On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL vlfiscus@mcn.net wrote:
At 01:22 PM 6/16/2010 -0500, APBIDDLE@mailaps.org wrote:
It is my pleasure to announce that the following have been nominated to serve on the AMSAT Board of Directors for two year terms:
Tom Clark, K3IO Lou McFadin, W5DID Tony Monteiro, AA2TX Gould Smith, WA4SXM
Which of these candidates would support adding a Mode A linear transponder to FOX, or any type of linear transponder for that matter. FOX will already have a 2m receiver all you'd need to add is a 10m downlink transmitter. Use a tape measure tape for the antennas.
Why does everything always have to be FM all the time.
KB7ADL
Vince --
The Fox plan intends to get AMSAT back into space in budget and punctually. The only game in town for this is the cubesat launches, and that requires us to master new technologies. With only a litre per cube unit, adding another mode is just the sort of creeping featureism that would turn the first doable AMSAT project in many years into one of many wonderful ideas that won't get launched.
However, if each cube launch is only roughly $100,000 all-in, and we develop the skills and processes necessary, there will be many future launch possibilities after Fox. And I'd have to agree that a mode A transponder would be a great idea for one of these.
73, Bruce VE9QRP