Yes, certainly very valid point. Cough cough.....
Anyway even if you are only interested in telemetry, tell the community why. How does it help you? Make "us" part of you goals, ideas and promote the hobby. Make our schools and students be part of it... and I could go on and on and on.... and yes a "transponder" certainly helps a little :-) Stefan, VE4NSA On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner < glasbren...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > Ahem, cough, "transponder", cough. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Stefan Wagener <wagen...@gmail.com> > >Sent: Nov 18, 2013 6:37 PM > >To: Robert Bruninga <bruni...@usna.edu> > >Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org> > >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Wallops Launching 12 Cubesats Tuesday 7:30 PM > > > >Very simple reason. > > > >None of these cubesat developers has made any significant attempt to rally > >the amateur radio satellite community. In contrast, Funcube has a great > >community PR "machine" and we are all very excited for them. > > > >At the end you get what you ask for. > > > >Stefan, VE4NSA > > > > > >On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Robert Bruninga <bruni...@usna.edu> > wrote: > > > >> Watch for a dozen new cubesats Tuesday from Wallops at about 7:30 PM. > >> > >> > >> > >> I have seen a lot of email about Funcube, but haven’t seen much about > the > >> Wallops launch. > >> > >> All of them downlink on 435 MHz band except for Naval Academy > downlinkning > >> on 145.870. > >> > >> > >> > >> Seven downlinks are at 9600 baud, one at 1200 baud and the others are > CW or > >> other. > >> > >> > >> > >> See: > >> > >> > http://cubesat.org/index.php/missions/upcoming-launches/135-ors3-launch-alert > >> > >> > >> > >> Sorry if this is a dupe, I hve not been following the AMSAT-BB that > >> closely. > >> > >> > >> > >> Plus, you can see this launch from the east coast in the dark! > >> > >> > >> > >> Bob, Wb4APR > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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