Re: [amsat-bb] Re: RE: Why Think About Satellite Security?

[WL7M <joe@xxxxxxx>]

That's wrapping words around something that the original author did not 
say.  Nowhere did he mention "that there's absolutely *nothing* we
can learn from non-amateur practice".

Many people will take issue that CW is extinct - again, baiting people with 
something that was *not* said - and SSB is pretty popular from what I hear.

Many advances are being made in technique, however.  I enjoy PSK31 on the 
satellites as well as other bands, along with whatever may come down the 
pike in the way of new technology.  But that doesn't mean we must 
unilaterally turn our back on the past.  There have been times that a CW 
QSO through AO40 was all I could manage due to the vagaries of the 
satellites' position relative to mine.  Beats sitting there *not* taking 
advantage of the opportunity.  Yeah, I even run AM on 6 meters once in 
awhile....it's an authorized mode, and it's fun....and not 
obsolete/extinct.  :-)

73
Joe
WL7M


At 04:34 PM 23-04-02, Phil Karn wrote:
> >Although I am not a moderator on the bulletin board I do like the fact
> >that it sticks pretty close to the original idea of only Ham Radio
> >Satellite info.
>
>Keith,
>
>Do you really feel that amateur satellites exist in a technological
>(as well as physical) vacuum, and that there's absolutely *nothing* we
>can learn from non-amateur practice?
>
>Perhaps that's why ham radio still clings to technologies that are
>either extinct (CW) or near extinction (SSB) in the real world,
>despite our clear mandates to advance the radio art [FCC Part 97.1(b)]
>and to promote technical education [FCC Parts 97.1(c) and (d]].
>
>--Phil
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