On 3/29/14, Michael <mat...@charter.net> wrote: > Been down this road before. I have nothing against operators who want > to work satellites with an HT and a handheld antenna. I tried it and > don't see the attraction once the novelty wears off but hey, to each > their own. Said it before and I'll say it again, I think we do > ourselves a huge disservice by constantly trying to convince people just > how "easy" it is to work the sats. Some of us were drawn to this branch > of the hobby because of the challenge, not because of how "easy" it > was. Operators who don't back down from a challenge are our > future..... or they should be.
<snip> But we need operators first. As work on the student cubesat project I'll be involved with progresses, I plan on setting up my station on campus and showing what happens during a satellite contact. Perhaps someone might be sufficiently impressed that they want to get their own callsign. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
