[amsat-bb] The root of all the problems

2014-07-20 Thread Thomas Doyle
- Amateur Radio has many diverse interests. CW, Rag Chew, RTTY, SSTV, Contests, DX, Repeaters, D-Star, EME, Phil's latest digimode ... - These diverse interests can coexist. There are occasional gripes about things that conflict but for the most part it is live and let live. - Amateur Radio

Re: [amsat-bb] The root of all the problems

2014-07-20 Thread Phil Karn
On 07/20/2014 06:10 AM, Thomas Doyle wrote: - What the majority wants is more important than any individual want. How do you determine what the majority wants. - Voting The results of an election are strongly determined by who gets to vote. If you poll the tiny fraction of the amateur

Re: [amsat-bb] The root of all the problems

2014-07-20 Thread Bryce Salmi
I'll finally charm in on this. Don't also forget that the AMSAT membership hardly pays for its satellites. The volunteer engineering that goes into each one of them is easily worth millions of dollars at market rates. And it must be understood that there is no such thing as a volunteer willing