[amsat-bb] Elections HEO QO-100' Linear NB + Digital WB

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I like that they are thinking outside the box.---  
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You can say "over", you can say "out", you just can't say "over and out". 

    On Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 01:37:59 PM PDT, Dave Hartzell via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 Lots of interesting stuff going on with electric propulsion....  it may be
slow, but it's a cost effective way to raise an orbit.

https://www.enpulsion.com/technology/

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Dave
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:25 AM Jean Marc Momple via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Dan,
>
> Agree that the context are different but the only way to achieve same is
> to work hard on it and without begging (as it seems that we do no have the
> money for either HEO or GEO) no way we may succeed.
>
> That said, there are some possibilities and if we try hard enough we may
> succeed, the real issues are that the community as a whole does really work
> hard enough and we are probably not passionate enough to put the birds up
> there? Yes difficult but not impossible, may be US laws is a deterrent but
> we are global and other jurisdiction may be used.
>
> QO-100 has made us to think globally or at least half of it, this is we
> way forward for both financing and putting birds up there. It we direct our
> effort in that direction (a global vision) we have more chances to succeed.
> So rethinking the HAM satellite strategy globally instead of thinking
> regionally may work out.
>
> Just my 1 cent input.
>
> 73
>
>
> Jean Marc (3B8DU)
>
>
> > On Jul 21, 2020, at 7:32 AM, Daniel Schultz via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, we once had a deal with Intelsat until it fell through. More
> recently we
> > had a deal with the US Air Force and one of its contractors, until that
> also
> > fell through. The reason we don't have a western hemisphere transponder
> in GEO
> > is not because the "old guard" wants to shoot it down, but because these
> types
> > of deals are very difficult to pull off in a market driven economy such
> as the
> > US satellite industry.
> >
> > QO-100 was hosted on a satellite built for a royal government which is
> not
> > responsible to stockholders, a government in which an amateur radio
> operator
> > held a high position of influence. A US based company would have to
> answer to
> > Wall Street analysts to explain why they are giving away money that
> could have
> > been paid out in stock dividends.
> >
> > Changing the BOD membership will not alter any of these facts. It is not
> > because we haven't asked the powers that be, and not because we are
> reluctant
> > to "jump ahead of the project and grab what is needed". Space is Hard,
> and all
> > the wishful thinking in the world is not going to change that.
> >
> > 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV
> >
> >> I am intrigued about QO-100 and have monitored it here in Florida by
> >> remote WEB SDR access. I have not been active in the years since AO-40
> >> failed and have been eager to see some HEO operations like I enjoyed
> >> from AO-10 and AO-13. Listening to QO-100 has rekindled that interest.
> >>
> >> Last month on AMSAT-BB I posed the question about getting a GEO ride
> >> share with a commercial satellite, something that was considered 12
> >> years ago with Intelsat. Having a QO-100 type transponder here CONUS
> >> would grow the hobby and get folks like me active again (and
> >> contributing sums as I did for AO-40). However, the "old guard" shot
> >> my idea down for the usual reasons. (See my threads last month).
> >>
> >> Having a QO-100 type transponder with a hybrid of narrow band linear
> >> side and wide band digital side would open up a lot of opportunities
> >> for operations, public service and experimentation.?? I hope the new
> >> "slate" of BOD will consider this type of project as a priority.
> >>
> >> Personally, I think GOLF has not achieved results fast enough to
> >> getting us a larger footprint. I am not advocating scrapping of that
> >> effort, but sometimes you have to jump ahead of the project and grab
> >> what is needed.
> >>
> >> 73 Joe
> >
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