RE: [amsat-bb] AO40 modes

["laura halliday" <marsgal42@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony Langdon <tlangdon@atctraining.com.au> wrote:

>Yes. And I'm hedging my bets considerably here. What if
>AO-40 fails? (I'm confident it'll be fine in V/S, U/S,
>L/s at least), but the satellite station I'm building
>is also going to incorporate facilities for terrestrial
>operation (an extra LO on 23cm, and Tx capabilities on
>13cm), as well as ATV (this will use any PAs built for
>the satellite setup).
>
>So even if AO-40 bombs, the investment won't go to waste.
>And there's always Phase 3E to look forward to... :)

My sentiments exactly. We have excellent microwave bands,
and excellent equipment to use on them. Even if AO-40 gets
hit by a meteor tomorrow, the bands are still there, they
are grossly under-used (by hams), and the sooner we make
some noise on them, the better.

The other thing that I think when I read these postings:
AO-40 is going to be up there a while. Years. I'm just
not in that much of a hurry to get gear together - before
I even know which gear will be useful. Let the command
stations do their thing, let them figure out what works
and what doesn't, *then* do something about it.

Either than or do lots of terrestrial chit chat on 1296
in the interim. Your choice. :-)

Laura Halliday VE7LDH     "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg                     pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 15.042 N 122 59.053 W       - Hospital/Shafte
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