[amsat-bb] Re: [ans] ANS-181

["Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" <vlfiscus@xxxxxxx>]

Do we still have the blueprints for phase 3C, or did those get thrown out 
with all the other mode B stuff?  Actually, a modernized AO-7 would work 
just fine if it were in a high orbit.  Mode B isn't everything. A few hours 
of mode B a week on a working AO-40 would have been good enough for me.


At 03:05 PM 6/29/02 -0500, you wrote:

>AMSAT News Service Bulletin 181.02 From AMSAT HQ
>SILVER SPRING, MD. JUNE 30, 2002
>To All RADIO AMATEURS
>BID: $ANS-181.02
>
>To All AMSAT Members,
>
>With the sudden emergence of AO-7 there are several requests on
>AMSAT-BB for a mode B satellite.  One of my jobs as President is
>to listen to you, the members and supporters of AMSAT-NA, and I
>know that it is you who pay AMSAT's expenses and bills.
>
>Therefore your requests are uppermost in our thoughts when we design
>and build satellites.  Since  we first started talking about "Eagle"
>we have always emphasised that Eagle will have Mode B  in addition
>to its other capabilities.  The date of Eagle's launch has yet to be
>settled, - that is dependent on several things but chiefly how fast
>the contributions to the project are made.
>
>At this time it is impossible to change Oscar-Echo to mode B, due
>to the many technical and financial factors, and any attempt to do
>so would cost a great deal of time and money which would result in
>the probable loss of a favorable launch.  In addition it would have
>been very difficult and expensive to design "Echo" as anything but
>the FM/data bird that it is. This is because it is based on an existing
>design with which SpaceQuest has considerable experience.  It is
>because of this that we were able to negotiate the deal we have with
>this company.
>
>Yes, your Board of Directors and Officers do listen!  and we try
>to provide the best satellite services we can with the limited support
>available, but we also need your continuing support and assistance if
>we are to continue to provide satellites to the Amateur Radio Community.
>
>73
>Robin Haighton VE3FRH
>President AMSAT-NA
>
>/EX

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