Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Lunar Orbits

["Graham Shirville" <g.shirville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi William,

Although I am not directly involved with the SSETI ESMO project, I am fairly 
certain that there is currently no intention by their communications teams 
to request the use of frequencies in the amateur satellite service. I 
understand that they are intending to use the normal Space to earth and 
earth to space allocations around 2.0 and 2.2GHz for this short mission.

That said , I do not believe that we can afford to turn our backs on 
University and other student groups if we wish our passion to carry forward 
to future generations - we must encourage and embrace their enthusiasms.

At a recent SSETI ESEO workshop of about 60 students at least four of them 
(not including the AMSAT-UK team) were radio amateurs already and at the 
upcoming AMSAT-UK Colloquium we are expecting more than twenty University 
students to attend ( not all of them will be sponsored).

So it is not really a "them and us" situation!

No doubt we can continue this debate during the various "attitude 
adjustment" sessions planned for the Colloquium next month

best 73

Graham
presently SV/G3VZV/MM


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Leijenaar" <pe1rah@yahoo.com>
To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 7:14 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Lunar Orbits


> Hi AMSATs,
>
> I just read the message about the Lunar mission.
>
> Am I right that it is only for students ??
>
> Seems our satellite frequencies and missions will be
> more and more taken away by student projects. It is
> good for those students but not for all of us AMSATs.
> Somehow I feel AMSAT let itself overrun by many other
> organisations who have not any clue about
> "Ham-spirit".
>
> In case hams can also participate I would like to help
> with a transponder design.
>
> They will also land on Luna ??
> With that small mass I doubt, but I who knows...
>
> 73 de PE1RAH,
> William Leijenaar
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