[amsat-bb] Re: WSR-036 Weekly Satellite Report and other credibilityissues

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

I'm sure James would appreciate any and all help with editing and preparing 
the report that anyone may wish to offer. We have so many active operators, 
many of which are retirees, that could pitch in with a few emails a week to 
help keep things on track.

73, Drew KO4MA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <G0MRF at aol.com>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 8:24 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] WSR-036 Weekly Satellite Report and other 
credibilityissues


> Just received my weekly update on the satellite scene.
>
> Read through and found.
>
> 1) A number of satellites proposed for launch that were in fact launched
> last month.
> 2) Eagle : Proposed  for launch 2009
> 3) P3E:  Proposed for launch late 2008
> 4) Delfi C3  listing "proposed frequencies"   when in fact  it's been in
> space for nearly a year.
>
> No doubt there are other errors but I gave up reading.
> Clearly there is a lot of copy and pasting going on here with no serious
> updating at all.
>
> I know  it is really important that information for the report comes  from
> the mission controllers, but somewhere along the line a little common 
> sense
> editing is appropriate if any degree of credibility is to be given to this
> service.
>
> David
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