Hi -
Thanks so much for your post. Many of us have been in this so long we
have completely lost touch with the needs of the new ham. You have
described the greatest needs in the sat hobby. Unfortunately we are
heading in a direction where we are suppose to create materials to
educate high school
At 12:47 AM 9/7/2012, Thomas Doyle wrote:
Hi -
Thanks so much for your post. Many of us have been in this so long we
have completely lost touch with the needs of the new ham. You have
described the greatest needs in the sat hobby. Unfortunately we are
heading in a direction where we are suppose
Despite my callsign, I am a relatively new hamand I am very, very new
to the birds. I'm also new to the reflector, so please forgive any
naïvete I exhibit.
I wonder if what you're seeing is a generational shift, or at least a shift
in the direction by which new hams are finding their way
At 10:00 AM 8/28/2012, Bob DeVarney W1ICW wrote:
I am afraid you're right, Tom, and it pains me to admit it. I am not
sure why activity has dropped off.. but I can say in my own case I
lost interest in satellite operating after AO-40 died and have gone
on to other things ( EME ) to use the
I believe that, if you build it they will come. From the movie. Right now
we're playing small ball. If there were a HEO on the horizon there would be
an incredible scramble for whatever it takes. I recall the initial days of
AO-40 (sobsob). We became S band experts almost overnight! I still
