Unfortunately it seems that this sort of posting has become almost the norm on this bb. The attitude that my way is the only way and your way is a load of rubbish and to prove it I will produce caricature of your way which shows how simple minded you are. So those who operate computer controlled stations buy everything and have apparently never built anything in their lives. Cubesats become beepsats which are poorly built and never operate in orbit and the builders don't care. FMsats are the realm of poor operators and the linear sats are the only way to go. LEO,s are a waste of time and HEO is all that matters. etc. etc.
I am old enough to remember when there was such a thing as "The Amateurs Code". Article 4 stated that "Kindly assistance, cooperation and consideration for the interests of others; these are the marks of the amateur spirit." Presumably written at a time when diversity of interests was celebrated and not denigrated. Oh well, I guess I am just living in the past. 73 Alan ZL2BX -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Gordon JC Pearce Sent: Monday, 24 October 2011 16:29 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: There's no usable satellites On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:47:00 -0500 John Becker <w0...@big-river.net> wrote: > I got to agree with you. > > The FM sat's in my option is near useless with all the > "using them famous words of the late W2OY" > Just way to many "kids, lids and space cadets " > Standing in their back yard on a FM HT. Standing in your back yard with an FM handie and a homebrew antenna is a great way to communicate, and I'd recommend it to anyone. It takes skill to build a decent aerial, build a diplexer, set it all up and work out where to point. These are skills that anyone can learn, if they choose to. Where's the skill in the "armchair copy" computer-controlled stuff? You buy some aerials, buy the brackets, buy a rotator, buy a CAT cable, buy some proprietary software to drive it, and then plug it together. If you can wave a credit card and click through the install wizard, you're on the air. > Pass after pass it seems to always to be the same people. Yup, it's nice being able to catch up with friends in another country, quickly and easily. > Sure do (still) miss AO-40.... If you want to sit in front of your computer and have it steer the aerial and do all the tuning, then that's great. You could get the same effect by using Skype. I honestly cannot see the attraction in HEO satellites, and I *am* old enough to have experienced them when they were working. Maybe there's something subtle I'm missing, I don't know. I just don't get it. -- Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ <gordon...@gjcp.net> _______________________________________________ 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
