{"id":235479,"date":"2015-10-22T10:02:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T14:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=27057"},"modified":"2015-10-22T10:02:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T14:02:33","slug":"amateur-radio-balloon-enthusiast-helped-restore-bttf-delorean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=235479","title":{"rendered":"Amateur radio balloon enthusiast helped restore BTTF DeLorean"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ara Kourchians N6ARA in BTTF DeLorean Time Machine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Radio amateur and High Altitude Balloon enthusiast Ara Kourchians (Arko) N6ARA<\/b> was among those who helped restore the Back To The Future DeLorean time machine for Universal Studios.<\/p>\n

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Ara Kourchians N6ARA restoring BTTF DeLorean<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The San Bernardino Microwave Society newsletter reported his interest in the amateur microwave bands when he was a student in 2008.<\/p>\n

Ara N6ARA has since flown many amateur radio High Altitude Balloons and in 2013 attended the UKHAS Conference<\/a> in London to give a presentation on US Ballooning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By 2015 he completed his bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona and has worked as a Software Engineer at JPL.<\/p>\n

Ara\u00a0Kourchians N6ARA appeared in a video about the DeLorean restoration project.<\/p>\n

Watch “OUT OF TIME: Saving the DeLorean Time Machine” – Trailer 1
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