[amsat-bb] Update: Rent GEO bandwidth for US

Greg D ko6th.greg at gmail.com
Thu Aug 22 18:52:06 UTC 2019


I think a lot of what we (AMSAT-NA) would learn from this has nothing to
do with the specific radio technology, but rather in understanding a bit
more in how to work within the GEO community.  This applies even if we
never actually sign an agreement.

The days of just focusing on tinkering on stuff on your workbench are
long gone.  The reality is that anything done in space is more in
getting into the right relationships, and navigating the extensive
regulatory landscape, than it is on building the transponder, IHU,
battery management, etc.

Just my $.02...

Greg  KO6TH


Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> I don't see that the Amateur Radio community learns anything from this
> exercise that couldn't be done with a ground-based system on our own
> bands. There is no Doppler correction to be done, and path loss can be
> simulated with attenuation and/or lower power operation. Most of the
> link is hidden from the operator, and the underlying information
> encoding is ridiculously complex, far more than is required for a KISS
> EMCOMM system. 



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