Would recommend reading the info on AMSAT's website! http://www.amsat.org/amsat/amsat-na/oscar.html
Stefan, VE4NSA On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 6:13 AM, DF2MZ <[email protected]> wrote: > William, > > you have a good point there, that needs some discussion indeed. > > Actually I do support the participation of radio amateurs in this kind of > scientific effort. I find it very interesting and I am willing to spend some > time and even money on it. > > However, I am frequently quite frustrated because these projects are often > not well documented. So me and many others waste a lot of time just by > finding out the signal parameters, modulation, how to decode, etc. > It is often difficult to find TLEs and up-to-date information about the > project and the status of the satellite. > > I think some of the project teams should pay more attention to provide as > accurate as possible information and documentation to the amateur radio > community. They have endless opportunities for that on the internet. > > Cheers > Edgar > DF2MZ > > > > Am 12.11.2011 12:32, schrieb William Leijenaar: >> >> Hello AMSATs, >> >> >> As we all know OSCAR is the abbreviatie of Orbiting Satellite Carrying >> Amateur Radio. >> To my opinion the function of OSCAR satellites is to facilitate >> communication between amateur radio stations using amateur radio frequencies >> and/or do experiments on those radio frequencies. >> >> Can someone tell me how it is possible that many of the newer small >> satellites get a license to use ham radio satellite frequencies for only >> broadcasting data ? >> Many of these satellite >> missions are even not ham related, and those satellites only have a >> broadcast (downlink) radio onboard. >> Is this nowadays seen as amateur radio communication ? >> >> The word "Education" I read in many of the university CubeSat projects. >> Doing experiments on ham radio frequencies is like education, and I fully >> support this even when it is only available as a downlink at a CubeSat. >> When it comes to the education of building a satellite, with no ham >> related experiments, and where the amateur frequencies and the amateur >> community is used to collect only none ham payload data, I don't see this as >> a ham satellite. >> Then a 433MHz remote control toy-car should also be named a ham radio. We >> just ask one of those ISS astronauts to throw this toy-car out of the space >> station and we have another amateur satellite :o) >> >> I just wonder where is the border between an OSCAR and a satellite that >> uses ham radio frequencies for downloading its (none ham) >> payload data ? >> >> 73 de PE1RAH, William Leijenaar >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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
