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i8cvs wrote:

If the COMPASS team is looking for someone (or more) radioamateurs all around the world in assisting with command and telemetry using our amateur ground stations built using our amateur money in my opinion the COMPASS-1 scientific organization should donate contributions to AMSAT in order to buid our communication satellites.

Is the COMPASS-1 scientific organization in Germany donating contributions to AMSAT-DL to build P3-E or not ?

Last I checked Amateur Radio is science. I think as Radio Amateurs we should be more then willing to assist the science community at large. Asking for Quid Pro Quo is childish and silly and reflects badly on the entire community.

~ Ben, who would help, if he could.

- -- Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/

I think a couple of "it is my opinion" or "I believe" phrases would go a long way in softening some of these valid questions.

Roger WA1KAT

-----Original Message----- From: Sebastian w4as@bellsouth.net To: AMSAT BB AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:15 pm Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 support at the West Coast

Having someone express their opinion in public; as you have also done; should not subject them to belittling.

Also, is it really necessary for you to append your emails with your PGP signature?

73 de W4AS Sebastian

On Nov 11, 2008, at 11:13 AM, Ben Jackson wrote:

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If the COMPASS team is looking for someone (or more) radioamateurs all around the world in assisting with command and telemetry using our amateur ground stations built using our amateur money in my opinion the COMPASS-1 scientific organization should donate contributions to AMSAT in order to buid our communication satellites.

Is the COMPASS-1 scientific organization in Germany donating contributions to AMSAT-DL to build P3-E or not ?

Last I checked Amateur Radio is science. I think as Radio Amateurs we should be more then willing to assist the science community at large. Asking for Quid Pro Quo is childish and silly and reflects badly on the entire community.

~ Ben, who would help, if he could.

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Hi All,

I want to fully endorse the comments from Bob and Bruce. I have been working with the Compass team for the last few months and it has been a most enjoyable experience. Their willingness to provide feedback, telemetry decoding software and general information is I think unique in the Cubesat world. Beyond that it is the only amateur satellite as far as I know that actually invites active participation in satellite command and control operations - an opportunity normally restricted to a select few. It presents an opportunity to try something quite different from the normal run of the mill amateur satellite operations and I for one believe that Compass has been an excellent addition to the ranks of amateur satellites.

Alan ZL2BX

As for myself, I have been very glad and proud to provide support to the Compass-1 project by collecting telemetry and helping with command of the spacecraft.

I know Mike must have devoted countless volunteer hours in his support to this project; I know he has emailed me for specific requests at what must be some very long hours in EU. Bob W1ICW

With all respect, I take the position that is converse to this: namely, that COMPASS-1 *is* an amateur satellite, and therefore the COMPASS team has assisted us greatly by building it. COMPASS happens to be the only satellite that I have commanded from my groundstation, operating on amateur frequencies, of course. In some sense, it is, to me, more of an amateur satellite than, say, our much-loved FO-29 or AO-51, or any HEO that might get launched. These, I assume, I will never control; COMPASS I have.

Bruce VE9QRP

I would also like to add my 2 cents worth to the mix; I hope to have my system set up soon and when I do I hope to be able to assist the COMPASS folks in any way I can.

We should be embracing this and other projects, and there are a few more, that add to our general knowledge and to our hobby.

Anything I can do from here?

Dave/KA0SWT

----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Kolakowski" rogerkola@aol.com To: "Alan Cresswell" alancresswell@xtra.co.nz; "'amsat-bb'" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:57 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 support at the West Coast

I believe that the COMPASS-1 team reached a long way to mobilize a volunteer effort of skilled amateurs to help recover a failing satellite. This is one more story for the ages; how the Amateur community was trusted by being provided open control codes, to do what they do best....provide the diversity of location and the perseverance inherent in the hobby to bring an orbiting object back to life.

These new "control operators" stand up with those special few who were able to capture signals from an antenna-less Suitsat-1, 200 miles distant and report progress to the professional team who had launched the project.

Amateur does not mean un-professional, it just means we don't get paid for what we enjoy doing.

Roger WA1KAT

----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Cresswell" alancresswell@xtra.co.nz To: "'amsat-bb'" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:27 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 support at the West Coast

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Hi All,

I want to fully endorse the comments from Bob and Bruce. I have been working with the Compass team for the last few months and it has been a

most

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enjoyable experience. Their willingness to provide feedback, telemetry decoding software and general information is I think unique in the Cubesat world. Beyond that it is the only amateur satellite as far as I know that actually invites active participation in satellite command and control operations - an opportunity normally restricted to a select few. It

presents

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an opportunity to try something quite different from the normal run of the mill amateur satellite operations and I for one believe that Compass has been an excellent addition to the ranks of amateur satellites.

Alan ZL2BX

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