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

[G0MRF at aol.com]

Hi Clayton / Alan
 
Since the original launch of the store and forward satellites - Was it the  
mid 1980s? -we've had all sorts of terrestrial methods of doing the same 
thing.  E-mail, texting, social media etc. All have depleted interest.
Arissat has (sorry...had...sob..) some very innovative technologies and the 
 digital voice announcements were particularly effective.  Personally, in 
an  era of limited communication range from LEOs, I would really like to see 
some  experimental stored and forwarded voice messages. For example, Imagine 
a  'transponder' that would allow 30 seconds of voice recording over the 
mid-west  USA combined with a command to allow the satellite to transmit that  
message in 20 minutes time when it's over Europe. Sounds difficult, but a 
CTCSS  tone or DTMF could be used to tell the satellite what delay was 
required before  retransmission. I'm not sure the ARRL would like the idea issuing 
worked all  continents awards for a QSO that takes 3 hours to complete, but 
it would be  fun.
 
73
 
David  G0MRF
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 04/01/2012 21:08:55 GMT Standard Time,  
kayakfishtx at gmail.com writes:

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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