September 2009 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Re: Volunteered
by Randy 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Bruce filled me in on where a lot of the "donations" go.. Couple others beat me up .. LOL So is there a win-win on this topic ? Randy

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North Carolina EM96
by KK4AK 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

I'll be in mountains of North Carolina next week in Grid EM96. So look for me on the FM birds when I am able to break away from my other obligations. 73, Allen KK4AK (previous call KK4EMK)

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Volunteering
by myoung 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

So if someone wants to volunteer and they use the volunteer function of the AMSAT website and it doesn't work and someone doesn't get in touch with you... IT IS AMSAT's FAULT? Is that it? So if you order something from the AMSAT website or any website and the item never arrives... YOU JUST FORGET IT? This is a mindset of failure! A HORRENDOUS COP OUT FOLKS!!! The AMSAT office has a phone. The number is on the website, please use it! Do you really want to volunteer? PROVE IT! AND FOLLOW THRU! PROMISES DON'T GET THINGS DONE! Mike, WB8CXO

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Re: Volunteered
by Randy 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Ok .. Maybe the word dues was not correct.. But I did pay to join AMSAT ... Where does that money Go? And the money that all members paid to join? I'll go back to my corner now .. Randy

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AO-51 Software crash-a reply
by Gkcarr 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Here I once again blamed my sopping wet pine trees after .6 inch of heavy rain. I was ready to cut them all down! 73 George WA5KBH --

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Shuttle landing
by David H. Jordan 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

I'm away from media tonight. Is the shuttle still landing at 8:41 ET? Dave Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

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Let's get constructive!
by Peter Scheller 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

Hey guys and gals, AMSAT members, supporters and kibitzers reading the mail. By now everybody had his or her say, positive or negative, it does not matter. What matters now, is get together and work on a solution, without pointing fingers and or flaming individuals. I for myself dropped out of AMSAT in the AO-10 days, some of you old timers might remember me. My reason for that was NOT dissatisfaction with AMSAT, the other way around. AO-10 was wonderful, gave me hours of enjoyment, and friends all over the globe, some of which I had the pleasure of meeting eyeball to eyeball. Economics forced me to scale down, drop everything not necessary to survive, and fight for my basic existence. I barely managed not to become homeless. Now I am slowly back on my feet. Oh yes, I will re join AMSAT again. Why? That is a very good question. AO-10 is gone, and all what is left are relative low flyers and the ISS. To understand my position and yearning for HEO's, realize that I live on a very small island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. That makes some satellite footprints not even large enough to reach the Continental United States from here. The ones who do, give us only a small sliver of the pie, and then you can talk to the same sat ops for a few minutes, not to say seconds. The latter one is one of the reasons why there are so few sat ops here in Hawaii! Why did I rejoin? Number one is to help others to look at the satellite side of the hobby. It is fun, and Hawaii is a rare commodity for you mainlanders, and gives you one more sat op to chat with. Second, after getting my feet wet again (it has been many years of my hiatus) I will volunteer to become an AMSAT coordinator again. So I paid my dues, to be back on board. As soon as I feel comfortable to "lead the heard" again, I will volunteer my services. I hope the lot of you will do the same, support and build, do not destroy. Let's get of the soap box and do something constructive! Constructive criticism is appreciated and will lead to improvements. But there is no point in beating a dead horse! Hope to see you on the sats! Aloha, Peter, NH6VB AMSAT# 30992

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AO-51 Software crash
by Gould Smith 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

AO-51 experienced a software crash sometime this afternoon/evening. I got the boot code loaded into ram and running and working on setting the power level. Drew and I don't have a good pass until tomorrow morning, when we will start the software reload. 73, Gould, WA4SXM

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Re: ao51
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

Same here, also on the earlier pass. Dave-KB1PVH ------Original Message------ From: Perry Yantis Sender: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] ao51 Sent: Sep 10, 2009 7:02 PM just listened for AO51 but heard nothing. 2301 gmt 9/10/09 Perry WB8OTH _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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ao51
by Perry Yantis 10 Sep '09

10 Sep '09

just listened for AO51 but heard nothing. 2301 gmt 9/10/09 Perry WB8OTH

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