[amsat-bb] OT: Off-topic posts [Was FM satellites]

[Thomas Schaefer]

Just a relatively new subscriber question…is this group always so off topic? I understand the source of this post but after a few emails it is clearly nowhere near the original posters comments on why he thinks he can use a satellite versus a cell phone. I have also witnessed many posts that rapidly get into all sorts of things far afield of satellite related things. I have subscribed to many lists and there is usually someone that herds the cats to stay on topic. That seems to be missing here. 

Of course, I realize I am welcome to unsubscribe but I do appreciate the nuggets of information actually related to satellites. Maybe I could respectfully suggest that a post like this last one that has devolved to having nothing to do with amateur satellites should have its subject changed to OT:Cell Towers so we all know to ignore the thing.


Thanks,

Tom NY4I

On Jul 7, 2011, at 4:33 PM, Dee wrote:

> I meant when the towers fall-antennas and everything.. Power was NOT the
> problem on 9/11..
> Good luck up North...
> Dee
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Gordon JC Pearce
> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 12:06 PM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FM satellites
> 
> On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:05:00 -0400
> Jim Wright <wa4ivm at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
>> When the towers are damaged or the power fails to the cell site, cell 
>> phones don't even make good boat anchors.
> 
> If the power fails to the cell site, it shouldn't make a difference.
> They're supposed to have 48 hours of battery backup.
> 
> Up here at 58°N most cell sites cover a huge area and have no mains power,
> so they run on a diesel genny that gets filled up once a week or so.
> 
> Gordon MM0YEQ
> 
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