Amen! Not only would it be cool, but today's crop of netbook computers would make it appeal to base and portable enthusiasts alike!
________________________________ From: Michael Tondee <mat...@netcommander.com> Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:16:23 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Let's Go! I'm getting back into FM LEO's and setting up a station. I will actually be using a 70cm HT to receive the downlink but I'll be in a base station configuration. I have no desire to operate portable or "out in the yard" with a hand held Arrow or similar antenna. The use of the HT is out of financial necessity. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against portable operation and I think the manufacturers should support it. It's just not for me. What I would really like to see someone come out with commercially is something along the lines of the Genesis SDR HF radio kits. If you haven't seen them, it's a kit for an SDR all mode QRP 40 meter HF radio. I'd like to see a kit for or even a prebuilt all mode 5 watt 2m/70cm SDR satellite radio. That would be cool to me. I know there are SDR groups out there. I wonder if anyone has anything like that in the works? 73, Michael, W4HIJ Jeff Davis wrote: > I want to offer 'hearty congratulations' to the BOD for the courageous > decisions made at the recent Space Symposium. I can think of no > headline more appropriate and welcome for this organization than the > declaration, "We're going back to space". > > Perhaps this decision to move forward with what we can do will also be > what was needed to get the manufacturers to quit sitting on their > hands and INNOVATE! > > How many threads have been spawned on this BB by someone asking the > question "what handheld should I buy to use AO-51"..? > > The fact that the pat answer is that there aren't any - you need to > check eBay for a 20 year-old model speaks pitifully of the ham radio > marketplace in the 21st century. > > Given the nature of LEO, portable operations are very common and going > forward, will be even more so. Who among us wouldn't love a mobile > sized transceiver that sported true simultaneous dual-band (VHF/UHF) > operation and a continuously tunable VFO on FM in a 'satellite > operation mode'? > > What would it be worth if that radio also could record all pass data - > and had a USB port that supported a memory stick so that everything > received during a pass could stored on it for offline extraction and > study later when you're back in the shack. It wouldn't even require an > internal TNC to download telemetry data - the audio file could simply > be played back (offline) on a PC and the telemetry decoded there. > > There are bound to be hundreds of similar ideas and dreams of new > gear, antennas, and interesting things to do at LEO - let's populate > the BB with these sorts of things and look forward, not back. > > I'm more than ready to turn to a new chapter and get back to shaping > the future of ham radio in space. > > Aren't you? > > 73 de Jeff, KE9V > AMSAT-NA 28350 > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.16/2435 - Release Date: 10/14/09 > 06:33:00 > > _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
