Hmm,

Well, too bad AO-51 isn't mode-VU. I could get on with my 55kW ERP 2m Moon-bounce signal and "fry the little sucker"...He he (I'm only kidding) ;-) Whatever "rule" that is devised, it would bring some order to the chaos!

I recall a big station acting as "gate keeper" or "Net" (if you want to call it that), and helping facilitate quite few QSO's thru the short time span of a Leo pass.

OK, I'm back to Oscar-Zero (never mind my noise) ;-)

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 06:13 AM 2/24/2009, Scott Gillis N3UJJ wrote:

WOW !!!!!

It's time I jumped in with my 2 cents worth of opinion (that's all it's worth)

I might not agree with Bob 100% of the time, but I when I'm being honest with myself I realize that for the most part, Bob's posts to this mailing list are well thought out. I have never seen Bob get emotional (in the time I have been on the list), even when others are attacking him.

In all fairness, when I got started in APRS, I made some really bad screw-ups that would have gotten badly flamed by some, but Bob took the time to politely inform me of my mistakes. Bob can be biased at times, but so are most of us (at times). But what he has contributed to OUR hobby has been enormous, and I think he deserves credit for his contributions.

Scott Gillis N3UJJ http://n3ujj.com/hamshack.html My Hamshack http://location.n3ujj.com/ My Current Location http://weather.n3ujj.com/ My Amateur Weather Station

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~Abraham Lincoln~

-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Thomas McGrane Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 09:36 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] the tyranny of the military

Greetings from Patrick N2OEQ

Regarding bruninga's post suggesting even more control over the

satellite.... Bruninga and the military has too much control over the

space program and amsat satellites.

Look what happened to the space station, years of military devised

packet position reporting and very little "human" contact.

I recommend you all think for yourselves and remember, this is AMATEUR

radio, NOT PROFESSIONAL.

Regarding activity on oscar 51, its great to hear the excitment of new

operators but very disappointing to hear so many regulars almost every

day. Give some new people a chance.

Bruninga reminds me of the movie title, "the world is not enough"

Think for yourselves!

pat

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