Hi Charles ,KM9U There are two possible outcomes:
If you have a HEO satellite working with many transponders from the VHF to the K band like on AO40 you must became a microwave experimenter and this is the purpose of the Amateur Radio. On the reverse side if you use only your cell phone or internet.....Skype you are not an Amateur Radio 73" de i8CVS Domenico ----- Original Message ----- From: "KM9U" <arsk...@gmail.com> To: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8...@tin.it>; "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@amsat.org>; "nh6vb Scheller" <nh...@msn.com>; "Stefan Wagener" <wagen...@gmail.com> Cc: <w...@charter.net> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 4:35 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 version 12.8b is released > Now I understand! > Why should we support AMSAT. I already have a cell phone. I could give you > my number. We could set up a conference call. Everyone can talk and listen > ...worldwide....and interrupt each other....for a lot less cost than > putting up our own satellite. Better yet... there is the > internet...Skype...complete with video. We can talk all over the world. > Why should we spend money on our own satellites when somebody else > has already paid the bill? No pile-ups,...Problem solved. :-)) > > KM9U...just a fellow amateur wondering why. ;-)) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: i8cvs > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 21:54 > To: AMSAT-BB ; nh6vb Scheller ; Stefan Wagener > Cc: w...@charter.net > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 version 12.8b is released > > Hi Peter,NH6VB > > I believe that Stefan,VE4NSA never worked or was listening > on a HEO othervise he will be not in favour only on the Cubesat > and I am sure he will pull also like me and many others for P3E > > To give Stefan a demonstration of what I am stating I have sent > to all of you a WAV file 3 minutes long with a QSO via AO40 in > wich we are three of us (IW2ERR-i5UXJ and i8CVS) talking like > into a telephone without QSB or QRM and nice audio quality > for hours much better than in 20 meters because we can interrupt > each other at the same time. > > Sorry the QSO is in italian but it is sufficient to say that if Stefan > ever worked a HEO he have missed a lot. > > Also sorry that my message to Peter,NH6VB including the WAV > file bounced back to me. > > 73" de > > i8CVS Domenico > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stefan Wagener" <wagen...@gmail.com> > To: "nh6vb Scheller" <nh...@msn.com> > Cc: <w...@charter.net>; "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb@amsat.org> > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 11:25 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 version 12.8b is released > > > Thanks, > > > > I am glad you favour HEOs. Good for you. At least the cubesat > > community does not bash and discriminate against your favourite > > satellite system. Any university and organization that puts up a > > cubesat is a winner for me. They are fun, challenging and use the > > spectrum. More power to them. I am glad AMSAT is moving along with > > Fox. Feel free to support the HEOs. My money is on the Cubesats. > > > > Stefan, VE4NSA > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:12 PM, nh6vb Scheller <nh...@msn.com> wrote: > > > Stefan, > > > With all due respects, have you ever worked a HEO? > > > I am not bashing cubesats, there is a place for them, as you say. > > > But, have you ever worked a HEO? If not, you have missed a lot. > > > De Peter, NH6VB > > > > > >> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:17:03 -0500 > > >> From: wagen...@gmail.com > > >> To: arsk...@gmail.com > > >> CC: w...@charter.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org > > >> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 version 12.8b is released > > >> > > >> Thank you!!!! > > >> > > >> I am so sick and tired of bashing the cubesat community. At least > > >> they are putting satellites in orbit and they ARE licensed radio > > >> amateurs with the same access to the spectrum as all of us! > > >> > > >> Stefan, VE4NSA > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
