Re: Recorder battery died - anyone have a recording? 2/5/2011
I do not understand the tone of some of the comments on this simple question. Banned from awards for life? Seriously? It's a HOBBY. I think some people take this stuff way too seriously.
To answer the original posters question, K8YSE has several recording of the sats on his website:
http://www.papays.com/sat/general.html
And as a backup recorder, if you have a cell phone, it has a record or memo option.
Jim Adams - K0BAM Ridgway, Colorado
Yes I am serious Yes it is a hobby. But also there are achievement awards. That are to some not worth anything but to others they are worth a LOT, it shows their skills and effectiveness of THEIR STATION! And THEIR OPERATING ABILITIES, Not copying the information, and getting the info from a third source is cheating in the purest form. And taints the achievements the rest of us have made by making the contact with our station alone.
Maybe I'm old skool on this, but to me unless you did everything yourself to make the contact, then you did not make the contact.
Simple,
Joe WB9SBD On 2/7/2011 2:59 PM, Jim Adams wrote:
I do not understand the tone of some of the comments on this simple question. Banned from awards for life? Seriously? It's a HOBBY. I think some people take this stuff way too seriously.
To answer the original posters question, K8YSE has several recording of the sats on his website:
http://www.papays.com/sat/general.html
And as a backup recorder, if you have a cell phone, it has a record or memo option.
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On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 13:59 -0700, Jim Adams wrote:
I do not understand the tone of some of the comments on this simple question. Banned from awards for life? Seriously? It's a HOBBY. I think some people take this stuff way too seriously.
This entire thread has been a great example of exactly what is wrong with not just the amsat community, but the hobby in general.
Get back to talking to people and playing with technology. Every time you bring a competitive element into something, it all just goes to hell. Stop the dick-size contest, and start playing with radios.
Gordon MM0YEQ
On 02/07/2011 04:23 PM, Joe wrote:
Yes I am serious Yes it is a hobby. But also there are achievement awards. That are to some not worth anything but to others they are worth a LOT, it shows their skills and effectiveness of THEIR STATION! And THEIR OPERATING ABILITIES
It does not show that. Awards are given to people who want them. Having 100 or 1000 grids confirmed, while admirable, does not make your "skills" any better then the person who has one or ten. There was a gentleman in the latest QST who uploaded his contacts into LoTW and found out he had a 5BDXCC, did getting that piece of paper change his skill level or effectiveness of his station? Nope. It's just some wall fodder.
Also, quoting because Gordon hits the nail on the head:
On 02/07/2011 04:39 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
Get back to talking to people and playing with technology. Every time you bring a competitive element into something, it all just goes to hell. Stop the dick-size contest, and start playing with radios.
DING DING DING!
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