Thank you for the many great posts in response to my request for an overview of sats in the pipeline; very helpful info on FunSat, P3E and FOX.
At the end of the day, strong opinions we put in these posts, no-matter how passionate or convincing they are, aren't being counted by anyone.
The only votes that count are the ones that have dollars next to them. AMSAT-xx will only launch sats with funding. If you disagree and feel that SSB is a waste of time, and want FM sats to flourish, then outvote others with your dollars, not flames. I posted this thread because I plan to make my vote count.
So if its $5 or $50 or $500, and you feel strongly enough to post, then stop typing, get out your paypal or credit card, and make your opinion count, otherwise, this is all wasted virtual hot air.
Michael K3MH
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Deane Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 5:58 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Lets move forward
I thought there were some good posts lately, working SO-50 and VO-52...
Now the politics dont think I will go there...
Kevin KF7MYK
From: lists@hatzakis.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 16:55:28 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Lets move forward
Wow, I am taken aback by the magnitude of anger and animosity on the
lists.
When did a hobby supposed to foster friendly, "amateur" communication
become
such a serious topic in people lives? I personally disagree with this viewpoint, but it's not important to me that I am willing to insult
someone
over it... I can state my objection and why without an insult
Now health care reform, finance reform, the economy, now these are topics that make me angry... but this IS ham radio, so I can't vent about these topics....
michael
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Gordon JC Pearce Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 3:33 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Lets move forward
On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 18:07:03 -0500 Doug Dietz dcdietz@chartermi.net wrote:
I believe that the demise of ao-51 is a good thin for the forward
movement
of satellite communication and would vote for no more fm birds
Any particular reason? I tried the SSB sats, but they just plain weren't fun to operate. I suppose if you want to humph around expensive, fragile transceivers that require four hands to operate and still sound like an angry duck in a tin outhouse, SSB has something going for it.
Leave SSB to the gallbladder brigade on 80m.
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