[amsat-bb] Satellites and their costs

["William Leijenaar" <pe1rah@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi AMSATs,

What I see on AMSAT-BB is many messages about the costs, funds etc...
I think the problem is that there are to many Dagobert Ducks (disney figure 
that likes money), and to few Gyro Gearloose (Disney inventor) and his 
little helper (the little light-bulb) in ham world.

I don't say that it is bad, but sometimes I think the red-line of 
conversation is not at the right side...
Why satellites are that expensive is because we make it most luxious as 
possible...
I think there are not so many commercial satellites so flexible and on so 
many bands as Ao-40...

Its like buying a car, the more luxous you want the more the price will 
rize...
So, what to do next ???

Just make something simple, just one transponder, like the old days of Ao10 
in mode-b...
This makes the satellite less heavy, smaller, and cheaper...

When there is no money, we just have to give away some of our wishes...
Its with many things in life...

Just an idea of a Gyro Gearloose :o)
73 de PE1RAH, William in Curitiba, Brazil...
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