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

[Stefan Wagener]

Thanks David,

The latest I heard was that AMSAT-Italy was working on a transponder
and the HamTV for Columbus. Maybe someone can get in touch with Gaston
Bertels, ON4WF (ARISS Europe) or whoever runs AMSAT-It and see what
the status is.

73, Stefan VE4NSA

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:36 PM,  <G0MRF at aol.com> wrote:
> 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
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