Rupert, I think that is a fair assumption on your part, but only because the are no new ideas being presented that have commercial potential that can use Amateur Radio as an inexpensive to proof of concept. In the present Amateur Radio community only Emergency Communications is getting the publicity. Perhaps FEMA or the Red Cross might help pay for an emergency communication satellite otherwise it is LEO's forever!
Art, KC6UQH -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of rupert red Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 4:47 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] dream your own sat Hallo all... from a while I'm hearing about MANY different and interesting satellite solutions... LEO, MEO, HEO, GEO... MOON !!! The problem is only ONE ! Amateur radio community has no money for this project, and will never have! Amsat & Co will never be able to collect millions.... I red on this bb that hams has no money for an expensive ground station... then how can they send many money to Amsat? Public and private organizations all over the world have not an high consideration of hams, and will never invest founds for them. The conclusion is only ONE... we will never see a new oscar satellite in the sky (at least some student's cube). Let's all dream together guys. Best 73 Rupert _________________________________________________________________ Condividi e organizza le tue immagini con Windows Live Foto. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/photos.aspx _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@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 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4217 (20090704) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4218 (20090705) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@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
