Deep Space Exploration Society - Some Serious Amateur Radio
Deep Space Exploration Society (DSES)
Richard Hambly, Life Senior Member
The Deep Space Exploration Society (DSES) is a Colorado-based 501(c)3 volunteer organization dedicated to radio astronomy, built around a restored 60-foot radio telescope on the eastern plains. Members observe and study pulsars and magnetars. They study galaxies by looking at the 21 cm hydrogen line and monitor the Sun and Jupiter. They extend this mission to monitoring manmade objects like NASA's Artemis-II and other deep space objects. DSES also supports Amateur Radio activities with its amateur radio station K0PRT. This includes Earth–Moon–Earth contacts and the ongoing Earth–Venus–Earth project. Scientists, Engineers, and others are welcome.
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- 604 North Tejon Street
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- United States 80903
- Building: Downtown Paninos
- Starts 16 July 2026 06:00 AM UTC
- Ends 03 August 2026 06:00 AM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Richard Hambly
Deep Space Exploration Society
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Our speaker tonight is Richard M. Hambly, callsign K0GD — an IEEE Life Senior Member and an electrical engineer with three degrees and decades in the field. Rick joined the Deep Space Exploration Society in Colorado knowing very little about radio astronomy, and he's been learning ever since — finding niches where he can contribute, from precision time and frequency systems to the engineering behind DSES's ongoing attempt to bounce a radio signal off Venus. Tonight he'll take us inside that volunteer organization, show us how amateurs are doing real radio astronomy with a restored 60-foot dish, and explain why every IEEE society has a home there. Please welcome Rick Hambly.
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