[amsat-bb] idle comments - Idle SATs/Gridders

[R.T.Liddy]

JoAnne,
  Thanks for the kind words and support. Opposition usually
spurs me on to continue when I'm wrongfully attacked. It is
so sad in this day and age that a mere suggestion can cause
such rage from narrow-minded people/groups.
  Actually, I feel the interest in Gridding has been a major
factor in the great amount of activity on SATs and the trigger
for many technological improvements in equipment, software and
techniques. 
  TNX & 73,    Bob  K8BL
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From: JoAnne K9JKM <joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com>
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org 
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2018 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] idle comments - Idle SATs/Gridders



Hi Bob,

> You may get personally ATTACKED in direct e-mails

Yeah, sometimes there is a bit of boorish behavior, it seems more via the internet than in direct conversations. I've shrugged off, or laughed off some interesting replies over the years ...

When I reported in the ANS bulletins AMSAT-DL's success using their big dish to accomplish the Earth-Venus-Earth path I received an e-mail from an Official Observer citing me for promoting poor amateur radio practices. No regular ham has a 20 meter dish and temporary authority to experiment with a few kilowatts on S-band.

When I mentioned that ARISSat-1 was in a way a Russian satellite since it had a Russian callsign, the experiment on board was by a Russian university, it was deployed by Russian cosmonauts on a Russian EVA ... I was warned by private e-mail that he was considering suing me if I kept promoting such un-American thoughts like that.

A private e-mail informed me that AMSAT had been taken out of that individual's will because of stuff I said.

I hear you on the satellites often. I spend most of my time tweaking my telemetry reception but I still hear the voice traffic ... you keep handing out the grids :-) Since telemetry doesn't count for Field Day I'll be switching over to voice on the linear sats so there goes the neighborhood for sure!

--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org




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