[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-Fox?

[Joe Fitzgerald]

On 3/2/2011 12:13 AM, Clint Bradford wrote:
> OK - I'll ask. Why is this satellite not named, "AMSAT-Foxtrot?"
>

The software guys, being mostly of the Unix  persuasion lobbied for 
something very terse like AMASAT-fo or AMSAT-fx.

There were a few Windows guys who wanted 
C:\ArerospaceVehicle.Satellite.AMSAT.Foxtrot(FollowOnToECHO-AO51)

AMSAT-Fox came out as a compromise.

-Joe KM1P