[amsat-bb] Transponders For Rent???

[Michelle Thompson]

I got a call from a space industry contact who saw this post.

DVB-S2X down, FDMA up, single carrier, reasonable rent, public safety
partner. Money for a year's worth could be raised in a single campaign.

I'll see what I can find out and draw up a proposal.

-Michelle W5NYV




On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 3:53 AM Ev Tupis via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

>  This is interesting for sure, Michelle.
> Traditionally, amateur satellites (and symbiants) have been self-contained
> RX and TX systems.
>
> Conjecture follows...If DVB-S2 could be negotiated to provide the
> downlink, the missing component is an uplink within the amateur bands (just
> restating you).
> That means (if it can be negotiated), our work is cut in half because we
> are reduced to providing the uplink (RX) side and a pathway to the DVB-S2
> downlink.  Of course, this is an oversimplification because we would also
> need all of the things that make a symbiant palatable to the host system.
> Interesting thought experiment, though.
> Ev
>
>
>
>     On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 4:26:39 PM EDT, Michelle Thompson via
> AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>  Since the potential rentable birds generally all use DVB-S2 as a downlink,
> then the work Phase 4 Ground is doing to bring that entire standard to open
> source amateur radio use would seem to be quite relevant.
>
> Different question is how to handle amateur uplinks, but there are some
> internet backhaul options there that would work very well as an
> intermediate step.
>
> Great question and discussion.
>
> -Michelle W5NYV
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 13:04 Brad Smith via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I would rent in a minute. This would be my solution for working the
> > sats. in the Wisconsin Winter!
> > Brad Smith KC9UQR
> > <So, like "FM Tower for Rent", signs as seen all over the U.S., could we
> > soon see "GEO TV Satellite transponder for rent" as well ?Maybe this
> could
> > be an answer to a ham GEO transponder ?>
> >
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