Another brilliant idea!
I understand that the AmSat BB is 99% serious business. I think it's time to lighten the mood a bit.
I'm going to (try to) fund a new project. I want to place a satellite with a full-sized 160m beam into orbit. I want this thing to be "highly polished" or plated in Chrome. (It will put the Russian "space mirror" to shame), and be visible during daylight hours.
I think the flares will catch the interest of people, and draw them into this insane hobby.
How's that for a dumb idea?
(I'll shut up now...)
Lighter if made of balsa and covered in silver Monokote...
TK K7TRK
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of DJ Nise Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 12:55 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Another brilliant idea!
I understand that the AmSat BB is 99% serious business. I think it's time to lighten the mood a bit.
I'm going to (try to) fund a new project. I want to place a satellite with a full-sized 160m beam into orbit. I want this thing to be "highly polished" or plated in Chrome. (It will put the Russian "space mirror" to shame), and be visible during daylight hours.
I think the flares will catch the interest of people, and draw them into this insane hobby.
How's that for a dumb idea?
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From: DJ Nise I'm going to (try to) fund a new project. I want to place a satellite with a full-sized 160m beam into orbit. ... How's that for a dumb idea?
Wonderful, only drawback is that 160m isn't allocated to the Amateur Satellite Service ;-)
Of course that's true of all the LF allocations. There was an opportunity a few years ago to fly a 136 kHz payload with a 1 km long antenna but the lack of Amateur Satellite Service allocations made it a non-starter.
BTW does anyone know if there are any papers relating to the Amateur Satellite Service being discussed at this weeks IARU Region 2 Conference in Mexico ?
73 Trevor M5AKA
Hi Trevor,
Yes we are discussing the removal of the downlink only restriction on 29MHz and the proposal to permit satellite linear transponder downlinks to operate at the bottom of the 144MHz band (just 22.5kHz though)
The meeting is still in session at this time
best 73
Graham XE3/G3VZV
BTW does anyone know if there are any papers relating to the Amateur Satellite Service being discussed at this weeks IARU Region 2 Conference in Mexico ?
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How many element?
On 09/24/2013 03:55 PM, DJ Nise wrote:
I want to place a satellite with a full-sized 160m beam into orbit.
Nice! ...may I suggest only the words AMSAT be chrome plated and studded with bright white LEDs :)
73 peter ve7ngp
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of DJ Nise Sent: September 24, 2013 12:55 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Another brilliant idea!
I understand that the AmSat BB is 99% serious business. I think it's time to lighten the mood a bit.
I'm going to (try to) fund a new project. I want to place a satellite with a full-sized 160m beam into orbit. I want this thing to be "highly polished" or plated in Chrome. (It will put the Russian "space mirror" to shame), and be visible during daylight hours.
I think the flares will catch the interest of people, and draw them into this insane hobby.
How's that for a dumb idea?
(I'll shut up now...) _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
... full-sized 160m beam into orbit ...
Reminds me of the two antennas who met up on the roof. They fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much but the reception was fantastic ...
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM
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