Zach,
Fully agree, using Starlink or other commercial transponder will not achieve much as what we really need is open transponder on HAM bands enabling experimentations, many modes, education etc..
Fully agree that we have the bandwidth and if we don’t use it it will be eventually be taken away by commercial operations.
I would be really happy if all the main AMSAT leader organisation worldwide (DL, FR, NA, UK, J etc... sit together and agree on a common goal and a consolidated plan for the future (may be GEO or HEO, whatever), pulling all our worldwide resources together to achieve same, the smaller organisations will surely follow. If not, with the actual trend we will be surely out of the space segment soon. United globally we may do great things such as a constellation providing worldwide coverage independent of the internet or commercial networks.
Just sharing a dream….
73
Jean Marc (3B8DU)
On Aug 11, 2022, at 5:52 PM, Zach Metzinger zmetzing@pobox.com wrote:
On 8/11/22 08:13, KC9SGV wrote:
All of this can already be done via the Internet of course, provided you have a fast Internet connection at home in the city.
That, in my opinion, is the problem: We should not rely on the Internet (big I) for transmitting information or controlling stations.
We have an amazing amount of bandwidth which is lying fallow other than the occasional lonely FM repeater ID. Where is the ham mesh network that is built up, organically, by everyday hams putting nodes at their houses, on towers, on their vehicles, etc? 1.25m, 33cm, and 23cm bands are great targets for this sort of network, as we don't share them with common consumer WiFi devices.
Amateur radio operators should strive to create our own network, independent of the commercial Internet. AREDN is a good start, but there is much more that could be done for a general-purpose Amateur Radio internet (small I).
Part of my motivation for joining AMSAT was to encourage this direction in our space segment of the hobby.
--- Zach N0ZGO
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