I've been wondering if the issue is not lack of interest but lack of education and marketing. If newer hams were to see and understand the benefits of a store-and-forward PacSat, I believe you'd see a level of support as strong as days passed. I have been playing with terrestrial packet and digital modes for 20 years and the thought of exchanging messages via satellite excites me. Unfortunately I did not partake in the PacSats' capabilities when they were functional.
73 Clayton W5PFG On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Alan P. Biddle <apbid...@united.net> wrote: > Chris, > > Like you, I really enjoyed the old digital birds. However, the interest in > that has fallen off. AO-51 did have a very nice system, and a few other > satellites have had more traditional Packet BBS capabilities. The interest > just does not seem to be there, when the old satellites died, there were not > replaced. > > 73s, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of Chris Maness > Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 9:56 PM > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] What Happened to the PacSats? > > About 12 years ago, I was really into amateur radio satellites (the > analog birds). I always wanted to try the PacSats, but I was a > college student, and could not afford all of the necessary hardware. > I tried to do it in software (and ended up falling in love with > Linux). Now I have a good source of income, and was looking into > dabbling in the PacSats, but looking at the Amsat website, it looks > like none of the old birds are up. So are there any plans to restore > store and forward messaging capability in future ham radio birds? Is > this currently still possible and I am just missing something? > > Thanks, > Chris Maness > KQ6UP > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
