Re: [amsat-bb] Band designators, Modes (age and stubborn)
It takes approximately 20 seconds to memorize a table of both the old and new designations and the frequencies they represent. Just learn them and move on.
Easy for you to say. I've been in AMSAT and worked lots of the birds for 40 years and still would have to look up any of them to be sure. I know A is 29 MHz down, but what uplink? I know mode J is 435 down and 2m up. And I think mode B is the opposite. But even those I have to look up TO MAKE SURE. Then there is K, KN, KS, X, C, Ka, Ku, L, S (which S?)
Why should I have to look anything up, if we would just ID the frequency band in the first place.
A few letters to represent frequencies isn't a big deal.
Depends on how old you are and how stubborn. Im' at the end of the scale on both.
Bob, WB4APR
Echo Bob's comments. Although not at the end of the scale, it only takes a few nudges to get me there.
And regarding AO-85 and Fox-1A or Fox1 or whatever it's now called...I find it easier to track by the 5-digit numerical unique ID assigned to each satellite (yes, I am a computer geek accustomed to that type of unique-ness).
No, I don't memorize the ID, but with many satellites having AA-## AND a name, it's difficult to tell who is referring to what when I read about a particular bird.
So it's like converting the local Time Zone to GMT and back, with a handy Excel Spreadsheet list.
Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg@arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
I got it! We should switch to emojis ;-) to designate modes.
Then, when someone is talking about a particular mode, the person would have to make that actual face that corresponds to the mode to which he or she is referring.
Genius!
Your welcome.
Steve
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