On 1/26/21 12:11 PM, Jean Marc Momple wrote:
outstanding results such as QO-100
Small notes, as I have to get back the paying job in a few minutes:
1) This satellite is not of amateur design. According to AMSAT-DL's own publications, it is a Mitsubishi Electric Melco DS-2000.
2) If my memory is correct, one or more RF hardware paths were modified by Mitsubishi, to allow the satellite to operate in amateur allocations. This satellite does not carry amateur-designed hardware. (If I'm wrong, Peter, please correct me.)
3) This satellite was possible due to some superb negotiation by the AMSAT groups on the other side of the pond with an oil-rich country that just happened to be going their way. Comparing it to Fox, or even AO-40, is like comparing a go-kart you built to a Ferrari a rich person gave you.
--- Zach N0ZGO