If you build it, they will come. The only reason there's not any satellite equipment available for L, S, C, X, etc. bands right now is that there's no demand for it. Get a satellite up there and people will figure out how to use it.
If AO-40's two meter transmitter had been functional, only the experimenters would have been exposed to the world of downconverters and dishes. The vast majority would have just stuck with what was familiar - Mode B. Instead, a ton of hams figured out how to put together a good S band receiving system, many using retuned, cheap surplus equipment, and got on AO-40, both U/S and L/S.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Tom Schuessler tjschuessler@verizon.net wrote:
Even if this PSK/FM design was only in LEO it would be very heavily used I believe but I think there would be limitations to the volume of traffic that it would get at a higher orbit. The disadvantage of the L/S in the higher orbit is it will take away the advantage I mentioned about a ready pool of HF PSK operators to immediately use the thing. That would put it back into the realm of a niche hobby for the few.
73 de N5HYP
Tom Schuessler
Message: 5
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:45:59 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bob- W7LRD w7lrd@comcast.net
To: Tom Schuessler tjschuessler@verizon.net
Cc: AmsatBB amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Design The Next AMSAT Satellite
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Add to the aforementioned - all in a sat that is in a Molniya type orbit with L & S band capability like AO-40 (sobsob)
73 Bob W7LRD
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