----- Original Message ----- From: "Giulio AB2VY" amprorg@yahoo.it To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 9:11 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 9 Cubesats selected for free ESA ride to space
Hi Domenico , you are absolutely right! the main problem is that young people involved in projects not even know what is an "hamradio" and what is an ham spirit" (in Italy this is the situation), so whithout these conditions you can't produce something right for our community
think only this: the only satellites "ham-useful" have been produced outside university programs
I write this because I personally experienced what it means
Only AMSAT have the right spirit ( and experience..) to produce useful object
when a university has to create a satellite? turns to us...
For Italian University satellities is so
73 de Giulio AB2VY
Hi Giulio, AB2VY
I agree 100% with what you write with one BIG exception:
The University of Marburg in Germany is the only University working into a university program with AMSAT-DL and with financial + technical contribution of AMSAT-NA and AMSAT-UK that was able to designe produce and make a reality OSCAR-10 OSCAR-13 and AO40
The same University of Marburg is actually working in a university program to produce P3-E and P5-A for the benefit of both science and Amateur Radio.
But actually once the other worldwide Universities will have the ESA/NASA/JAXA-sponsored GENSO project running, they will probably even not need our help anymore, but only our frequencies !!!
Best 73" de
i8CVS Domenico