[amsat-bb] Satellite Challenge

Thu Aug 1 01:54:04 UTC 2019

That sounds GREAT!!!
Are there any plans for an APRS digipeater on the moon?
I am happy to help and will plan to attend your upcoming events.
73
Robert MacHale. KE6BLR Ham Radio License. http://spaceCommunicator.club/aprs 
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    On Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 06:23:23 PM PDT, Frank Bauer via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  

 All,

Many of you probably were not at Hamvention when we announced this at the
ARISS forum and the AMSAT forum, but if you want a *real* challenge, AMSAT
and ARISS are working on the design of a ham radio system for the Lunar
Gateway.  

To make this happen we are leveraging the work and expertise of the
world-wide AMSAT organizations and the international ARISS community in this
endeavor.  We have an international team working this and are meeting 2x a
month to mature the concept.  In May we presented our solid concept to NASA
and got great, positive feedback.  This was followed up a few weeks later at
the ARISS-I meeting at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in Montreal where we
received great feedback from the CSA Gateway Program Manager after he saw
our presentation.

The AREx (Amateur Radio Exploration) team have done some really good work.
The challenge for each of you will be on the order of a 30 dB signal path
loss as compared to LEO.  But the link margins on our design seem to close.

I just wanted you all to know that AMSAT NA, UK & DL and ARISS-together--are
working this phenomenal ham radio challenge.  Come to the AMSAT-NA Symposium
in DC to hear more. 

73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO

ARISS International Chair

AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs 

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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 14, Issue 292 (HEO's,

              AMSAT perception)

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Just from the outside looking in...

AMSAT APPEARS only to be interested in hoisting flying repeaters and 

PACSAT/APRS and showing the average ham how "easy" it is to work sats 

with a handheld and a simple antenna. I guess that's all well and good 

but I didn't get in the sat end of the hobby for "easy".? I wanted a new 

challenge. I was too late for A0-40 because of lack of funds for a 

station but I did have fun for awhile chasing AO-51, FO-29, AO-7 etc. 

with a TS-2000X and a homebrew rotator and antenna system. 

Unfortunately, life got in the way and I needed family funds so the 

Kenwood hit Ebay and I'm inactive on the birds now. I sometimes consider 

buying a couple of Baofengs (you should ALWAYS operate full duplex but 

that's another thread) and getting back in on the cheap, I even recently 

bought a beat up old telescope with a computer tracking tripod system I 

spotted at Goodwill, but honestly, the challenge isn't there to give me 

motivation.

Before everyone flames me, as I said, this is from the outside looking 

in and just one man's opinion. I really wish AMSAT would do something, 

anything, to change my perception. Seems to me I saw something about a 

YL running for the board who's interested in open sourcing stuff.? Her 

candidate statement was IMHO, a much needed breath of fresh air but I'm 

no longer a member and don't keep up so no idea if she got elected. If 

AMSAT wants my membership and donation dollars back, they need to change 

perception and I suspect there are many out here in the community who 

feel the way I do.

73,

Michael, W4HIJ

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