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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/5KANI4X26J5PLDGI7L5HZYBWM37PKKHI/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "5KANI4X26J5PLDGI7L5HZYBWM37PKKHI", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/TQLQVDTIJ5TOHQQZRR7TGX2KVJ4DPCS4/", "sender": { "address": "samudra.haque (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Samudra Haque", "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: Let's Go!", "date": "2009-10-14T19:43:53Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/MW6O2WZQCQ3T27SUTLR3GDBKKNMMNSJZ/", "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Sorry, that monthly figure should be $10.96 per month exactly.\n\nOn Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Samudra Haque <[email protected]> wrote:\n> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Joseph Armbruster\n> <[email protected]> wrote:\n>> Andrew,\n>> Is there any type of document around that provides a brief summary of all\n>> current Amsat projects and the type of funding / support that is needed for\n>> each?\n>>\n>> This was my first time at the symposium and I haven't made it through all\n>> the pamphlets and papers yet, so forgive me if this was part of the package.\n>>\n>> Joe\n>>\n>\n> Hi,\n>\n> if a gross estimate of $200,000 is needed for a stand-alone cubesat\n> form mission, and there are \"... about half are life-members...\" of\n> the 3,800 (re: Martha's estimate) of amsat-na members, that means that\n> the average per capita support required from these active amsat-na\n> members would be: $200,000 divided by (50% of 3800) = $200,000 / 1900\n> = $263 or so.\n>\n> If $263 is a difficult amount to pay up front, then think of it in 24\n> monthly installments: $10 each month - not bad for a hobby compared to\n> the price of a decent lunch at Burger King, KFC, Subway etc. The one\n> thing I would need to know is this extra donation tax-exempt or not\n> and would we get a receipt for it in time for U.S. taxes ?\n>\n> I am willing to pay a bit more than that as my own donation soon for\n> supporting AMSAT-NA sponsored R&D.\n>\n> -samudra\n>\n>\n>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner <\n>> [email protected]> wrote:\n>>\n>>> Thanks for the vote of confidence Jeff. I'll repeat what Bill said; this\n>>> was a tough decision, but based on reality and part of a larger plan\n>>> forward. We are also working multiple rideshare opportunities, most of\n>>> which will likely involve transponders rather than repeaters.\n>>>\n>>> What we really need now is to raise the money we need to start design\n>>> and construction, and get a launch contract in the works. The 1U cubesat\n>>> is going to be a short fuse project if we can get the funding raised\n>>> soon enough.\n>>>\n>>> Barry's presentation at the annual meeting lays out the level of funds\n>>> we need, approximately 100k this year and again next year, to support\n>>> the 1U, and one or more rideshares. Our membership dues only cover\n>>> keeping AMSAT alive and running the office, journal, webstore, etc.\n>>>\n>>> Who'll be among the first to step up and pledge to support this project\n>>> via the President's Club or other donations? Call Martha today at 1 888\n>>> 322 6728 or donate via\n>>> http://www.amsat-na.com/store/category.php?c=President%27s%20Club\n>>>\n>>> 73, Drew KO4MA\n>>>\n>>>\n>>>\n>>> Jeff Davis wrote:\n>>> > I want to offer 'hearty congratulations' to the BOD for the courageous\n>>> > decisions made at the recent Space Symposium. I can think of no\n>>> > headline more appropriate and welcome for this organization than the\n>>> > declaration, \"We're going back to space\".\n>>> >\n>>> > Perhaps this decision to move forward with what we can do will also be\n>>> > what was needed to get the manufacturers to quit sitting on their\n>>> > hands and INNOVATE!\n>>> >\n>>> > How many threads have been spawned on this BB by someone asking the\n>>> > question \"what handheld should I buy to use AO-51\"..?\n>>> >\n>>> > The fact that the pat answer is that there aren't any - you need to\n>>> > check eBay for a 20 year-old model speaks pitifully of the ham radio\n>>> > marketplace in the 21st century.\n>>> >\n>>> > Given the nature of LEO, portable operations are very common and going\n>>> > forward, will be even more so. Who among us wouldn't love a mobile\n>>> > sized transceiver that sported true simultaneous dual-band (VHF/UHF)\n>>> > operation and a continuously tunable VFO on FM in a 'satellite\n>>> > operation mode'?\n>>> >\n>>> > What would it be worth if that radio also could record all pass data -\n>>> > and had a USB port that supported a memory stick so that everything\n>>> > received during a pass could stored on it for offline extraction and\n>>> > study later when you're back in the shack. It wouldn't even require an\n>>> > internal TNC to download telemetry data - the audio file could simply\n>>> > be played back (offline) on a PC and the telemetry decoded there.\n>>> >\n>>> > There are bound to be hundreds of similar ideas and dreams of new\n>>> > gear, antennas, and interesting things to do at LEO - let's populate\n>>> > the BB with these sorts of things and look forward, not back.\n>>> >\n>>> > I'm more than ready to turn to a new chapter and get back to shaping\n>>> > the future of ham radio in space.\n>>> >\n>>> > Aren't you?\n>>> >\n>>> > 73 de Jeff, KE9V\n>>> > AMSAT-NA 28350\n>>> > _______________________________________________\n>>> > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n>>> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite\n>>> program!\n>>> > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>>> >\n>>> >\n>>>\n>>> _______________________________________________\n>>> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n>>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>>>\n>> _______________________________________________\n>> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>>\n>\n\n", "attachments": [] }