[amsat-bb] Re: COMPASS-1 support at the West Coast

[Ben Jackson]

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i8cvs wrote:

> If the COMPASS team is looking for someone (or more) radioamateurs 
> all around the world in assisting with command and telemetry using our
> amateur ground stations built  using our amateur money in my opinion the
> COMPASS-1 scientific organization should donate contributions to AMSAT
> in order to buid our communication satellites.
> 
> Is the COMPASS-1 scientific organization in Germany donating contributions
> to AMSAT-DL to build P3-E or not ?

Last I checked Amateur Radio is science. I think as Radio Amateurs we
should be more then willing to assist the science community at large.
Asking for Quid Pro Quo is childish and silly and reflects badly on the
entire community.

	~ Ben, who would help, if he could.

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Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA
bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/
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