Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40: RUDAK is On!!

["Woody" <kj4so@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Maggie:

Anyone who got upset over such a trivial remark, has no sense of humor,
should get a life, and does not deserve an apology.

73,

Woody
KJ4SO


----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Leber (K3XS)" <maggie@voicenet.com>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 16:39 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40: RUDAK is On!!


> Margaret Leber wrote:
>
> > Of course, I guess we should be prepared for a flood of "What's a
> > RUDAK?" posts.
>
> A number of people have been taking me to task, some privately, some
publically,
> for being flip above. I can only plead that the smiley I was *thinking* at
the
> end of the sentence didn't actually get typed, because I was (note
timestamp) up
> *much* earlier than usual searching for a hint of the S2 beacon a bit
before it
> was quite ready to be heard this morning.
>
> I suppose the RUDAK has been one of the less-conspicuous elements of the
AO-40
> systems, and my thought was that reactions of "What's a RUDAK?" would be
the
> inevitable result. But the basic elements of it *are* in the available
> documentation, only three mouse-clicks from the top of the AMSAT-NA
website:
>
>  http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/phase3d/rudak_u.html
>
> ...so it's not exactly a big secret.
>
> To people who took umbrage at my somewhat sleepy posting, my apologies.
>
> 73 de Maggie K3XS
>
> I was also up late working on an entry for the AO-40 logo contest...sorry
guys,
> no battle damage.
>
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