This did not make it to the bb so here is a resend.

-----Original Message----- From: Don Ferguson [mailto:kd6ire@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 8:09 PM To: 'Clint Bradford'; 'amsat-bb@amsat.org' Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] OSCAR - Acronym for...?

Clint,

As the current President of Project OSCAR Inc., I felt some responsibility to answer your question. I went through our current Constitution and bylaws and find no reference to the original definition of OSCAR. I am inclined toward "Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio" but that is just my opinion.

I have 26 boxes of company original documents all the way back to OSCAR I but I don't plan to go through them for this definition.

I am still looking for your reason on why you state "This is actually more important than it sounds...(grin)"

As someone else said, maybe some of the original members of Project OSCAR will recall the definition.

Don Kd6ire

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Clint Bradford Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 4:37 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] OSCAR - Acronym for...?

Some Web sites state that OSCAR is an acronym for "Orbital Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio."

Or is it "Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio?"

This is actually more important than it sounds...(grin)

Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666

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