I had a question a couple of days ago from someone that thought all you could do over the satellites was talk. I explained to him that there were other things you could do but I'm sure I left out some things.
That got me thinking, though. I wonder how many people just aren't familiar enough with satellites to know there are other things you can do with them than just pick up a microphone and talk.
I've already started writing an article on what you can do with satellites but I'd love to hear from all the users out there as to how you operate over the birds.
Please respond directly to me at w4otn@amsat.org.
73, Eric Christensen, W4OTN AMSAT Area Coordinator - Southeastern Virginia USA AMSAT Member 35360 http://www.ericsatcom.net GPG Key Fingerprint: 4395 EF8D DDFF E681 26CB 7165 2F95 7CC9 D749 08ED
Sounds like a great topic Eric.
Thanks for thinking about it and following up. I look forward to the article. Are you going to be able to make it to Atlanta later this month for the Symposium?
Obviously I am interested in the the telemetry and understanding how the satellite operates and adapts to changes in eclipse period and distance from the sun.
73, Gould, WA4SXM
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Christensen" eric@christensenplace.us To: "AMSAT FieldOps" fieldops@amsat.org; AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:03 PM Subject: [fieldops] What do you do with satellites?
I had a question a couple of days ago from someone that thought all you could do over the satellites was talk. I explained to him that there were other things you could do but I'm sure I left out some things.
That got me thinking, though. I wonder how many people just aren't familiar enough with satellites to know there are other things you can do with them than just pick up a microphone and talk.
I've already started writing an article on what you can do with satellites but I'd love to hear from all the users out there as to how you operate over the birds.
Please respond directly to me at w4otn@amsat.org.
73, Eric Christensen, W4OTN AMSAT Area Coordinator - Southeastern Virginia USA AMSAT Member 35360 http://www.ericsatcom.net GPG Key Fingerprint: 4395 EF8D DDFF E681 26CB 7165 2F95 7CC9 D749 08ED _______________________________________________ Fieldops mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA Fieldops@amsat.org http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/fieldops
Eric Christensen wrote:
I had a question a couple of days ago from someone that thought all you could do over the satellites was talk. I explained to him that there were other things you could do but I'm sure I left out some things.
Eric, As well you know, I consider the educational mission of our birds of paramount importance. Don't forget to mention in your article how they're being used in the classroom to teach a wide variety of subjects. A few which come to mind: orbital mechanics basic electronics Newtonian physics geography linguistics meteorology cryptology thermodynamics solar dynamics radio astronomy earth science I'm sure I've left out quite a few areas, but my point is, there's far more for us to do through ham satellies than simply whistle into a microphone!
73, Paul
Eric:
This is where the "beauty" of HEO satellites are seriously missed. Unlike LEO satellite exchanges, HEO satellites promote true, long discussions with hams in other countries creates genuine cultural exchanges - much more than "just talking". I can cite chapter and verse of such past QSOs.
'73, Dick Jansson, KD1K kd1k@amsat.org kd1k@arrl.net
-----Original Message----- From: fieldops-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:fieldops-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Eric Christensen Sent: Thursday, 02 October, 2008 01:04 To: AMSAT FieldOps; AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: [fieldops] What do you do with satellites?
I had a question a couple of days ago from someone that thought all you could do over the satellites was talk. I explained to him that there were other things you could do but I'm sure I left out some things.
That got me thinking, though. I wonder how many people just aren't familiar enough with satellites to know there are other things you can do with them than just pick up a microphone and talk.
I've already started writing an article on what you can do with satellites but I'd love to hear from all the users out there as to how you operate over the birds.
Please respond directly to me at w4otn@amsat.org.
73, Eric Christensen, W4OTN AMSAT Area Coordinator - Southeastern Virginia USA AMSAT Member 35360 http://www.ericsatcom.net GPG Key Fingerprint: 4395 EF8D DDFF E681 26CB 7165 2F95 7CC9 D749 08ED _______________________________________________ Fieldops mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA Fieldops@amsat.org http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/fieldops
One can have long conversations through a regular repeater, but the primary factor is "load". How many folks want to talk at the same time. I've had a number of relatively long conversations, some three-way, through SO-50, but they were very late at night. These days it's a lot easier to have a conversation through AO-7 or FO-29, because they support multiple conversations at once.
Secondarily, and not to be dismissed, is that a HEO orbit gives you a lot longer to talk. But you first have to the bandwidth to do so.
Greg KO6TH
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From: rjansson@cfl.rr.com To: eric@christensenplace.us; fieldops@amsat.org; AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:54:49 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [fieldops] What do you do with satellites?
Eric:
This is where the "beauty" of HEO satellites are seriously missed. Unlike LEO satellite exchanges, HEO satellites promote true, long discussions with hams in other countries creates genuine cultural exchanges - much more than "just talking". I can cite chapter and verse of such past QSOs.
'73, Dick Jansson, KD1K kd1k@amsat.org kd1k@arrl.net
-----Original Message----- From: fieldops-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:fieldops-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Eric Christensen Sent: Thursday, 02 October, 2008 01:04 To: AMSAT FieldOps; AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: [fieldops] What do you do with satellites?
I had a question a couple of days ago from someone that thought all you could do over the satellites was talk. I explained to him that there were other things you could do but I'm sure I left out some things.
That got me thinking, though. I wonder how many people just aren't familiar enough with satellites to know there are other things you can do with them than just pick up a microphone and talk.
I've already started writing an article on what you can do with satellites but I'd love to hear from all the users out there as to how you operate over the birds.
Please respond directly to me at w4otn@amsat.org.
73, Eric Christensen, W4OTN AMSAT Area Coordinator - Southeastern Virginia USA AMSAT Member 35360 http://www.ericsatcom.net GPG Key Fingerprint: 4395 EF8D DDFF E681 26CB 7165 2F95 7CC9 D749 08ED _______________________________________________ Fieldops mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA Fieldops@amsat.org http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/fieldops
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At 12:33 PM 10/3/2008, Greg D. wrote:
Secondarily, and not to be dismissed, is that a HEO orbit gives you a lot longer to talk. But you first have to the bandwidth to do so.
Also, there's a much bigger footprint. This is a major consideration on this side of the globe, where distances to other people are much greater.
73 de VK3JED http://vkradio.com
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