[amsat-bb] Design The Next AMSAT Satellite

[Paul Stoetzer]

If you build it, they will come. The only reason there's not any
satellite equipment available for L, S, C, X, etc. bands right now is
that there's no demand for it. Get a satellite up there and people
will figure out how to use it.

If AO-40's two meter transmitter had been functional, only the
experimenters would have been exposed to the world of downconverters
and dishes. The vast majority would have just stuck with what was
familiar - Mode B. Instead, a ton of hams figured out how to put
together a good S band receiving system, many using retuned, cheap
surplus equipment, and got on AO-40, both U/S and L/S.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Tom Schuessler
<tjschuessler at verizon.net> wrote:
> Even if this PSK/FM design was only in LEO it would be very heavily used I
> believe but I think there would be limitations to the volume of traffic that
> it would get at a higher orbit.  The disadvantage of the L/S in the higher
> orbit is it will take away the advantage I mentioned about a ready pool of
> HF PSK operators to immediately use the thing.  That would put it back into
> the realm of a niche hobby for the few.
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> 73 de N5HYP
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> Tom Schuessler
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> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:45:59 +0000 (UTC)
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> From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd at comcast.net>
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> To: Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler at verizon.net>
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> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Design The Next AMSAT Satellite
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> Add to the aforementioned - all in a sat that is in a Molniya type orbit
> with L & S band capability like AO-40 (sobsob)
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> 73 Bob W7LRD
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