Name	Role	Call Sign	Email
Bill Duncan	Team Lead	KE7OVE	dunc8611@vandals.uidaho.edu
Zachary Hacker		KF7VCP	hack3582@vandals.uidaho.edu

Current Projects

Project Name	Description
Comm Tutorial	To write tutorial explaining Comm team's job during pre-launch, launch, and post-launch.
Micro-Trak Shell	To fabricate one Micro-Trak  inclosures from fiberglass covered foam.
Micro-Trak Power	To experimentally measure how much power a Micro-Trak uses and transmits.
Preservation of Knowledge -Antennas	To document the procedure for fabricating J-Pole antennas, including how to crimp SMA connectors.
Altitude Switcher	To create a circuit that switches the Micro-Trak to transmit mode 2 above 5,000 ft. Mode two will be set on a less frequent transmit interval to decrease flooding the APRS network.

Projects under consideration

Project Name	Description
I-Gate	Avoid polluting public APRS frequencies by pathing to custom Internet Gate.
Learning to use TinyTrak4	The TinyTrak4 small packet encoding/decoding device, with versatility that makes it a powerful addition to the Comm team's equipment.  Learning how to properly leverage it beyond simple TNC decoding is an ongoing project.

Archive
Click here for past equipment information and guides.