The EEA department welcomes high school students to share a student project: Setting up a radio communication system

A call for projects for the implementation of radio communication by students has been launched by the amateur radio community.

The University of Montpellier was selected as the only university alongside middle schools and high schools throughout France. The EEA (Electronics, Electrical Energy, Automation) department of the Faculty of Sciences, in conjunction with the École Polytech Montpellier, is responsible for setting up a satellite communication ground station with the sub-Antarctic Crozet Islands, with the help of students. The aim is to be able to communicate directly with biology and environment researchers on mission in the islands.

Two general education sophomore classes (approximately 60 students) were invited with their teachers to come and discuss this project with EEA teachers on Monday, November 28. The program included a tour of the campus, demonstrations of radio communications in the practical work and project rooms of the EEA department and Polytech Montpellier, and conferences on the professions represented on campus. The day ended on a high note with a general presentation of the university radio station RadioCampus.