Re: [amsat-bb] Communicating

["Freeman P. Pascal IV" <pascal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure the one year that AO-51 has be in orbit would accurately 
reflect any meaningful trends in membership.  I would expect we would 
need to gather numbers over two or three years for them to mean anything.

I would also expect the rise and fall of AO-40 during the life cycle 
AO-51 (from conception to launch) would also have an impact on those 
numbers.

I suspect the question is not as simple as it appears on the surface.


-Freeman, N5FPP


Dave Guimont wrote:

>>      You have done a wonderful job expressing your hatred for AO-51, 
>> but I
>> am trying to understand what you want to be done.
>>
>>      In conclusion, I believe the most important thing is what 
>> happens next,
>> as it is very difficult to change what has already happened.  At the 
>> moment
>> the future is full of HEO satellites, would you like to change it?
>
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> Yes, I'll tell you exactly what I want to be done....I want to keep 
> from shooting ourselves in the foot again, as we did with AO-51..., 
> wasting dollars that could have been applied to HEO...
>
> Many of us protested against an FM  voice 2 user bird from the very 
> beginning....At least  do an ssb/cw transponder that would support 
> multiple users.  The counter by the powers that be, at that 
> time...."It is an easy to use, no doppler, inexpensive ground station, 
> that would attract new users, thereby swelling ham satellite interest 
> and our ranks to promote interest....
>
> I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR WEEKS TO FIND OUT IF THAT HAS HAPPENED....NO ONE 
> SEEMS TO HAVE THE ANSWER!!
>
> Of course nothing will change what has happened....I just don't want 
> the same mistake to happen again!!
>
>
>
>
>            73, Dave wb6llo@amsat.org
>                    Disagree: I learn....
>
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