[amsat-bb] High Power and Rudeness

Zach Metzinger zmetzing at pobox.com
Sun Mar 15 21:56:30 UTC 2020


On 03/15/20 16:48, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> The single-channel, repeater-in-the-sky model was always destined for 
> this sort of abuse (or simple ignorance). I've seen this happen on a 
> local repeater, with a footprint of less than 50 miles. Why wouldn't it 
> be expected on something with a footprint 100-1000 times as large?

(*) slight correction -- Earth has a radius of ~3963 miles, so my 
"100-1000 times" statement was a little superlative. Let's go with 
10-100 times. ;-)

--- Zach
N0ZGO


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