Hi Kevin, ZL1BGK You are absolutely correct ! I agree with you because if we as Amateur Satellite users will stop to collect telemetry for satellites that does not provide Amateur Radio Services,then the Universities and Commercial organizations will cease to build thousands of Microsats and Nanosats only for their own use.
Unfortunately actually we work as pickers up of tennis-ball at no cost but investing a lot of money for our equipments. 73" de i8CVS Domenico ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Gordon" <kgor...@paradise.net.nz> To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 2:29 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Charge for Satellite Tracking? > If a satellite does not provide amateur radio services, why not charge for > satellite tracking? > > We could at least ask for a fixed amount per satellite as a donation to > our amateur radio satellite fund in lieu of tracking services. > > Thousands of satellites will be placed in orbit in the coming years. We > must lay claim to our share of orbit space by placing satellites in orbit. > > Just a thought! > > Kevin zl1bgk > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
