[amsat-bb] Interesting articke

[Stefan Wagener]

Fair enough!

Thanks, Doug

Stefan, VE4NSA

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Doug - k4gkj <k4gkj at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Thank You! My intentions directly, but wanted others to understand of this
> bring in print too.
> Mistakes or no mistakes, it was an honest try to convey a concern.
>
>
> Doug Bennight
> K4GKJ
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Jeff Yanko <wb3jfs at cox.net>
> Date:
> To: Gus <gus at 8p6sm.net>,amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Interesting articke
>
>
> On 10/1/2014 4:54 PM, Jeff Yanko wrote:
> > I can see how this could be construed and not pertaining to amateur
> > radio satellites.  However, since this topic was highlighted and
> > brought to everyone's attention by an AMSAT member, and linking a
> > legitimate website, this would be an opportune time for the AMSAT
> > President or member of the board to directly contact this outlet and
> > refute such allegations and misunderstandings.  If nobody in authority
> > stands up to this, we'll just keep getting a bad rap and it could
> > damage our future endeavors through payload restrictions.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Jeff  WB3JFS
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/1/2014 4:29 PM, Gus wrote:
> >> The point is, if you post a message with a completely generic subject
> >> (like "Interesting Article") and a body text consisting entirely of a
> >> URL and not even a callsign in your signature, then it is
> >> indistinguishable from SPAM. Under the circumstances how was someone
> >> to know that this linked to anything of interest to a ham radio
> >> operator, and not to some porno site or a credit card scam or similar?
> >>
> >
>
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