Re: [amsat-bb] Eagle without mode S

[Jim Sanford <wb4gcs@xxxxxxxxx>]

George and all:
Please understand -- there was/is no "bait and switch" here.  It broke 
my heart to come to this conclusion, but it was the result of hard data 
and analysis -- facts is facts, fundamental laws of physics are, in 
fact, fundamental.   And those laws, and some measurements, tell us that 
we'd all be disappointed.

I'll have more detail in the article for the next AMSAT Journal, which 
is being prepared now.  There will be even more detail after the Journal 
comes out, when we finish translating the report on EaglePedia into English.

Again, it was hard, peer-reviewed, science that led to the decision.

Now, I do not intend to toss my 2.4 GHz downlink gear.  The dish will be 
usable for uplink, and the preamps usable terrestrially, and the 
downconverters are usable for lots of things, like monitoring your uplink. 

73,
Jim
wb4gcs@amsat.org
Eagle Project Manager


George Henry wrote:

> It's particularly disappointing when some of us have donated hundreds, 
> or even thousands of dollars to the project based, in part, on the 
> proposed frequencies for the various up- and  downlinks and the 
> corresponding equipment we have invested in.  Kinda feels like "bait 
> and switch" at this point, but I DO understand the technical reasoning 
> behind the decision. Probably only a relatively small percentage of us 
> would be able to get a usable downlink signal thanks to the various 
> 2.4 GHz QRM sources.
>
> George, KA3HSW
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "WILLIAMS MICHAEL" 
> <k9qho6762@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <AMSAT-bb@AMSAT.Org>
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 5:37 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Eagle
>
>
>> No Eagle "S" downlink, what a disappointment.
>>
>>
>>  M. Williams
>>  K9QHO
>>  Amsat 33589
>
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