mastodon.radio
mastodon.radio
June 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Reposted by Alan Johnston, KU2Y
Coming soon to my web site!

In early 1999 #swatch set out to publicize its new “Swatch .beat Internet Time” by launching #beatnik, a grapefruit‑size “mini‑Sputnik” #satellite from the Mir space station. The plan was to replay user‑submitted voice clips (each had to include the word *beat*) on […]
Original post on epistolary.org
epistolary.org
May 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Reposted by Alan Johnston, KU2Y
@ku2y Thanks for all the great work you did!! The instructions are very clear! I'm getting all the components from the BOM ready.
January 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by Alan Johnston, KU2Y
The story begins with parts and printing the frame for my first attempt at the AMSAT CubeSatSim #cubesatsim #amsat #3dprint
January 10, 2025 at 5:32 AM