[Ground-station] ORI announces ARRL grant

[Michelle Thompson]

Good news!

Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) Generously Awards a $3,000 Grant to
Support the Open Research Institute (ORI) Amateur Radio Satellite Service
Research and Development Program

ORI, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to open source research and development in
amateur radio, has been awarded a $3,000 grant from the ARRL Foundation.
This grant, the maximum amount, will be immediately applied to Phase 1 of
the Digital Multiplex Transponder research and development program. This
grant allows hardware prototypes for broadband microwave digital payloads
to proceed much more quickly.
All work completed by ORI is made available to the general public at no
cost.

A project that will directly and immediately benefit from this work is the
Amateur Radio Exploration (AREx) project, brought to you by Amateur Radio
on the International Space Station (ARISS). ARISS is a project sponsored by
the Amateur Radio Satellite Corporation (AMSAT).

AREx is devoted to designing and building amateur radio equipment for the
Lunar Orbiting Platform Gateway project. This lunar orbiting station will
have open source broadband microwave amateur equipment and affordable open
source ground stations. AREx is not limited to Gateway, as there are many
other opportunities under consideration that can re-use what is designed
and built.

Documentation about the transponder program that this award supports can be
found on the ORI website at the following links.

Overview:
https://openresearch.institute/2019/09/27/open-research-institute-phase-4-space-grant-application-overview/

Technical proposal:
https://openresearch.institute/2020/01/10/p4xt-digital-multiplexing-transponder-project-program-proposal/

Phase 1 statement of work can be found at the summary document linked
below.

Summary:
https://openresearch.institute/2020/02/21/summary-proposal-open-research-institute-phase-1-p4xt/

Established in 1973 by the American Radio Relay League, Inc. (ARRL) as an
independent and separate 501(c)(3) organization, the ARRL Foundation
administers programs to support the Amateur Radio community.

Funded entirely by the generous contributions of radio amateurs and
friends, ARRL Foundation administers programs for Amateur Radio award
scholarships for higher education, award grants for Amateur Radio projects,
and award special Amateur Radio program grants for The Victor C. Clark
Youth Incentive Program and The Jesse A. Bieberman Meritorious Membership
Program.

Find out more about the ARRL Foundation here:
http://www.arrl.org/the-arrl-foundation

Here are some of the organizations that will appreciate your time, energy,
effort, and enthusiasm.

ARISS is the home for AREx. ARISS can be found on the web at
https://www.ariss.org/

AMSAT North American is the home for ARISS. AMSAT is active in AREx in
multiple roles and can be found on the web at
https://amsat.org

JAMSAT supports AREx and has partnered with ORI to work on the Gateway
Ground Station. JAMSAT can be found on the web at
https://www.jamsat.or.jp

Open Research Institute supports AREx and open source amateur radio
research & development, primarily microwave.
Find ORI on the web at
https://openresearch.institute
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