Hi Tom, W9KE

In responce to your sentence.........."Add the chaotic single channel nature of the FM sats and you have an even harder sales job on your hands."

Read please the following address:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/hamsat.php

VO-52 is India's contribution to the international community of Amateur Radio Operators. This satellite will play a valuable role in the national and international scenario by providing a low cost readily accessible and reliable means of communications during emergencies and calamities like floods , earthquakes etc.

73" de

i8CVS Domenico ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Doyle To: i8cvs Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Amateur Satellites and the emergency on tornado in Oklahoma and Texas

Dominico,

One of the really sad things about tragedies is how politicians and others line up to make some cheap publicity over the suffering and death of others. I thought 'Uncle Bob' might do something insensitive like that but was very surprised to see you stoop so low.

Anyone trying to promote a a communications systems that works for at best 10 or 15 minutes every 90 minutes as a viable emergency system is grasping at straws. Add the chaotic single channel nature of the FM sats and you have an even harder sales job on your hands.

73 W9KE tom...

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:35 PM, i8cvs domenico.i8cvs@tin.it wrote:

Hi All,

I am interested to know if someone in BB has used or is using the actual Amateur Satellites during the emergency occurred in Oklahoma and Texas because of the actual tornado's.

We know from TV that almost 50 peoples died and if the Amateur Satellites were used with success that will be a useful opportunity to demonstrate worldwide to the autorities that our satellites are useful and necessary during the emergency.

The call letters of the Amateurs partecipating as well the FM and linear Amateur Satellites used to help into the emergency will be appreciated.

Thanks for any info.

73" de

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