EME is a good replacement (JT65) There are no borders. There is no politics (no one owns the Moon). There are no Satellite managers to control which mode is enabled or disabled. No person can hog the whole repeater. The Moon is usable 2+ weeks contiguous per month. In most countries you can run your countries legal limit. It’s much further away and thus a greater challenge. You do not need to join a club. And the list goes on.
________________________________ From: John Becker w0jab@big-river.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 2:58 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] so long
I have decided to leave the list till something changes with this FM only satellite attitude only changes. That was the reason for me as well as other joining AMSAT in the first place.
Please inform me if anything such as a replacement for AO 40 happens.
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