Very simple reason.
None of these cubesat developers has made any significant attempt to rally the amateur radio satellite community. In contrast, Funcube has a great community PR "machine" and we are all very excited for them.
At the end you get what you ask for.
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Robert Bruninga bruninga@usna.edu wrote:
Watch for a dozen new cubesats Tuesday from Wallops at about 7:30 PM.
I have seen a lot of email about Funcube, but haven’t seen much about the Wallops launch.
All of them downlink on 435 MHz band except for Naval Academy downlinkning on 145.870.
Seven downlinks are at 9600 baud, one at 1200 baud and the others are CW or other.
See:
http://cubesat.org/index.php/missions/upcoming-launches/135-ors3-launch-aler...
Sorry if this is a dupe, I hve not been following the AMSAT-BB that closely.
Plus, you can see this launch from the east coast in the dark!
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