The Europeans have produced the FunCube dongle and the SDRPLay. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Chinese producing something as they are launching more satellites than anyone else just now.
For many most of the fun with satellites is building up the gear and antenna tracking, playing with the software, and not buying a do it all box and just working people, that gets boring quickly. It was more useful when we had high orbit birds, then it was a way of chatting to people on another continent about technical matters with almost no QRM for an hour or so. That has largely been replaced by the Internet. 73 from David GM4JJJ > On 25 May 2016, at 13:05, brian <[email protected]> wrote: > > I should be the last person on earth to comment on this. > > If there is such a large market in EU then it suggests that an EU > manufacturer ought to be the source. Why hasn't that happened? > > One factor missing from your 1000 estimate is the fraction that are likely to > buy. Clearly active stations already have their own gear. > > My experience with satellites is minimal. 1000 contacts. The trouble was > that represented less than 50 different stations. The novelty quickly died. > Haven't been back since. > > 73 de Brian/K3KO > >> On 5/25/2016 4:38 AM, Edward R Cole wrote: >> There are about 1500-2000 hams active on 2m-eme worldwide; probably >> another 1000 on other bands on eme. >> VHF+ is huge in EU with contests every month and literally hundreds of >> stations working on 10-GHz in the UK and EU. >> 2m is the most used IF for mw. >> >> On VHF and UHF up to 1296 there are probably five times as many active >> hams as in the US. A radio as I described would be well received by >> this segment of ham radio. >> >> Would 1,000 ordered the first month be adequate? >> >> 73, Ed - KL7UW >> PS: you would be surprised how many KX3 are in use as IF for VHF and >> higher bands. KX2 will probably see some of this use as well. >> >> Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 15:16:38 -0700 >> From: Phil Wheeler <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX2 Satellite Derivative? (Was: Re: The KX2) >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed >> >> Ed, re "Who will build it?": It seems the market >> must be large enough to justify the investment. I >> wonder if it really is? >> >> 73, Phil W7OX >> >> >> >> 73, Ed - KL7UW >> http://www.kl7uw.com >> "Kits made by KL7UW" >> Dubus Mag business: >> [email protected] >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
