RE: [amsat-bb] will we reach the 110k in time.

["glabelle17" <glabelle17@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I worked AO-10, AO-13, FO-20, FO-29, RS-15, RS-13 and AO-27 in the
 past.
 I donated a reasonable sum for AO-40, but I wasn't able to work it with
 the equipment I had, once it kinda went half+ belly up. Since then I
 dropped off for a few years.

 Recently I joined the list to see what was going on, I posted here
 about
 making a PayPal easy 1 click donation at the AMSAT site, but this idea
 was criticized for various reasons (regardless of the fact that I would
 have donated money by now if this had been in place). Having had time 
 to think it over, I'm now re-evaluating.

 As a side note, I find the AMSAT site to be poorly organized and with 
 just a little surfing, I couldn't find out how to donate. The method
and 
 requests should be more obvious, and on the index page.

 I note that AO-40 was off for a month, but now back on and I may yet 
 pursue it. In the meantime, I did a little listening to FO-29 and 
 realized that I have no longer any interest in LEO type sats. Catching 
 one, maybe, for a few minutes, if you are lucky some nights just holds
no interest anymore - I consider this rather primitive given the number
of years amateur sats have now been around. Why should I donate to Echo?

 From my 20,000 foot view, I think Eagle should have been put up before 
 Echo, and the design should have been for 1 band up and 1 band down 
 (maybe 2?) - in other words made with a much higher probability of 
 success, unlike AO-40 with the "all-band, all-mode, all your money" 
 approach. (Actually I never heard of Eagle until this post, so I'm not 
 familiar with its design)

 Bottom line, give me - a new/returning guy 1) some incentive and 2) an
easy 
 way to donate!

 Just my $.02

 George
 WB6YZZ

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org] On
Behalf Of Greg Wycoff
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:27 PM
To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
Subject: [amsat-bb] will we reach the 110k in time.

By the looks of the Echo launch campaign thermometer, it don't look like
there is much interest in getting a new satellite up. and no interest in
getting eagle started since echo has to be launched before they will
start
working on eagle.

on Dec 25 2003 it was at $45.049
on Jan 5 2004 it is $46.085
WOW look at the money rolling in......everyone talks about wanting a new
satellite HA!
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/echo/index.html



AMSAT member 27994
AMSAT Area Coordinator
NØZHE
Greg Wycoff
Conway Springs, Ks.
Grid EM17ej

worked the following satellites
AO-13, AO-10, AO-40, AO-27, FO-20, FO-29
RS-10, RS15, RS-12/13,  SO-35, UO-14, SO-41
SO-50, KO-23, KO25, TO-31, UO-22
MIR/MIR-R, STS-67, ISS

Home web page:
http://www.havilandtelco.com/~gregwycoff

email: n0zhe@amsat.org
also email me at: GREGWYCOFF@havilandtelco.com



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