[Ground-station] UPSat overview + Open Source Cubesat Workshop

[Michelle Thompson]

It sounds like you are highly qualified to me.

Learning the ins and outs of the protocols, hardware, and software is one
thing. All of that can be taught, and you already have a good basis. Being
genuinely enthusiastic and invested in the organizing principals is
another. That's something that is inspired.

Let me find out how many of us they can tolerate at one time :+)

Someone like me can represent ground, but it's very important to get
someone like you to be there for space. We have several people with
experience building for space on the team and/or network, and teaming up
with them would be an amazing experience.

Everyone ask around and think on it. I will see how many of us they can
accommodate at the meeting.

-mdt


On Wed, May 23, 2018, 21:15 Hugh Brown <
aardvark at saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> wrote:

> I watched the conference proceedings from the last one when they were
> published a few months ago
> (
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnoYzqAw_vM&list=PLCzrYL9QmZiSYYx5h_j8djGeLYibvbCp4
> ),
> and it was really, really interesting to see the work that's being
> done.  I definitely agree that having amateur radio in general, and
> Phase 4 Ground in particular, at the table will help; there have been
> a lot of payloads going up with proprietary radios, or unpublished
> telemetry formats, and there's a lot to improve there.
>
> I would definitely love to go -- I love space, I love Open Source, and
> I've wanted to be involved in a cubesat project for a long time.  But
> I'm not sure I'm the right person at this time; I have not been
> involved very much (cough) in this project so far, and am still
> learning my way around things.  Consider me a distant third-string
> alternate for this year (or possibly as a 2nd delegate?), and I'd love
> to be better prepared to go next year. :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Hugh
>
> Michelle Thompson wrote:
> > Excellent question.
> >
> > This is the second workshop from this community. It is supported by ESA
> and
> > Libre Space and several others.
> >
> > This meeting is entirely devoted to open source cubesat payloads. This is
> > what we are looking at doing. It's the only gathering of its kind right
> now
> > in the world. A large number of the current teams and successful open
> > source payload builders will be there.
> >
> > The content is real workshop experience. Small groups, focused on solving
> > problems and sharing progress and giving support.
> >
> > If I had known about the first one, I would have done all I could to get
> us
> > there.
> >
> > What do we get out of this?
> >
> > I am hoping to get out of it a solid concept of what we want to achieve,
> in
> > the context of what other groups are doing and sharing. I hope to find
> out
> > exactly what we can re-use that gives us the best possible position to
> > develop something new, especially in the area that we have expertise and
> > interest.
> >
> > I believe this is where we need to be to develop the best amateur radio
> > payload. These are people we need to have in our community, if we want to
> > succeed.
> >
> > We bring something important to this workshop, and that is our
> background,
> > experience, and identity in amateur radio. Not science, or experimental,
> or
> > commercial - but amateur radio. We work from a different set of
> > assumptions, have different goals, and have a different set of privileges
> > and freedoms. If we don't speak up and represent and form a voice, then
> we
> > miss out. We risk being crowded out by simplistic or commercial
> solutions.
> > We have a role here, and that role is not just as a sponge. We can
> provide
> > real service, under certain conditions. I believe we should be advocating
> > our role at meetings and events like this one.
> >
> > -Michelle W5NYV
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 4:04 PM, Hugh Brown <
> > aardvark at saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station wrote:
> > > > Please review if you are interested in participating in the payload
> part
> > > of
> > > > the project.
> > >
> > > Hi Michelle -- as we discussed at Hamvention, I'm definitely
> > > interested in participating in the payload part of the project; I've
> > > been meaning to read up on the UPSat project anyhow, so this is a good
> > > excuse. :-)
> > >
> > > > Want to attend the Open Source Cubesat Workshop in Madrid in
> September to
> > > > represent Phase 4? Let me know.
> > >
> > > What are you hoping to get out of attendance at the workshop?  (Not at
> > > all questioning the value of going there, just not certain what in
> > > particular you want to see come out of it.)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Hugh
> > >
>
> --
> Hugh Brown
> http://saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com
>
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