Re: [amsat-bb] Re: survey question

["Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There was a time when I thought a GEO bird was the way to go.  But after 
automating (and de-automating) a station my opinion has changed.  What would 
be the real difference between a GEO bird and Internet Phone?  Pushing 
buttons and turning knobs is what makes this fun!  On HF you battle changing 
band conditions, on satellite you have antenna pointing and Doppler to deal 
with.  What would be the challenge on a GEO?

My Opinion - 73,
Joe
#21357

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim - AC7YY" <ac7yy@AMSAT.Org>
To: "'Daniel Schultz'" <n8fgv@usa.net>; <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: survey question


> Good post Daniel, and a very large check it would be.
>
> Kim - AC7YY
> AMSAT #26076
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org [mailto:owner-AMSAT-BB@AMSAT.Org] On Behalf
> Of Daniel Schultz
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:44 AM
> To: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: survey question
>
> Greg Wycoff asked:
>
>>Be neat to see a simple one question survey done internationaly (ALL
>>AMSAT's) to see if there would be any support for a geo-synchronous
>>orbit satellite.
>
>>thinking outside the box.[_]
>
> I think we would all be in favor of such a satellite if asked. A better
> question to ask would be "how big of a check will you write to make that
> happen?". The only meaningful way to count the votes is to deposit them in
> the
> bank.
>
> Dan Schultz N8FGV
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