Re: [amsat-bb] Re: survey question

[Cliff Buttschardt <cbuttsch@xxxxxxxx>]

It certainly is nice to be on the outside of so many of these discussions.  I'm
not thick skinned enough and too old to withstand stupid criticism at any level!
There is no way that any of us can tell you how much more expensive GEO orbits
are than the less ambitious ones such as HEO or Molniya!  It's one devil of a
lot of more money--LOTS!!!.  Suggesting such orbits suggests no concept of the
costs involved.  Suggesting so while NOT a AMSAT member is especially irritating.
Lets just forget this GEO excersize and get busy getting EAGLE built! Shall we
just say "it's great fun!" considering GEO and take the challenge Joe suggests:
Be an operator rather than a dolt, and do that well.  It seems reasonable to me!
     Cliff K7RR


Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield wrote:
> 
> 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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