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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/5QN6X5QBCRHX73HMHQNATNKV2S5YMWXF/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "CAE1O4xr4kwimCTB-zWAk7sMK7E1gYbSMPfCteJJ2r5EGNMWXnA@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "5QN6X5QBCRHX73HMHQNATNKV2S5YMWXF", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/33TSOR2HTHWVGLPBYQ3PEBS2MGS22U6A/", "sender": { "address": "pabutusa (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "2e5306de65144a3bbb838f0921c156f8", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/2e5306de65144a3bbb838f0921c156f8/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Rob", "subject": "[amsat-bb] Re: The \"Good Ole Days\" are now", "date": "2013-09-19T20:40:22Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/QLQC6MNTHU3DG2UI6HKPFYEYC3BP2QKO/", "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "I miss RS-6 and RS-8 .... sniff ....\n\n\nOn Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Pavel Milanes Costa <[email protected]>wrote:\n\n> Amen, I second that motion...\n>\n> Third word hams who do not have 70cm rigs can work the sats more easily\n> (70cm FM gear is very rare here, not to mention SSB)\n>\n> The 2m uplink is workable with transverters and HF multimode CAT capable\n> rigs are almost ubiquitous for the 10m downlink\n>\n> 73\n>\n> El 18/09/13 17:48, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE escribió:\n>\n>> I've been working sats off and on for many years. I must admit that I\n>> haven't done much since RS-12/13 and RS-15 went silent. I believe that if\n>> we had more \"easy sats\" with Mode VHF up and HF down they might be more\n>> popular. Tuning and alignment weren't as critical.\n>>\n>> Just my two cents or so.\n>>\n>>\n>> Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE\n>> Grid EL09uf\n>> Eagle Creek Observatory\n>> http://www.**eaglecreekobservatory.org<http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org>\n>> I've stopped asking \"How stupid can you be?\" Some people are taking it\n>> as a\n>> challenge.\n>>\n>>\n>>\n>> -----Original Message-----\n>> From: [email protected] [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@**amsat.org<[email protected]>]\n>> On\n>> Behalf Of Les Rayburn\n>> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:32 PM\n>> To: [email protected]\n>> Subject: [amsat-bb] The \"Good Ole Days\" are now\n>>\n>> Like many hams (I suspect), I dreamed of working satellites for decades.\n>> Followed them with at least a passing interest but always seemed to put\n>> them\n>> off till \"someday\". Even during the craze of the \"work satellites with\n>> your\n>> handheld\", I was distracted by other priorities. When I got involved in\n>> VHF/UHF a few years ago, and purchased an Icom IC-910H, I kept thinking\n>> I'd\n>> finally pull the trigger. But years passed without anything other than\n>> weak-signal contacts being made on that rig.\n>>\n>> A few months ago, I finally decided to give it a try. Downloaded SATPC32,\n>> and updated my keps. FO-29 was the next satellite coming my way, so when I\n>> was inside the footprint, I tuned around a bit, and found some stations\n>> coming in. Cool! I was actually hearing hams on satellite---next up was\n>> answering a CQ...nervously I pushed the PTT on the mic.\n>>\n>> 82 grids and a few hundred contacts later, I'm having a ball!\n>>\n>> I don't miss the birds that came before, but just enjoy what we have now.\n>> My\n>> only complaint might be that more folks are not active on F0-29 and VO-52.\n>> Even SO-50 can be nearly empty after midnight.\n>>\n>> My understanding is that within the next year we'll have 2 or 3 more\n>> linear\n>> LEO satellites, and possibly another FM bird, right? While we may not\n>> work a\n>> lot of DX on those, we should get to the point where no one has to wait\n>> long\n>> for \"something\" to be overhead. That's exciting to me!\n>>\n>> AMSAT is staffed with wonderful volunteers, and seems to be doing great\n>> work. I'm thrilled to be a member, even if it is #38965.\n>>\n>> The good ole days are now. Get on the birds and make some contacts. I need\n>> your grid! (ha, ha)\n>>\n>>\n>> ______________________________**_________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/**listinfo/amsat-bb<http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>\n>\n", "attachments": [] }