Re: [amsat-bb] Getting the word out (was: Flying the flag)

[Jon Ogden <na9d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 3/5/01 12:48 PM, laura halliday at marsgal42@hotmail.com wrote:

> Maybe it's just the "bad news travels fastest" syndrome,
> but I wonder why so many knew about AO-40 going off the
> air, but so few knew about it coming back.

Common perceptions like this.  Many USA hams still don't know we have 3 MHz
at 222 MHz!

People don't listen!

> 
> People also didn't seem to know about the currently
> available satellites. RS-12 isn't as sexy as AO-40,
> but it still works. AO-10 is still up there. It still
> works. And so on.

Another common misconception - all too true.  Before I got into the birds, I
thought the only things up there were PacSats.  With all the ops that
mothballed all their equipment, it's no wonder that people didn't realize
all the birds that were up there.

73,

Jon
NA9D

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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)

Member:  ARRL, AMSAT, DXCC, NRA

http://www.qsl.net/ke9na

"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."

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