[amsat-bb] Re: S band downlink on P3E

[sco@sco-inc.com]

My S band equipment barely got any use with AO-40. Why put new higher 
freqs on Eagle and leave S Band off? Who wants to invest the time and 
money into getting gear for a new band when if that sat dies (like 
AO-40) did the next satellite might not even use that Band. Looks 
like I will stay with PSE for most of my time.

Les W4SCO
www.logwindow.com


At 09:45 AM 9/7/2006, Luc Leblanc VE2DWE wrote:



> > Disappointed to find out that there will not be an S band downlink on
>Eagle
> >
> > Will there be an S band downlink on the P3E bird???
> >
> > Sure hate having to fork over more money each time a new satellite goes up
> > because previous up/downlinks are not being used anymore....makes me wish
> > for more mode A LEO birds (grin)
> >
> >                                     73, Joe W2KJ
>
>Another bad move by AMSAT-NA... I don't know if they look at their 
>famous survey about their
>members opinions here? Probably not could be some one will wake up 
>from lethargy at the next
>symposium and voices opinions about the maintaining of mode S.
>
>If AMSAT-NA is building sats in close circle they just have to 
>openly admitted it even if admission
>is not a very spoken word they can at least give some explanations 
>on their facts who leads them to
>scrap mode S?
>
>Interference? even if they wants to go higher at the time eagle will 
>be in space the higher
>frequencies will be as crowded as 2.4 actually. We actually see some 
>decreased in 2.4 ghz apparatus
>as the public always want the most recent goodies even FRS/GMRS are 
>moving to 5.2 ghz.
>
>Suggestion: At the next AMSAT-NA 2006 Space Symposium it will 
>appropriate to voices opinions to the
>BOD asking them to maintain as planned the mode S.
>
>Just to pointed out on a 2005 AMSAT-NA Dayton Hamvention  Jim 
>Sanford WB4GCS made a presentation on
>eagle project and he said i quote " S band will be our bread and 
>butter on the downlink" a
>prototype of L/S and C/S where planned for the 2005 Symposium at that time.
>
>He also mention that the C/C project in on a bleeding edge 
>technology (read experimental) and they
>where not too sure if they will even be able to make it.
>
>Why the C/C band project? he let go this " this will permit some 
>folks to use it from their
>balcony" the cat goes out the bag AGAIN the same ECHO mindings are 
>resurecting...The guy with an HT
>will be able to make it without using a huge antenna!
>
>We will never be able to get rid of this obsession and you know now 
>why they want to move up?  The
>guy who live on a balcony is living in an apartment complex where S 
>band in unusable. Here is why
>the C/C project come up. How many actual sat operator are living in 
>apartments? the majority of
>some of them?
>
>Here is the whole logics behind this mode S scrapping. If you read a 
>bit behind the lines you will
>see he speak about P3E where mode S will be present and he confirm 
>some collaboration between both
>teams. He also say some of the Eagle builders are funding their own 
>project. From this since 2005
>we can only see the builders behind the C/C project pushing so hard 
>to a point to get the money
>previously intended for the 2 S mode TX redirected to their C/C project.
>
>Who is driving AMSAT-NA an hollow BOD? an hollow president? Or a 
>third builders manipulating wing
>who blackmail the BOD?
>
>None of them? I let the conclusion yours!
>
>P.S.To the BOD its not the best way to attract new members or 
>convince those who leave to rejoin!
>
>"-"
>The medium is the message...The content is the audience...;)
>
>Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
>Skype VE2DWE
>www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
>Former AMSAT-NA coordonnator and member.
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