On 2/11/2012 12:33 PM, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL wrote:
At 08:17 AM 2/11/2012 +0100, domenico.i8cvs@tin.it wrote:
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- Return the form sent with the letter to reply with your donation for the Fox-1 Project.
- All donations over $40 will receive a Fox pin.
- Donations of $120 or more qualify you for AMSAT President's Club
I invite All to donate the maximum as possible only to AMSAT-DL for P3E because AMSAT-NA before the launch of OSCAR-10 promised to the Radio Amateur Community to communicate by satellite much better than in HF.........Where actually the Amateur Satellite Service have gone ?
I pull only for AMSAT-DL and P3E because looking to the AMSAT-NA projects for a HEO at this time, before AO40 died I invested a lot of money in my HEO satellite station for nothing.
Hi Domenico,
I agree with you. I've donated and want P3E as well, but the hams that only have Broken handhelds, Dead batteries, and Rubber ducks need a satellite too. We must be considerate of those that aren't serious about satellite. Those who only want to pass grids and prefer the circus clown CB like atmosphere of an FM bird.
73, KB7ADL
Vince, That is the most childish bovine crap I have seen in awhile, at least equal to any of the circus clown atmosphere you disdain.
P3E is off in the future, I don't even think the sat is close to ready to launch, and then you have the launch itself to consider, I want P3E also but I also understand its not going to be soon.
And yes I have donated to P3E.
On the other hand FOX is NOW we have a means of getting into space,which is the biggest hurdle, so it needs funding NOW to get completed and on that ride.
And yes I have donated to FOX several times, and I don't even get on the Leo's all that often.
Can LEO's be a zoo at times? sure but so was AO-40 at times also... I was on AO-40 and remember L band users louder than the beacon, I remember U band users pumping the AGC and lelia chasing their butt all over the sat.
You don't like LEO's Vince? fine.. then slide over and get the hell out of the way because FOX is on the move NOW.
I would prefer to have HEO's and LEO's rather than nothing and just listen to dead static each day.
Kevin WA6FWF
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