<div dir="ltr">Let's not accuse each other of not understanding how things work. That won't get us far. There's lots of expertise to go around. <br><br>There's the rent-a-GEO, there's the Phase 4 Space four GEO payload grant application (our primary effort here), there's AMSAT GOLF, there's initiatives in Europe and China. We're all trying to find the best way forward. <br><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-Michelle W5NYV<br><br><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 3:32 PM KC9SGV via Ground-Station <ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Then please explain how it really works.</div><div id="gmail-m_-6939157902407680204AppleMailSignature">Syed of Othernet has been really helpful in this regard.</div><div id="gmail-m_-6939157902407680204AppleMailSignature">He is willing to work with us on a commercial basis. (For a fee).</div><div id="gmail-m_-6939157902407680204AppleMailSignature">For now, we will pursue Michelle's Echostar initiative.</div><div id="gmail-m_-6939157902407680204AppleMailSignature">I have not seen any other suggestions yet.<br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Oct 13, 2019, at 3:38 PM, KENT BRITAIN <<a href="mailto:wa5vjb@flash.net" target="_blank">wa5vjb@flash.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr">That would again require licensed commercial equipment.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am pretty sure you do not understand how that system</div><div dir="ltr">really works. Kent WA5VJB<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, October 13, 2019, 2:54:18 PM CDT, KC9SGV via Ground-Station <<a href="mailto:ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute" target="_blank">ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="gmail-m_-6939157902407680204ydp1468a96eyiv3997889555"><div><div><table id="gmail-m_-6939157902407680204ydp1468a96eyiv3997889555records" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;width:546px;max-width:100%;margin-bottom:20px;table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:5px;line-height:1.42857;vertical-align:top;border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><div><div style="min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px"><div style="float:left"><span><img src="https://groups.io/g/GEO/profilephoto/4256096" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; border-radius: 6px;" width="40" height="40"> <a href="https://groups.io/g/GEO/profile/189090" style="text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KC9SGV</a></span></div><div style="text-align:right;float:right"><span><font style="background-color:inherit">1:04pm</font> <a href="https://groups.io/g/GEO/message/84" style="text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>#84 </span><span style="display:inline-block;line-height:0.75em;vertical-align:-0.0667em;font-weight:900"></span></a></span></div></div></div><span><br></span><div id="gmail-m_-6939157902407680204ydp1468a96eyiv3997889555msgbody74053451"><div><span>Not ham radio related, but yet...<br>Should we have LoRa (Long Range) on a ham GEO satellite ?<br>This would add IOT (Internet of Things) capability to the effort.<br>Might make for easier funding due to an order of magnitude larger customer base...<br><br>Some of the images on this website might relate.<br><br><a href="https://www.addvaluetech.com/satcom-iot-via-lora-wan/" style="text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.addvaluetech.com/satcom-iot-via-lora-wan/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>Bernard,</div><div>KC9SGV</div></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 10px"></p></td></tr><tr style="background-color:rgb(249,249,249)"><td style="padding:5px;line-height:1.42857;vertical-align:top;border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><div><div style="min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:94.3281px"><a href="https://groups.io/g/GEO/topic/lora_on_our_geo_sat/34524974?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,34524974#window-74053451" style="text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font color="#000000"><span style="display:inline-block;line-height:1;font-weight:900"></span></font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br>Sent from my iPad</div></div></div></div>
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