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

[John Geiger]

This is one thing I have noticed that seems to be unique to ham lists-the
reflector police who are worried about off topic posts.  Not a shot at you
Tom. Your question is just fine.  However, I have been on quite a few
reflectors where they get very upset about off topic posts.  In the past I
have belonged to some non-ham reflectors, and nobody ever cared if a thread
got off topic.  I was talking to a friend about this on 70cm yesterday and
he thought the same thing.

Just an interesting observation. Not sure why hams get more concerned about
it than others.

Shoot, this was off the topic myself.

73s John AA5JG

On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Thomas Schaefer
<thomasmschaefer at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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