I see an amateur radio-equipped Geo bird over Central, South and North America as a phenomenal resource
for the American Red Cross and others working disasters.
It’s not in the traditional “easy sat” category, since it will take about $1000 for a decent
ground station. So I cannot anticipate it being “overloaded” by newbies.
Clint K6LCS
Since we are on the topic of a GEO sat. Am I the only one the questions the point of a GEO bird from a ham radio perspective? No doppler, no propagation, no antenna pointing, just set up your station and have comms with anyone in the footprint.