Since the potential rentable birds generally all use DVB-S2 as a downlink, then the work Phase 4 Ground is doing to bring that entire standard to open source amateur radio use would seem to be quite relevant.
Different question is how to handle amateur uplinks, but there are some internet backhaul options there that would work very well as an intermediate step.
Great question and discussion.
-Michelle W5NYV
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 13:04 Brad Smith via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Yes, I would rent in a minute. This would be my solution for working the sats. in the Wisconsin Winter! Brad Smith KC9UQR <So, like "FM Tower for Rent", signs as seen all over the U.S., could we soon see "GEO TV Satellite transponder for rent" as well ?Maybe this could be an answer to a ham GEO transponder ?>
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