Membership

NWSMS is for people who want to do more than watch technology from the sidelines. Operators, engineers, educators, students, builders, programmers, experimenters, and technically curious newcomers all have something to contribute.

What membership is about

• Learning and improving satellite and microwave operating skills.
• Sharing practical technical knowledge with other members.
• Participating in hardware, software, station, and field projects.
• Helping newcomers become competent and responsible operators.
• Contributing measurements, documentation, code, designs, presentations, or experience.

You do not need to know everything first

Upper-band radio can look intimidating from the outside. One purpose of the society is to make that knowledge easier to enter, whether your starting point is amateur radio, electronics, software, education, engineering, or simple curiosity.