https://ece.ncsu.edu/seminar/how-to-bounce-a-radio-signal-off-the-moon-and-other-space-communications-adventures/
The idea of using orbiting satellites for communication was introduced by science fiction writer and futurist Arthur C. Clarke in 1945. In 1946 the first experiments using the moon as a passive reflector were performed. Building on the idea of passive reflectors, NASA’s first communications satellite project, Project Echo, was begun in 1960. In this...
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Speaker: Dan Stancil
Alcoa Distinguished Professor Emeritus
NC State University
Daniel D. Stancil is Alcoa Distinguished Professor Emeritus at NC State. His early interest in radios and electronics launched a fun and rewarding engineering career. Along the way he picked up engineering degrees from Tennessee Tech (B.S.E.E.) and MIT (M.S., E.E. and Ph.D.). He has spent many years as a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at both Carnegie Mellon University and NC State. While at CMU he served as Associate Head of the ECE Department, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering. He was Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at North Carolina State University from 2009-2023, and Executive Director of the IBM Quantum Innovation Center at NC State from 2019-2024. Dr. Stancil is a Life Fellow of the IEEE. He has been an amateur radio operator since before high school, and is presently licensed as WY3O.
