I just took it.
I think it's a good idea to find out what the sat community likes before you design a satellite that will be used/supported by the community.
My only concern is you didn't have a question about whether or not I want a ham transponder on a geostationary sat covering North America. ;-)
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 5:30 PM christophe.mcr christophe.mcr@gmail.com wrote:
Good evening Ron
I'm adding your contribution to the survey data. If you want to add more elements, send me your comments.
To date we have already received more than 177 contributions (see below). The results will be available for all AMSATs.
During the "amateur space meetings" in France (9&10 March) , these results will be shared and used for exchanges between participants, including satellite designers.
73
Christophe
Countrie/Number of response France 70 United Kingdom 17 United States 14 Germany 11 Poland 11 Netherlands 9 Belgium 6 Canada 5 Italy 5 Spain 4 Argentina 2 Australia 2 Austria 2 Brazil 2 Portugal 2 Romania 2 Sweden 2 Switzerland 2 Bulgaria 1 Colombia 1 Croatia 1 Finland 1 Greece 1 Japan 1 New Zealand 1 Venezuela 1 Sénégal 1
Le jeu. 7 févr. 2019 à 02:46, Ron VE8RT ve8rt@yknwt.ca a écrit :
Hi,
I completed the survey a couple of days back and in retrospect I had one other comment to make about the survey itself.
In the section asking what bands or frequencies of operation I'd used or was active on the last option was "not interested". I would have liked to have had another option "interested but not equipped" or something.
Lastly I wanted to say that I appreciate the opportunity to take the survey and I am curious about whether the survey results will influence the design team.
Ron VE8RT / FP5EK
On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 15:03:54 +0100 "christophe.mcr" christophe.mcr@gmail.com wrote:
Dear
Satellite / nanosatellite project managers often wish to use amateur
radio
frequencies for educational and outreach purposes. The amateur radio community thus offers them a tremendous potential for monitoring their fragile conception. They often ask what kind of amateur radio experience would be interesting to board a cubesat or what services they could
provide
with their communications systems. The answer can be simple: a
transponder,
but these designers would like to bring novelty and innovation.
--- snipped the rest to keep it brief ---
Ron VE8RT ve8rt@yknwt.ca
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