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Before I get my boots muddy and face burnt! 1...My first satellite contact was AO-7 so I've been at it a while 2...I remember AR on MIR very fondly. It worked and was dependable. 3...Packet and SSTV are my primary interests.
I must confess to some ignorance of the structure of ARISS, particularly the upper echelons, or is it all upper echelon? Whatever, the success rate of the present configuration is not good. If you're not doing a scheduled voice school contact then you're out in the cold.
Miles has detailed a very sorry tale of missed (hardware)opportunities, and if all is in fact as he has stated it is a damning indictment! It would appear that those whom we trusted to look after ALL our interests have let us down badly.
In that case I would support changes in the structure of ARISS, conditional on wringing some improvement in the status quo, rather than change for change's or ego's sake.
73 de Norm, VK3XCI Mildura, Australia The Wintersun City QF15bt.
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Marex
Miles Mann WF1F
Marex
[email protected] Aug 15,2009
Dear ARISS supporters:
I am writing to you because of the extremely poor track record that ARISS has accumulated over the past 12 years regarding ISS hardware projects.
The only way to correct the problem and fix the Amateur Radio educational program is to completely reorganization the current ARISS hardware structure.
Under the new ARISS Closed Door policy, only selected members from AMSAT-NA are allowed to participate.
This new policy has turned the once open ARISS into a closed door Monopoly controlled by the AMSAT Corporation.
Based on the current actions of ARISS and their very poor performance with in-flight hardware I would like to propose a complete reorganization of the ARISS hardware process.
Please review the enclosed information.
I look forward to discussing the proposal with you are your earliest opportunity.
Sincerely
G. Miles Mann
Much snipped, we all know what was here!