[amsat-bb] Es’hail mind storm. !!

[Stefan Wagener]

Hey Mac,

I like that very much! Let's do a SatNogs reverse. One or more station
within the footprint that folks around the world can use to connect to
Eshail.

Stefan

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 7:32 PM Mac A. Cody <maccody at att.net> wrote:

> 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
> > _______________________________________________ Sent via
> > AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all
> > interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> > expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the
> > official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to
> > support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings:
> > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>