[amsat-bb] Re: What Happened to the PacSats?

[Clayton Coleman W5PFG]

I've been wondering if the issue is not lack of interest but lack of
education and marketing.  If newer hams were to see and understand the
benefits of a store-and-forward PacSat, I believe you'd see a level of
support as strong as days passed.  I have been playing with
terrestrial packet and digital modes for 20 years and the thought of
exchanging messages via satellite excites me.  Unfortunately I did not
partake in the PacSats' capabilities when they were functional.

73
Clayton
W5PFG


On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Alan P. Biddle <APBIDDLE at united.net> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Like you, I really enjoyed the old digital birds.  However, the interest in
> that has fallen off.  AO-51 did have a very nice system, and a few other
> satellites have had more traditional Packet BBS capabilities.  The interest
> just does not seem to be there, when the old satellites died, there were not
> replaced.
>
> 73s,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Chris Maness
> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 9:56 PM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] What Happened to the PacSats?
>
> About 12 years ago, I was really into amateur radio satellites (the
> analog birds).  I always wanted to try the PacSats, but I was a
> college student, and could not afford all of the necessary hardware.
> I tried to do it in software (and ended up falling in love with
> Linux).  Now I have a good source of income, and was looking into
> dabbling in the PacSats, but looking at the Amsat website, it looks
> like none of the old birds are up.  So are there any plans to restore
> store and forward messaging capability in future ham radio birds?  Is
> this currently still possible and I am just missing something?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Maness
> KQ6UP
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