[amsat-bb] Re: dream your own sat

[John B. Stephensen]

The problem is that amateur radio doesn't significantly reduce the cost of a 
satellite. Any interest by the Red Cross would not be in the satellite but 
in human volunteers that might come with it. Unfortunately, the LEO 
satellites that hams can afford generate little interest in this forum.

73,

John
KD6OZH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art McBride" <kc6uqh at cox.net>
To: "'rupert red'" <rupert.red at live.it>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 19:00 UTC
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: dream your own sat


> Rupert,
> I think that is a fair assumption on your part, but only because the are 
> no
> new ideas being presented that have commercial potential that can use
> Amateur Radio as an inexpensive to proof of concept.
> In the present Amateur Radio community only Emergency Communications is
> getting the publicity. Perhaps FEMA or the Red Cross might help pay for an
> emergency communication satellite otherwise it is LEO's forever!
>
> Art, KC6UQH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of rupert red
> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 4:47 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] dream your own sat
>
>
> Hallo all...
>
> from a while I'm hearing about MANY different and interesting satellite
> solutions...
>
> LEO, MEO, HEO, GEO... MOON !!!
>
> The problem is only ONE !
>
> Amateur radio community has no money for this project, and will never 
> have!
>
> Amsat & Co will never be able to collect millions.... I red on this bb 
> that
> hams has no money for an expensive ground station... then how can they 
> send
> many money to Amsat?
>
> Public and private organizations all over the world have not an high
> consideration of hams, and will never invest founds for them.
>
> The conclusion is only ONE... we will never see a new oscar satellite in 
> the
> sky (at least some student's cube).
>
> Let's all dream together guys.
>
>
>
> Best 73 Rupert
>
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