I understand Roger.

Since Katrina there has been reported activity by ARRL and Home Land Security that tend to reach for the GEO type capability Without the AMSAT ability I might add. At this stage it is all conjecture which hopes to not miss anything. Especially funds

Joe K0VTY =============== Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:35:18 -0500 "Roger Kolakowski" rogerkola@aol.com writes:

Joe noted...

"...> The notion that Maybe ARRL should be the driver(s) of GEO's for emergency satellite radio flew past a moment ago....<

Please don't misinterpret me...It has been mentioned many times that ARRL does not necessarily have Satellite interests as one of their primary objectives.

The status of contesting through satellites is one example.

I mentioned ARRL only in recognition of past efforts and accomplishments in supporting EMCOMM...a decision would have to be made as to whether they have expertise or influence remaining in that area, other than an existing large organization of amateur radio operators. Do we as AMSAT need to generate that pool of talent or do we choose to "borrow" from it to meet satellite EMCOMM goals?

Roger WA1KAT

----- Original Message ----- From: k0vty@juno.com To: rogerkola@aol.com Cc: brobertson@mta.ca; amsat-bb@amsat.org; kl7uw@acsalaska.net Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: The Whole GEO Package - EMCOMM

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The notion that Maybe ARRL should be the driver(s) of GEO's for emergency satellite radio flew past a moment ago. At least it would appear the issue is larger than just AMSAT-NA

Joe K0VTY