Helical Antenna

OBJECTIVE: To receive weather signals via National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite ​

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DESCRIPTION:  As a part of making a curriculum, I built a 12 feet Helical antenna. The right-handed circularly polarized antenna can receive weather signals from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellites (NOAA). When these satellites overlap any part of the world, signals can be received and converted to images to monitor weather conditions.

IMPLEMENTATION: I designed an eight-week curriculum to teach how to make different DIY ( Do It Yourself) antennas to receive signals from different satellites. Students learn different communication techniques from Morse code to satellite communication. I delivered this curriculum to middle school students and graduate school girls from different socio-economic backgrounds in Nepal.​

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SKILLS: Instructional Design, Satellite Communication, Research, Hand and Power tools, Prototyping, Iteration

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LOCATION: Karkhana, Nepal, 2016

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