At Dayton 1986, Tom Clark, W3IWI, came to me and said "I know a nifty way to do EME using brain's rather than brawn, are you interested?" It amazing how much difference in a person's life sixteen English words can make. Much has happened between then and now, including the Micro-sat project, the formation of the TAPR-AMSAT DSP project, the formation of Digital Signal Systems, Inc. to do a DSP project for AEA, the beginning of Phase Ⅲ-D, the beginning of the death of Phase IV, the start of RUDAK-Ⅱ, experimentation, and more. It is amazing how much a hand full of people can accomplish when they have good jobs (and forgiving wives and/ or bosses). This is the quick story of two of these projects.
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