[amsat-bb] AMSAT-Francophone launches a consultation, open to all, on the amateur satellite radio service. Feel free to participate! Publié le 3 février 2019 par Xtophe

[John Brier]

I just took it.

I think it's a good idea to find out what the sat community likes
before you design a satellite that will be used/supported by the
community.

My only concern is you didn't have a question about whether or not I
want a ham transponder on a geostationary sat covering North America.
;-)

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 5:30 PM christophe.mcr <christophe.mcr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Good evening Ron
>
> I'm adding your contribution to the survey data.  If you want to add more
> elements, send me your comments.
>
> To date we have already received more than 177 contributions (see below).
> The results will be available for all AMSATs.
>
> During the "amateur space meetings" in France (9&10 March)  , these results
> will be shared and used for exchanges between participants, including
> satellite designers.
>
>
> 73
>
> Christophe
>
>
> Countrie/Number of response
> France 70
> United Kingdom 17
> United States 14
> Germany 11
> Poland 11
> Netherlands 9
> Belgium 6
> Canada 5
> Italy 5
> Spain 4
> Argentina 2
> Australia 2
> Austria 2
> Brazil 2
> Portugal 2
> Romania 2
> Sweden 2
> Switzerland 2
> Bulgaria 1
> Colombia 1
> Croatia 1
> Finland 1
> Greece 1
> Japan 1
> New Zealand 1
> Venezuela 1
> Sénégal 1
>
>
> Le jeu. 7 févr. 2019 à 02:46, Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca> a écrit :
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >    I completed the survey a couple of days back and in retrospect I had
> > one other comment to make about the survey itself.
> >
> >    In the section asking what bands or frequencies of operation I'd
> > used or was active on the last option was "not interested".  I would
> > have liked to have had another option "interested but not equipped" or
> > something.
> >
> >    Lastly I wanted to say that I appreciate the opportunity to take the
> > survey and I am curious about whether the survey results will influence
> > the design team.
> >
> >    Ron VE8RT / FP5EK
> >
> > On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 15:03:54 +0100
> > "christophe.mcr" <christophe.mcr at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear
> > >
> > > Satellite / nanosatellite project managers often wish to use amateur
> > radio
> > > frequencies for educational and outreach purposes. The amateur radio
> > > community thus offers them a tremendous potential for monitoring their
> > > fragile conception. They often ask what kind of amateur radio experience
> > > would be interesting to board a cubesat or what services they could
> > provide
> > > with their communications systems. The answer can be simple: a
> > transponder,
> > > but these designers would like to bring novelty and innovation.
> > >
> >
> > --- snipped the rest to keep it brief ---
> > --
> > Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca>
> >
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