[amsat-bb] Es’hail mind storm. !!

[Mac A. Cody]

What would it cost to put together a ground station?
Perhaps a little crowd sourcing (cash/hardware) could
get one built and dedicated to the task.

Mac / AE5PH

On 11/14/18 7:57 PM, Stefan Wagener wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
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