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Posted: 05 Nov 2021 11:00 PM PDT
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Episode 374 - Courtney Duncan - N5BF
Courtney Duncan, N5BF, has humble amateur radio
beginnings in Texas where he earned a degree in musical piano performance. Destiny intervened, allowing Courtney to get a degree as an electronic engineer and a career at JPL, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, associated
with NASA and CalTech in Pasadena, California working on flight radio
systems for spacecraft that go to Mars and beyond. Now retired after 30
years, N5BF is active as the president of the San Bernardino Microwave
Society, amateur microwave operation and contesting, and moonbounce.
Show Notes
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Courtneys
Ham Radio Website
Courtneys Biography
Courtneys Tornado Story from JPL Newsletter
Hometown: Henreatta, Texas

First License: Age 16, WN5GRZ, 1972, upgrade to WB5GRZ
Mentor: Phil Woodard, W5KRZ

First Rig:
6DQ6 Novice Transmitter
National HRO 50 Receiver without band coils, big knob

PeopleVan Clyburn, Piano Performer

Jan King W3GEY
Owen Garriot, Astronaut
Ralph Walio, W6RPK
Larry Young, JPL
Bill Pickering, JPL
Jay Holiday, W6EJJ
Eric Archer, N6CV (SK) - need reference
Bob Twigs (CubeSat)
Joe Taylor, K1JT
HG Wells, Author

Terms
Burlington Northern Railroad
Railroad Telegraph Operator
Railroad Signaling
Railroad Depot (Station) Master
American Morse Code
Taylor, TX
Protoscience
Hubbard, TX
200 to 400 Khz Filter
Transmitter Chirp
NVIS - Near Vertical Incidence Skywave
National Traffic System
Hubbard Texas Tornado, 1972
GE ProgLine
Baylor University, Waco, TX, Music Major Piano Performance
Heathkit HW-2036A VHF Transceiver
Broadcast Engineer
FCC Office Dallas TX
Second Class RadioTelephone License
First Class RadioTelephone
GS9 - Federal Government Payscale
Oscar 6 Satellite
Phase 3A Satellite
AMSAT Washington, DC
University of Houston, BSEE
Timex Sinclair Computer
Keplerian Elements of Satellites
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
STS6 Space Shuttle Flight
STS9 Space Shuttle Flight
JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goldstone Deep Space Network
GPS Receiver Design
What is FFRDC?
CalTech, Pasadena
Jet Assisted Takeoff Rockets
Ranger Missions to the Moon, 1960s
Ranger 7
Surveyor Space Missions
Apollo 12 Mission
Voyager 1 Spacecraft
Voyager 2 Spacecraft
Heliopause
Mars Rovers
Galileo Spacecraft
JPL - Flight Radio Section
MARS Helicopter 1800 Grams or less
Zigby Radio
FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array
Universal Space Transponder
CubeSat Version Iris Radio Package
Microstat: A New, Small Satellite Bus Concept, 1989, by Courtney Duncan
Oscar Satellite 16
Oscar Satellite 19
TSFR - This space for rent
P-POD Satellite Dispenser
Mars copter
San Bernardino Microwave Society
Palos Verdes 10 GHz Beacon
Mt. Ellison Listening Reverse Beacon
4X1AJ Moon Bounce
Shannon Limit

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