You may want to examine NASA’s SunRISE project, led by Jim, W6RMK.  We are temperature testing the first three instruments today, with delivery to spacecraft integration within the month.

73

de VRN

Still QRV

From: John Magliacane via AMSAT-BB <[email protected]>
Reply-To: John Magliacane <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, 11 August 2022 at 9:54 AM
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Phase IV satellite

Back in the 1980s, then FCC Private Radio Bureau Chief Carlos V. Roberts spoke to "CQ" magazine about the Amateur Radio Service where he stated:

"I think the service should be devoted to technical achievement and experimentation.  Many of the other activities that amateurs engage in can be done in other personal radio services, but technical experimentation is, and should remain, limited to the amateur service."

Today we can extend the phrase "other personal radio services" to include Internet and cellular services as well.

So, what could we do in a geostationary orbit that won't simply be a duplication or an enhancement over what's already been done for decades?

I think it would be neat to have the equivalent of a WebSDR in geostationary orbit to see exactly what can be received well beyond the Earth's ionosphere. The results could be rather surprising...


73 de John, KD2BD