[sarex] Re: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 and FOX social media fundraising

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

On 11/18/2010 12:07 PM, Thomas Frey wrote:
>    I fully agree with Domenico. BTW there is no website or a video 
> presentation
> known about the project FOX. Is this a "paper tiger" ?
>
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/images/fck_images/2010_President_Annual_Report%281%29.pdf 
Slides 14 through 17

There were multiple presentations regarding FOX at the recent Symposium. 
Feel free to pick up a copy of the proceedings until they get posted on 
the website.

>
> This are projects from HAMs for HAMs with Linear Transponders. 

So is ARISSat-1, along with a new robust telemetry system, and several 
SSTV cameras.

> Sorry
> folks, we have fairly enough FM repeaters in the orbit.
>

I'm sorry. I didn't realize that soliciting donations for an AMSAT-NA 
project on an AMSAT-NA list required your approval. You are free to 
support whatever project you like, but you are IMO crossing the line of 
good taste and manners attacking our project on our own email list. If I 
were an AMSAT-DL or -ZL officer, I'd be embarrassed to have you 
harassing an AMSAT-NA on their behalf. Personally I have donated to all 
of the above mentioned projects. I also voted as a Director of AMSAT to 
spend a large amount of money, a substantial percentage of what the FOX 
launch will cost, to keep AMSAT-DL's lab open to continue work on P3E. I 
also voted to spend an even larger amount of money on lawyers to try to 
find a way to allow AMSAT-NA volunteers to work on foreign projects 
without risking jail under ITAR.

73, Drew KO4MA