Amateur radio, both the technology and the users of it, are a fundamental part of MXL. A long time ago, the foundation of MXL engineering was developed during “mentor meetings” at Stanford University. Prof Bob Twiggs would invite local experts, most HAMs, to meet with students to provide lessons learned, mentoring, coaching, and critiquing. A favorite quote from Lars Karlsson went something like, “There’s nothing wrong with OPAL, it just doesn’t work.” With advice like that, we were able to get OPAL on orbit, which was the forerunner to CubeSats. Other HAMs from that time were Jerry Lawson, Dick Kors, and John Ellis. The trick was always to ask the right question.
Today, in MXL, we are HAMs and we work with HAMs around the world. We work to learn and recreate the innovative, collaborative, helpful nature of the amateur radio world within MXL.
Beacon Information
MXL satellites often carry data beacons that can be received and decoded by global HAMs. Below are links to beacon info per satellite.
- MCubed-2 – Coming Soon!
- MCubed-1 – Coming Soon!
- GRIFEX – Coming!
Global HAMs
The missions of MXL have been fortunate to receive significant assistance from the amateur radio community worldwide. We owe a great deal of our mission successes to the skill and dedication of our HAM colleagues: Would you like to join the MXL HAM community? Are you a current member of the MXL HAM community and want your photo and contact information posted here? Contact: MXLab-HAMs_AT_umich.edu
Alan Cresswell, ZL2BX, New Zealand
Shamai Opfer, 4Z1WS, Israel
Justin Foley, KI6EPH, California, USA
Kyle Leveque, KG6TXT, California, USA
Kasei Toshio, JA1GDE, Japan
JA5BLZ, Japan
Mark Hammond, N8MH, North Carolina, USA
MXL HAMs
Many of the MXL members are amateur radio operators, or HAMS. Below is a list of current and alumni HAMs.
Current HAMs
- James Cutler — KF6RFX
- Daniel Gu – KD2OHT
- Anny Lin — KM6QCN
- Jeffrey Poon — KD2LRA
- Damen Provost — KD8SRY
- Rohan Punnoose — KK4UPD
- Justin Schachter – K6ELD
- Srinagesh Sharma — KD8SPS
- Justin Shetty – KD2OHS
- Jacob Sigler — KD9EBL
- Daniel Spatcher — KE8ISZ
- Matthew Szczerba — KE8EYN
- Jack Underwood — KE8DDT
- Peter Washabaugh — KD8ZBM
- Joe Yates – KC1IGN
Alumni HAMs
- Veronika Bayer — KE8DDV
- Garrett Cullen — KE8AIC
- Emanuela Della Bosca — KE8EHR
- Robert Huddleston — KK4PHU
- Andy Klesh — KD0DLH
- Kathryn Luczek — KD8WJM
- Ari Porter — W7KKE
- Logan Sisca — KD8VAQ
- Casey Steuer — KD8WJV
- Andrew Taylor — KD8VAS
- Joshua Synowiec — KD8WJT
- Alex Walsh — KE8DFR
- Adam Werries — KD8VXQ