[amsat-bb] Re: KickSat - a personal spacecraft of your own in space

[Roberto]

Hello, I agree....!!!
73 de iw5bsf Roberto

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs at tin.it>
To: "William Leijenaar" <pe1rah at yahoo.com>; "Amsat - BBs" 
<amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 11:51 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: KickSat - a personal spacecraft of your own in space


> Hi William, PE1RAH
>
> Well said !
>
> 73" de
>
> i8CVS Domenico
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Leijenaar" <pe1rah at yahoo.com>
> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 9:23 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: KickSat - a personal spacecraft of your own in 
> space
>
>
> Hi AMSATs,
>
> I really wonder if this ever can and will be launched.
> AMSAT started with eperimental communication systems on the early oscars,
> and grown into highly complex satellites like AO-40, which was a real
> achievement for ham radio amateurs. However recent years there is a big
> trend on CubeSats, of which most are bleep-sats as they only send digital
> data (as cheap downlink ?). Luckily not all CubeSats are like that :o)
>
>
> At least these CubeSats are under some kind of control, and don't survive
> very long or can be switched off to minimize RF polution.
>
> When I see the idea of 100 chipsats that will all send digital RF signals 
> I
> wonder where amateur satellite hobby will go into.
>
> I see these ChipSats more like RF polution and I believe you can better 
> put
> your money and effort in designing a real communication satellite.
>
> I wonder what is the mission of these 100 chips ? (commercial ? publicity 
> ?)
>
> Is there any technology thing we learn from this ?
>
> 73 de PE1RAH
> William Leijenaar
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