RE: [amsat-bb] digitally clueless

["Christensen, Eric Harlan" <CHRISTENSENE@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin,

Just an idea, but when I worked Barry VA3BJD in the Prince William
Islands, he could have easily uploaded his log to a QSL Manager or even
digital photos to show everyone where he was.  You can do this at
1.2kbps or 9.6kbps but it would take a considerably longer time to
upload and download these files and could even take multiple passes to
get a complete file.

These are just two ideas off the top of my head.  I'm sure one can
surely think of many more.  With WiSP, one could possibly put together
an email gateway to automatically deliver messages from those in rare
grids or islands.  Just a thought...

73s,
Eric KF4OTN
kf4otn@amsat.org
http://www.ericsatcom.net

AMSAT Member: 35360
Project OSCAR Member


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org] On
Behalf Of wa6fwf
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 15:57
To: amsat-bb
Subject: [amsat-bb] digitally clueless


Hi All,
   based on some other discussions I have had with people and statements
made 
recently on the BB,  I guess I'm clueless about satellite digital ops. I
have 
been on our current batch of sats and sent notes, downloaded pictures
and 
such, but to be honest anything I have done at this point could have
more 
easily been done on the internet. 

  Don't get me wrong  I'm not saying to abandon all digital sats but I'm

trying to understand  why we keep pushing about integrating  this mode
into 
future sats or why the speed push that requires modified radios with
modules 
to tap off the digital signal sooner in the I.F. chain, and then the
matching 
faster tnc's.
  Sure its doing something new and pushing "our" state of the art in
this, but 
once we get there what will we do with it?

  Would  someone give me some ideas what their plans will be using 56k
or 
higher data rates and a bbs sat for?  what do the visionaries in the
group 
see this big pipe in the sky doing for 15 mins each pass on a Leo and a 
couple hours on a Heo?
  
  My guess would be if we could ever get enough bandwidth going we could
do 
voip  or something similar but is that it?


73
Kevin
WA6FWF
#19623
----
Sent via amsat-bb@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org
----
Sent via amsat-bb@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org