[amsat-bb] Es’hail mind storm. !!

[Mac A. Cody]

I would make more sense to me, in my humble unbiased opinion,
to have someone in the footprint of Es'hail to put together
a ground station that that is also an EchoLink node. That
way, anyone in the world could potentially access Es'hail
via EchoLink.  It would be an interesting exercise, anyway.

73,

Mac Cody / AE5PH

On 11/14/18 6:37 PM, Jerry Buxton wrote:
> Hi Dave, Nader, A CubeSat Converter is certainly an interesting 
> thought.  In addition to the challenges (that's the hip cop-out from 
> saying "problem" these days) that you noted, I'm thinking that the 
> ConverterSat would also: Have to be in the footprint of Es'hail So as 
> a converter even only in the footprint for stations in the footprint 
> but w/o the S and X equipment, it would only offer a 10-20 minute 
> window to Es'hail the usual 3-6 times per day In trying to extend the 
> footprint, it would need to be of a pretty high altitude itself in 
> order to extend the footprint by much Being on the edge of the Es'hail 
> footprint in order to extend it, requires more power/gain/pointing to 
> connect with Es'hail But I guess these are more "usefulness" 
> challenges than the RF challenges of acting as the converter you have 
> listed. It gave me thoughts about GOLF-TEE trying to bridge the gap, 
> but would have design implications as you noted that at least wouldn't 
> be possible in our current timeline. Jerry Buxton, NØJY On 11/14/2018 
> 15:34, David Johnson wrote:
>> Hi, Interesting idea. Problems to overcome: Size of dish / patch 
>> required to be flown as part of satellite Attitude control and 
>> pointing in real time Power management Band width limitations Doppler 
>> correction Frequency stabilty Any more folks? Dave, G4DPZ 
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