A number of BB participants have already indicated that they WON'T fund a satellite that they don't want, which begs the question: will Eagle fly, period? Has the design committee effectively killed the bird by killing enough interest?
I hope not, but time will be the judge. I am disappointed by the loss of mode S, but would rather at least have a V/U HEO than no HEO. (I still maintain that the dire predictions for 2.4 GHz will not come to pass)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Emily Clarke" [email protected] To: "George Henry" [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Eagle Satellite Design
Most likely AMSAT wouldn't let you do it - it would interfere with the primary mission. Besides - why should AMSAT members fund a satellite they don't want, and they have to pay even more to rent space for a payload they do want?
73,
Emily
At 11:09 AM 9/9/2006, you wrote:
So, how much to rent one of the TSFR spaces? Maybe all of us who still believe in S-Band could pool our funds to fly our own transponder..... fund the mode instead of the bird?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Hambly (W2GPS)" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 5:21 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Eagle Satellite Design
<snip> > > c) There are at least two TSFR (This-Space-For-Rent) packages that > could > possibly contain other RF or other payloads, conditioned on the > availability > of power, antenna space and compatibility with the primary payloads.
Since this thread is so serious, maybe it is time for a lighter moment:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19453214@N00/
Amir Findling, 73 de K9CHP, member ARRL, AMSAT #36083 Coordinator, Senior K9 Handler Western NY SearchDogs, Inc. http://www.wnysearchdogs.org/ K9 Certification Tester, NYS Federation of SAR Teams http://www.nysfedsar.org/ 1st Special Response Group (1SRG) http://www.1srg.org/
George and the list:
Let me also state that, though I respectfully disagree with cancelling the mode-S downlink, I do want to continue to support the launch of Eagle as it WILL provide mode-U/V (old mode-B). My main satellite interest is in HEOs so I think we should make sure that Eagle is launched even if not exactly the bird we hoped for. Amsat-NA has proven record with various launch entities and still best at finding us the ride into orbit.
I saw many old satellite hands quit after the demise of AO-40 mode-V failure. Everyone loss from their quiting...they lost a fun ham activity...Amsat lost support...the rest of us lost stations to contact...I lost a local friend who essentially quit ham radio.
S/C-rider is a still mostly an "unknown" to most of us and may tunr out to be a very fun mode after more is revealed and "cemented" in the design process.
I just wanted Rick, Bob, and Tom to know this. My offer of backup emergency command support remains.
73's Ed - KL7UW 50/144/222*/432/927/1296/2400/3456*/10368/24192* MHz *under construction
At 03:59 PM 9/9/2006 -0500, George Henry wrote:
A number of BB participants have already indicated that they WON'T fund a satellite that they don't want, which begs the question: will Eagle fly, period? Has the design committee effectively killed the bird by killing enough interest?
I hope not, but time will be the judge. I am disappointed by the loss of mode S, but would rather at least have a V/U HEO than no HEO. (I still maintain that the dire predictions for 2.4 GHz will not come to pass)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Emily Clarke" [email protected] To: "George Henry" [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Eagle Satellite Design
Most likely AMSAT wouldn't let you do it - it would interfere with the primary mission. Besides - why should AMSAT members fund a satellite they don't want, and they have to pay even more to rent space for a payload they do want?
73,
Emily
At 11:09 AM 9/9/2006, you wrote:
So, how much to rent one of the TSFR spaces? Maybe all of us who still believe in S-Band could pool our funds to fly our own transponder..... fund the mode instead of the bird?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Hambly (W2GPS)" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 5:21 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Eagle Satellite Design
<snip> > > c) There are at least two TSFR (This-Space-For-Rent) packages that > could > possibly contain other RF or other payloads, conditioned on the > availability > of power, antenna space and compatibility with the primary payloads.
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73's, Ed - KL7UW =================================== BP40iq, Nikiski, AK http://www.qsl.net/al7eb Amsat #3212 Modes: V - U - L - S ===================================
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