Re: [amsat-bb] Special Bulletin - new satellite

[Dave Guimont <dguimon1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Congratulations Rick!

I'm not an engineer, and really don't consider myself a technician,
and I put together a "garden shack", primarily for testing antennas and
feeds for less than $400.  It is completely portable; will use it on FD.

See it at:

http://home.san.rr.com/doguimont/uploads

under gardn*.*

It works just as well as my permanent station.

If these gents insist on using "cb radios (FM voice)", then let them suffer,
but a lot of us wish they would do it on their "cb radios" and not here!!

The very fact they have to complain here makes it obvious that they have no
way to "communicate" using their "choice"!!

The idiotic "two user satellite" usually amounts to a "no user" with the bedlam
that usually goes on.  It certainly fails to meet any criteria I have
with respect to either any experimenting or to anything approaching
communications.



>Let me go on record stating that AO-40 is by far the best bird out there!
>Like many, I first got bit with the "satellite bug" working the FM birds.
>Eventually I moved up to the FOs and, in the process, discovered that I
>liked longer periods of coverage and bigger footprints.  Because there was
>an AO-40, I set my sights on that bird and began to research the world of
>microwave, dishes, feeds, orbital characteristics, etc.  I have learned so
>much that I wouldn't have had there not been an AO-40.  It has been an
>absolute blast the whole time and, now that I have my own AO-40 station, I'm
>assembling a portable  setup to take with us when we're out motorhoming as
>well as exploring a K-band downlink as my next add-on.  This is the ultimate
>in satellite DXing and AO-40 is still a very capable bird in spite of its
>mishaps.
>
>Kudos to all those who made AO-40 possible, did such an excellent job at
>"recovery" and who continue to operate it today.  I'd like you to know that,
>in the few months since I started working AO-40, I've inspired 5 others to
>assemble their own stations and 2 more to begin studying for their ticket.
>There are many of us who appreciate what you've done and look forward to the
>next of its kind.


            73, Dave wb6llo@amsat.org
                    Disagree: I learn....
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