RE: [amsat-bb]Reasonable reply to Pro FM birds!]

[Tony Langdon <tlangdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Yes Tony, that is my point!  It is terribly difficult considering all
> the other things that need to be done to operate a satellite.  At a
> minimum, one must double these figures just in housekeeping much less
> eclipses and attitude stabilization.  This is only a start.  It would

That's what I suspected.  I don't claim to know much about satellite design,
but I do read where I can.

> require a half a dozen ground stations.  WB6APR could not handle a
> SINGLE channel much less four or more channels.  Most of the 
> FM comments
> are just not thought our well enough for us "elitists" to comment on.
> That is the duty of the "Satellite Experimenters Handbook", which few
> have bothered to read!    Cliff K7RR

Unfortunately, there seems to be a pricing issue with the Handbook here.
For some strange reason, the cover price here is close to triple the US
cover price (instead of the expected double due to the exchange rate).  It's
almost as expensive as the ARRK Handbook itself.

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