[amsat-bb] Re: the tyranny of the military

[Edward Cole]

Hmm,

Well, too bad AO-51 isn't mode-VU.  I could get on with my 55kW ERP 
2m Moon-bounce signal and "fry the little sucker"...He he (I'm only 
kidding) ;-)
Whatever "rule" that is devised, it would bring some order to the chaos!

I recall a big station acting as "gate keeper" or "Net" (if you want 
to call it that), and helping facilitate quite few QSO's thru the 
short time span of a Leo pass.

OK, I'm back to Oscar-Zero (never mind my noise) ;-)

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 06:13 AM 2/24/2009, Scott Gillis N3UJJ wrote:
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>WOW !!!!!
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>It's time I jumped in with my 2 cents worth of opinion (that's all it's
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>I might not agree with Bob 100% of the time, but I when I'm being honest
>with myself I realize that for the most part, Bob's posts to this mailing
>list are well thought out. I have never seen Bob get emotional (in the time
>I have been on the list), even when others are attacking him.
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>In all fairness, when I got started in APRS, I made some really bad
>screw-ups that would have gotten badly flamed by some, but Bob took the time
>to politely inform me of my mistakes.
>Bob can be biased at times, but so are most of us (at times). But what he
>has contributed to OUR hobby has been enormous, and I think he deserves
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>Scott Gillis N3UJJ
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
>Behalf Of Thomas McGrane
>Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 09:36
>To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>Subject: [amsat-bb] the tyranny of the military
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>Greetings from Patrick N2OEQ
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>Regarding bruninga's post suggesting even more control over the
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>satellite.... Bruninga and the military has too much control over the
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>space program and amsat satellites.
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>Look what happened to the space station, years of military devised
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>packet position reporting and very little "human" contact.
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>I recommend you all think for yourselves and remember, this is AMATEUR
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>radio, NOT PROFESSIONAL.
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>Regarding activity on oscar 51, its great to hear the excitment of new
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>operators but very disappointing to hear so many regulars almost every
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>day. Give some new people a chance.
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>Bruninga reminds me of the movie title, "the world is not enough"
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>Think for yourselves!
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>pat
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