Phil, let me start by saying that I hold in the highest respect for all
you've done for Amateur radio, and digital communications in particular.
I appreciate your foresight in many areas, and rooted for you even when
other people were griping about That Crap Phil Is Pushing.
I've been involved
On 8/3/11 8:21 PM, Jim Jerzycke wrote:
At least AO-40 had a usable life for some. This thing is just another
squawk box in space, like all the student satellites that are using
the Amateur Radio frequencies for a free downlink.
ARISSat is still a little more than that. It's a good
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From: Jim Jerzycke kq...@verizon.net
To: Bruce Robertson ve9...@gmail.com
Cc: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 5:21 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: a little perspective
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At least AO-40 had a usable life for some. This thing is just another
On 8/4/2011 6:13 PM, Phil Karn wrote:
On 8/3/11 8:21 PM, Jim Jerzycke wrote:
At least AO-40 had a usable life for some. This thing is just another
squawk box in space, like all the student satellites that are using
the Amateur Radio frequencies for a free downlink.
Jim,
With the successful
Hi Bruce,
Yes the NASA announcer said 4 satellites, presumbly refering also to the one
that's still in Russia and 2 in the States ?
Let's hope one more is sent up in time for the February space walk.
It must cost the Russians about $150,000 to ship each ARISSat to the ISS and
the cost of 2
I'm sorry, Bruce, but I'm not buying it.
It was a screw-up, plain and simple.
And we can't make lemonade out of it.
At least AO-40 had a usable life for some. This thing is just another
squawk box in space, like all the student satellites that are using
the Amateur Radio frequencies for a
Schuessler, N5HYP
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Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:21:19 +
From: Jim Jerzycke kq...@verizon.net
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: a little perspective
To: Bruce Robertson ve9...@gmail.com
Cc: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org
Message-ID: 4e3a102f.5030...@verizon.net
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