[amsat-bb] Re: cube sats and turn signals

2011-12-08 Thread John Becker
Most cant use them with a cell phone stuck to the side of their head with one hand leaving just one hand to steer that car that missed the cash for clunker program. At 03:20 PM 12/8/2011, you wrote: >Could somebody please explain to me why turn signals on cars are useless ? __

[amsat-bb] Re: cube sats and turn signals

2011-12-08 Thread Andy Kellner
Could somebody please explain to me why turn signals on cars are useless ? From: "wa4...@comcast.net" To: AMSAT Sent: Friday, 9 December 2011 1:36 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] cube sats and turn signals Cube sats are about as worthless to the ham op as turn signa

[amsat-bb] Re: cube sats and turn signals

2011-12-08 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
There is nothing that says they have to be useful to the general ham community in order to exist. What they do is provide a mechanism for university students to learn engineering and science. Elementary students don't contribute to mathematics by learning to multiply, and likewise there isn't n