[amsat-bb] Re: ESA lunar probe

2011-11-07 Thread Lee Maisel
I don't see why Hams couldn't be involved in the design of the communications for the probe... On Nov 5, 2011, at 11:11 AM, R Oler orbit...@hotmail.com wrote: I wrote: (and the time delay makes it well a unique form of transportation)..transportation should obviously be communication.

[amsat-bb] Re: ESA lunar probe

2011-11-06 Thread Edward R. Cole
At 09:11 AM 11/5/2011, R Oler wrote: I wrote: (and the time delay makes it well a unique form of transportation)..transportation should obviously be communication. the reality of a lunar transponder (or even a packet system) would be that it would encourage a lot of things that the FM sats

[amsat-bb] Re: ESA lunar probe

2011-11-06 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: R Oler orbit...@hotmail.com To: w7...@comcast.net Cc: Amsat BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 6:11 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ESA lunar probe I wrote: (and the time delay makes it well a unique form of transportation)..transportation

[amsat-bb] Re: ESA lunar probe

2011-11-05 Thread Bob- W7LRD
Just for the sake of conversation and thinking.  What would the link budget look like for a transponder on the moon.  Bob W7LRD - Original Message - From: R Oler orbit...@hotmail.com To: Amsat BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 4:10:00 PM Subject: [amsat-bb]

[amsat-bb] Re: ESA lunar probe

2011-11-05 Thread R Oler
I wrote: (and the time delay makes it well a unique form of transportation)..transportation should obviously be communication. the reality of a lunar transponder (or even a packet system) would be that it would encourage a lot of things that the FM sats do not...and discourage a lot of bad

[amsat-bb] Re: ESA lunar probe

2011-11-05 Thread R Oler
Bob...its been done here a zillion times...it wont be done with an HT and a small yagi...it will however be possible whereas a Mars effort is really not possible for anyone except Goldstone class stations (and the time delay makes it well a unique form of transportation). A small linear