[amsat-bb] Echostar 9 test cards

[Michelle Thompson]

This Echostar experiment enables amateur radio legacy mode aggregation,
which is a technology presented at AMSAT-NA symposium twice, JAMSAT
symposium, and has been published in several other national and
international amateur radio journals.

This idea has been publicly supported by FEMA as well as by ARRL. It’s also
going to be fun to use.

So, yes, it’s solidly amateur radio related. Any supporting technology
discussions, like dishes and feeds, are also relevant to amateur radio.
There’s a lot that needs to be built and tested.

This particular project is in addition to two other
amateur-all-the-way-up-and-down GEO projects that are moving forward pretty
darn well.

I am here to remove roadblocks and make things happen. All are welcome to
collaborate and contribute.

-mdt


On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 10:36 Tucker McGuire via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Except, this is a bulletin for amateur radio satellites, which echostar is
> not. Maybe go find a commercial sat fan page if you want to talk about
> commercial GEO's.
>
> ---Tucker
>    W4FS
>
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 12:07 PM Ev Tupis via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> >  I am too, Bob!  I'm amazed how many people feel compelled to tell
> > "accomplishers" that they "do it wrong".  I say, "If you don't like it,
> > press [Delete] and move on".
> >
> > Ev
> >
> >     On Friday, August 23, 2019, 09:46:10 AM EDT, Robert Bruninga via
> > AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> >  I actually am excited about the prospect of using LNA's from all these
> > throw-away Dish network dishes for something.  It's a great educational
> > opportunity.  I am happy to tune in anything that is interesting from a
> > technical perspective and I really love making stuff from cast-off stuff.
> >
> > Bob, WB4APR
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Dave Webb
> KB1PVH
> > via AMSAT-BB
> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Echostar 9 test cards
> >
> >  EXACTLY how do these posts about Echostar 9 relate to amateur satellites
> > other than it being someone's pipedream?
> >
> > Dave-KB1PVH
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 8:58 AM KC9SGV via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Some Echostar 9,  12 GHz TV channels and test cards are shown here.
> > > Scroll down.
> > >
> > > https://www.lyngsat.com/EchoStar-9-Galaxy-23.html
> > >
> > > KC9SGV
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-Michelle W5NYV

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