Hi Trevor, M5AKA I agree with you.
I remember that only the HEO satellites OSCAR-10,OSCAR-13 and AO40 were used during the emergency when necessary. My opinion is that we satellite operators we are not actually organized to use the LEO Amateur Satellites during the emergencies so that we only collect grids and QSL's with them as well we receive only telemetry. I'm also not aware of any LEO amateur satellite having ever been used for Emergency Communications but read please the following address of AMSAT and you will surprised to read that even the LEO Amateur Satellites are built by AMSAT to provide communications during emergencies and calamities. http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/hamsat.php VO-52 is India's contribution to the international community of Amateur Radio Operators. This satellite will play a valuable role in the national and international scenario by providing a low cost readily accessible and reliable means of communications during emergencies and calamities like floods , earthquakes etc. 73" de i8CVS Domenico ----- Original Message ----- From: "M5AKA" <m5...@yahoo.co.uk> To: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8...@tin.it> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:14 AM Subject: Re: Amateur Satellites and the emergency on tornado in Oklahoma and Texas Hi Dominic, An interesting question. I'm not aware of any amateur satellite having ever been used for Emergency Communications, do you know of any ? Yes announcements were made that amateur satellites were available for emergency communications in both the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and the 2011 Japanese Tsunami but as far as I'm aware they were never actually used. I think the problem is two fold: 1) The lack of satellite operators, only one to two thousand world-wide 2) The initial complexity of satellite operating e.g. Doppler, Tracking, which means those without satellite experience cannot rapidly pick it up when an emergency strikes. A 100 watt HF station with a dipole on 40m is far easier to set up in an emergency and will give you a range comparable with satellites and freedom from the restriction of a 15 minute pass time. 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Tue, 21/5/13, i8cvs <domenico.i8...@tin.it> wrote: > Date: Tuesday, 21 May, 2013, 4:35 > Hi All, > > I am interested to know if someone in BB has used > or is using the actual Amateur Satellites during the > emergency occurred in Oklahoma and Texas because > of the actual tornado's. > > We know from TV that almost 50 peoples died and if > the Amateur Satellites were used with success that will > be a useful opportunity to demonstrate worldwide to > the autorities that our satellites are useful and necessary > during the emergency. > > The call letters of the Amateurs partecipating as well > the FM and linear Amateur Satellites used to help > into > the emergency will be appreciated. > > Thanks for any info. > > 73" de > > i8CVS Domenico > _______________________________________________ > 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
