Bob,
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 and higher frequencies. 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. To help us get to our goal of higher and more sophisticated satellites, we need to create excitement in other facets of the hobby that can overlap to our niche and thus increase the pool of AMSAT supporters.
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 Message-ID: 202739126.1160172.1418323559913.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
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