[amsat-bb] Re: Sats for emergencies

2011-06-28 Thread Edward R. Cole
At 07:59 AM 6/28/2011, jerry wrote: I can see it now , USA Today headlines Ham operator successfully passes ARRL RadioGram over Orbiting Satellite . As much trouble and time it takes to pass a message over much more controlled frequiencies , I could not imagine trying to pass a formatted

[amsat-bb] Re: Sats for emergencies

2011-06-28 Thread Patrick Green
A net could work on a satellite but a net needs to be established and practiced so when the real emergency happens, the net itself is routine and focus can be on the emergency. I'm not surprised we don't have this because of the scarcity of the satellites themselves. While FM gives the most

[amsat-bb] Re: Sats for emergencies

2011-06-28 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:30:40 -0500 Patrick Green pagr...@gmail.com wrote: A net could work on a satellite but a net needs to be established and practiced so when the real emergency happens, the net itself is routine and focus can be on the emergency. How about we have some discussion that

[amsat-bb] Re: Sats for emergencies

2011-06-28 Thread Nigel A. Gunn
On the contrary. Emcomm is the only thing keeping the government on our side and protecting the facilities we have. On 28/06/11 22:45, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: How about we have some discussion that doesn't eventually get forced round to emergency communications? Emcomms is the cancer that

[amsat-bb] Re: Sats for emergencies

2011-06-28 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:30 +0100 Nigel A. Gunn ni...@ngunn.net wrote: Don't top post, it screws up the flow of conversation On the contrary. Emcomm is the only thing keeping the government on our side and protecting the facilities we have. It's also generated a huge crowd of amateurs who