S.S.E.T.I.: Amateur Radio Operators -- We Need You!

The idea is very cool: Use a network of amateur radio operators as a makeshift ground control network for satellites. The idea is well within the realm of possibility. And something only the Europeans could imagine. Cheers! to them because it's a hell of a notion.
It's called S.S.E.T.I., Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative, and it's operating with the full support of the European Space Agency and Arianespace. The goal is for students to first test to see if a network of amateur radio enthusiasts can help monitor and track a test satellite (whose launch-delayed twice- is now scheduled for Oct. 6) then later design, launch and control a host of micro-sats and ultimately, assuming all goes well, a moon orbiter and lander. For them, it's only a question of when.
The key is the micro-sat, a single kilo package capable of performing a variety of functions. Canadian researchers recently unveiled a 3.5 kilo design, one of the smallest ever.
I say again Cheers! If anyone reading this participates I'd love to hear from you. Drop me an e-mail at thespaceace1@cs.com
And good luck!