At 09:16 AM 6/18/2008, RFI-EMI-GUY wrote:

I can't agree more, I can't wait to hear the complaints about D-Star experiments from these folks. Instead of heterodyne, it will be dead air! Its just an experiment folks!

Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:11:09 -0400
From: "Jim Danehy" <jdanehy@cinci.rr.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb]  LEO
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I am perplexed why some have to be critical 

of another person's interest. I am a QRQ CW operator. If you do not like CW that is OK. I do. We will probably not work on that mode if you don't like it. I cut my teeth on Oscar 6 and dropped out of satellites in about 1982. I have not yet tried an FM bird. I am working to get back on LEOs on CW. I will probably do SSB too. I hope to be on soon.

There is a saying that if it isn't  CW it 

is just CB. I look forward to HEO but until then it is LEO.

-- Joe Leikhim K4SAT "The RFI-EMI-GUY"©

Joe,

Welcome back to satellites. I got started by helping set up the AO-6 West Coast Command Station.

But one thing you say has me puzzled: CW on a LEO? They only do FM. Exception is AO-7 which is a MEO and the Indian sat which has a linear transponder which will pass CW/SSB. Or you planning to send MCW by tone modulating the FM signal?

73 Ed - KL7UW ex AL7EB, ex K8MWA