[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]

Exactly. If I don't have a really good reason to put together a complex and
expensive microwave station, I probably won't do it.

73, John Brier KG4AKV


On Thu, Feb 7, 2019, 18:43 sean fay <spatrickfay at gmail.com wrote:

> 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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