John, What do I know, but the FM satellites in addition to providing grids and awards have evolved into another type of social media, after making many contacts and a few friends on the FM satellites, I continue to visit,in spite of the crowds, to say a quick hello to Rick, Tim, Marc, Allen etc. not as often, spending more time on the Linear satellites, which we all should and can evolve to. A lot of us are interested in building our grid count, or working a station in Mexico or Brazil or someone on a grid expedition. I can fully appreciate others who cannot embrace any of this and are bored with the congestion, so they move on. But for many of us, the thrill and goose bumps we get working thru a satellite spinning in space never gets old, so we accept the situation and feel that the positives outweigh the negatives and plan for another pass.
73's Pete WB2OQQ www.massapequanyweather.com _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
