[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

[sean fay]

Hey man

If you read through this BB you'll find that most of NA don't want a ham
transponder on a geostationary sat covering North America because a GEOSAT
is too easy, takes away the challenge, and the point of being a sat op is
chasing a ghost in the sky and not just having something you can jump on
any minute of every hour of every day.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  eehhh. I personally want
to have to build a microwave transmitter and antenna to do this thing

On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 5:23 PM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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