Re: [amsat-bb] The next satellite

[Jon Ogden <na9d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 7/31/01 2:23 PM, Robert Oler at cvn65vf94@msn.com wrote:

> Jon.
> 
> <snobs<
> What amazes me is that people forget that this is really just a hobby.  It
> should be a "fun" thing to do and to the extent that it is personally fun
> (and of course legal) then thats the extent to which one should enjoy it.
> It doesnt matter wheather or not your fun is CW, 2 meter HT's or DSP or well
> the satellites.  If you are enjoying the hobby then your doing good.

I couldn't agree with you more.  We hams tend to have jihadistic (is that a
word?) thinking regarding our favorite mode.  We'll declare a holy war on
anyone who doesn't agree with us.

> 
> It also strikes me that someone who is so uninformed about the current
> status of AO-40 to think that it is totally dead (my guess is that they read
> it was at one point...which it darn near was...and tuned out and assummed
> that it still is) ISNT/WASNT likely to support any satellite period with
> cash.

Your point is correct.  I'm not worried about what that person thinks.  I am
worried about what their comments will do to the person who has not yet made
up their mind.  Someone who is thinking about getting into the birds but
gets a negative view from someone who is uninformed.  That's what hurts us
and why the inaccurate views need to be rebutted.
> 
> I dont have the numbers but I bet that there hasnt been a statistically
> significant drop in AMSAT membership...

Actually, I think it has significantly increased from what I've been able to
gather.  I worked the booth at Dayton this year and it was very busy.

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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