On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Peter Laws plaws0@gmail.com wrote:
I thought AMSAT was moving away from Modes A, B, J, etc, but they seem too entrenched and still appear in current pubs.
I don't much care which designators are used but I would like to see AMSAT pick one and stick with it. If the organization wants to move away from A/B/J/KT/whatever, and towards a combination of uplink and downlink band letters, great, but then it needs to be a complete break.
Or simply conclude that no one could handle the new style and just go back to A/B/J/etc and come up with new single letters for the new combinations.
Or are we *really* going to stick with "nickel and dime"? Mode C/X sounds way better to me.
All that said, I keep finding more stuff for my table. I didn't really realize that the "hole" in our 13 cm S band was taken up mostly by the pay radio monopoly (who are on the ground as well as in the sky). Lots of other services nipping at our heels, too.
Putting new satellites on C/X is a good idea on many levels.