BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Central BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230528T231733Z UID:FCC8E441-9DBD-4417-8FCD-A02F7B0508C4 DTSTART;TZID=US/Central:20230525T180000 DTEND;TZID=US/Central:20230525T200000 DESCRIPTION:Pursuits in Near Space - A Technical Hobby at a Higher Level\n\ nSystems that operate in the atmosphere above the inversion layer and in n ear-earth orbit have been limited to government funded efforts led by acad emic institutions\, civilian space organizations like NASA & ESA or defens e departments. The question is - how can someone with technical interest b ut a limited budget participates in these kinds of activities? Advances in software defined radios and standardized\, small\, modular spacecraft hav e enabled amateurs and citizen scientists to build and operate these syste ms. High altitude balloons and cube-sats have made these activities afford able and interacting with these systems is easier than ever\, especially f or those with some computer and electronics background. This talk will exp lore possibilities for using these technologies for the technical hobbyist \, education\, scientific research and informing the public.\n\nSpeaker(s) : Clyde Springen\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:00 to 6:10 PM - Open for participants t o enter and network.\n6:10 to 6:20 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker.\n6:20 to 7:30 PM - Formal Program and Q&A.\n\nRo om: Community Room #1\, Asian American Resource Center (AARC)\, 8401 Camer on Road\, Austin\, TX \, Austin \, Texas\, United States\, 78754\, Virtu al: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/360451 LOCATION:Room: Community Room #1\, Asian American Resource Center (AARC)\, 8401 Cameron Road\, Austin\, TX \, Austin \, Texas\, United States\, 787 54\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/360451 ORGANIZER:bill.martno@ieee.org SEQUENCE:19 SUMMARY:CTS LMAG & CTCN May25\,2023 Meeting - Pursuits in Near Space URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/360451 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Pursuits in Near Space - A Technic al Hobby at a Higher Level </strong></p>\n<p>Systems that operate in the a tmosphere above the inversion layer and in near-earth orbit have been limi ted to government funded efforts led by academic institutions\, civilian s pace organizations like NASA &amp\; ESA or defense departments. The questi on is - how can someone with technical interest but a limited budget parti cipates in these kinds of activities? Advances in software defined radios and standardized\, small\, modular spacecraft have enabled amateurs and ci tizen scientists to build and operate these systems. High altitude balloon s and cube-sats have made these activities affordable and interacting with these systems is easier than ever\, especially for those with some comput er and electronics background. This talk will explore possibilities for us ing these technologies for the technical hobbyist\, education\, scientific research and informing the public.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</ p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6:00 to 6:1 0 PM - Open for participants to enter and network.&nbsp\;</div>\n<div dir= "ltr" data-setdir="false">6:10 to 6:20 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meet ing and to introduce speaker.</div>\n<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6: 20 to 7:30 PM - Formal Program and Q&amp\;A.&nbsp\;</div>\n<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">&nbsp\;</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR