[amsat-bb] Re: Probably a silly idea...

[G0MRF at aol.com]

Hi Ed / Dave / Group.
 
It seems a very long time ago now, but in the dim and distant pass ESA  
approved a plan to have a permanent amateur station installed inside the  
European Columbus module.
 
As a European (Well, on a little island over here) I'm almost embarrassed  
to mention this because having spent a lot of contributors money...and a lot 
of  ESA's money on some very nice antennas, the organisers of this project 
seem to  have gone into hibernation.
 
Occasionally, you hear rumours of plans and rumours of rumours but the  
reality probably is that they don't have the ability to do the job. - I always  
think of the scene from Life of Brian where small ineffective groups sit  
around plotting the overthrow of the Romans and just have endless  meetings.
 
Sad.   
 
Very sad.
 
 
David  G0MRF
 
 
In a message dated 18/01/2012 21:04:43 GMT Standard Time,  
kl7uw at acsalaska.net writes:

AS I  understand there are four antennas on the ISS available for ham 
use.   So why does a package have to go outside?  It can be installed  
inside, use ISS power, be turned on/off by astronauts at will or even  
unplugged?  No batteries, no rocket propulsion, dangerous chemicals,  
no space-rated enclosure, no EVA.

Last time I propose this I was  told to shut my mouth and go away.

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 08:02 AM  1/18/2012, Trevor . wrote:
>PCSAT-2 did exactly that on the ISS in July  2005, however, it was 
>returned to Earth Sep 2006.
>
>It  requires an expensive EVA to install and there may be frequency  
>coordination issues with the two amateur radio stations already on the  
ISS.
>
>I wonder what the capabilities of the Kibo Robot Arm are ?  I believe 
>it can attach payloads to the exterior Exposed Facility (EF)  with 
>the need for an EVA.
>
>73 Trevor  M5AKA
>
>--- On Wed, 18/1/12, Raidel Abreu Espinet  <cl2esp at frcuba.co.cu> wrote:
>
> > From: Raidel Abreu  Espinet <cl2esp at frcuba.co.cu>
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Probably  a silly idea...
> > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> > Date:  Wednesday, 18 January, 2012, 16:06
> > Hi all,
> >
>  > This is probably a silly idea but who knows....
> >
> >  ARRISat-1 was a wonderfull satellite but with a short life.
> > The  ISS instead is a wonderfull platform, of course I know
> > how  difficult is to install inside it new radios and
> > antennas for  cross-repeaters, but how difficult is really to
> > take a small box  and firmly attach it to some low risk part
> > of the ISS, the  satellite-box will use its own power solar
> > cells and antennas and  the ISS is just the carrier.
> >
> > It may be something  silly but probably not difficult, if
> > the astronauts made a "hand  launch" with ARISSat-1/KEDR why
> > can not them just hold it with  latches in a low risk part of
> > the ISS. Of course if a battery is  a risk we can just design
> > a simple system capable of work only in  sun light.
> >
> > If you think this is a bad idea, just  ignore it, if not,
> > well who knows, may be some day an astronaut  attach an small
> > satellite in the ISS side....
>  >
> > 73,
> > Raydel,
> > CM2ESP
> >  Este mensaje ha sido enviado mediante el servicio de correo
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73, Ed - KL7UW,  WD2XSH/45
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