If you can call having the bird languishing in storage waiting for a
launch opportunity that will never come "active".
73,
Michael, W4HIJ
On 9/19/2013 10:30 PM, John Stephensen wrote:
AMSAT-NA abandoned the Eagle project years ago. Only AMSAT-DL has an
"active" HEO project. with P3E.
73,
John
KD6OZH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael" <mat...@charter.net>
To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 21:06 UTC
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: so long
I said this a couple of weeks back but since reading all the
responses in this thread, I think I'll say it again. I'm almost
fifty one years old. I highly doubt that I will ever see an HEO bird
launched in my remaining lifetime. The economic realities of this day
and time make the possibility of a launch extremely remote and I
don't see that changing in the near future. I can't understand why
AMSAT continues to string people along with promises of "maybe
someday if you donate". Why can't they just be upfront about it and
tell people, " Hey it aint going to happen". There is absolutely
nothing wrong with the new direction AMSAT has taken in pursuing
cubesat technology and launches, I applaud them for it but the
continued lip service to the " we want an HEO crowd" gets old. I
for one am not that gullible. Quit telling people what they want to
hear and tell them the truth.
73,
Michael, W4HIJ
On 9/17/2013 7:02 PM, i8cvs wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Becker" <w0...@big-river.net>
To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:58 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] so long
I have decided to leave the list till something changes with this FM
only satellite attitude only changes. That was the reason for me as
well as other joining AMSAT in the first place.
Please inform me if anything such as a replacement for AO 40
happens.
John
Hi John,W0JAB
I was AMSAT member numbar 798 since OSCAR-6 but I decided
to live my membership after AO40 died because AMSAT changed
his policy with only FM satellites.
I remember that OSCAR-10,OSCAR13 and AO40 where called
"the satellites for all" and I invested a lot of money for equipments
and antennas dedicated for HEO satellites for nothing in the near
future.
In my opinion the satellite operation is not only an activity to
collect
grids but it is mostly experimentation in the VHF/UHF/SHF and
particularly into microwave as it was with AO40 Mode-S/K and
it was very nice until lasted.
As soon AMSAT-NA will work or cooperate with AMSAT-DL
to built a new HEO satellite I will call Martha and I will pay all
my old duties to cover my previous not covered years of
membership.
By the way I am not against AMSAT-NA because I understand
the ITAR and during the last 10 years I have cooperate to write
many technical articles for the AMSAT Journal without any
money reward.
If Martha says that the actual AMSAT members are in the order
of 3,000. and if Les Rayburn, N1LF claim to be member of
AMSAT #38965 it means that in the last 10 years many
members abandoned AMSAT because of no future with no
HEO satellites and only the FM LEO cubesat for no two
ways communications between continents was not a
satisfactory task.
Many years ago early in 1972 I joined AMSAT because they
promised us to communicate worlwide much better than using
the HF but things changed and our antennas are becaming
rusty over the roof for very small or for nothing........Sorry !
73" de i8CVS Domenico
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