[amsat-bb] Re: Why should we support AMSAT?

Hi Dan,

You have some good points and your thoughts are appreciated. But why are you diminishing the students efforts by making these statements:

should set their sights higher than that of building short lived beepsats that

are considered successful if they transmit a signal for one day before going silent.

The RF system must be

engineered for space flight, not adapted from data sheets and application notes that are better suited for baby monitors or garage door openers, or taking the plastic case off of a store bought handietalkie and hoping that it

At least they are building, studying, learning and actually many times successfully have an operational satellite.

Thanks for reading.

Stefan, VE4NSA