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Using Ham Radio in the Classroom - Mission to the PlanetsTo demonstrate solar power and the distances to the planets, our students
used a mock planetary explorer consisting of a solar panel on a satellite
model on a cart: They backed the cart away over 590 feet from a 1000W spot lamp to get from Mercury to Jupiter. A KPC-3+ TNC provided APRS telemetry to a laptop which plotted the IV curve of the solar panel along the way (which was down 1000 to 1 by the time they got to Saturn (the size of a BB)... Pluto was in the next building. Anyway, students had fun. And we got some nice photos. I Just an example of how we use Ham Radio in the classroom. Bob, WB4APR
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