Mike& Alan,
Thank you so much for your reply to my question about the "Secret Word"
contest. I sure do not want my post about the contest to imply that I am in a hurry to
receive a certificate. I am so appreciative of those who volunteer and make programs
like ARISSAT-1 so interesting, exciting, informative, and even habit forming. I have
been an active ham for 50 years but relatively new to the satellite area. I have come to
realize just how habit forming this facet of Amateur Radio is. I plan my life around the
acquisition and loss of signals, having the radio prepared with the appropriate software
running, antenna positions, and on and on. I sincerely thank everyone who contributes
to the many pieces that make the satellite puzzles complete. OMG, now a contest to guess
(you smart folks probably know!) when ARISSAT-1 will reenter. This will be like losing a
family member! Mine will only be a guess...discussing death is hard to do!
Thank you to all involved!
73,
James
W5AOO
Message: 7
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:32:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mike Schaffer<daets...@yahoo.com>
To:"amsat-bb@amsat.org" <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Secret Word question
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James:
?
ARISSat1.org are getting hundreds of reception reports flooding into the
organization.?
?
I?reported my secret word to them four days ago with?no pdf certificate
received to date.
?
With the Aug 11 delay in high power mode while entering sunlight and then the
Aug 12 battery failing has caused a shift in priorities, less time devoted to
generating pdf certificates is my guess.
?
We all need to be extra patient on this one.
73's
?
Mike Schaffer
KA3JAW
EL87
Tampa, Florida
Message: 9
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:09:44 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle"
To: "'James Luhn'"<l...@wt.net>,<amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Secret Word question
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James,
This is handled by a small team of real humans, or at least real hams.
Emphasis on the word "small." The confirmation process is active, but it
will take a little time to get things up to full speed.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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