Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Communicating

["Timothy A. Holmes (W8TAH)" <w8tah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keith et al:

Thanks for your kind responses.  I stand corrected. 

Several of you have sent notes explaining how things can be done much 
more cheaply that I was originally given to believe,  and therefore I 
withdraw my comments.

I see the necessity of the HEOs, you folks have presented me with 
perspectives that I have not considered before.  Unfortunatly, the 
realities of economics are still here, so it is the unfortunate reality 
that I will not likely be on them, but i can definatly understand the 
necessity.

As far as the suggestion about taking up Knitting, FORGET IT ----- LOL 
-- Radio suits me just fine, along with Tornado chasing LOL

Thanks for a cold dose of reality

TIM


Keith Bainbridge wrote:

> Tim I suggest you think about this hobby of ours again and maybe take 
> up knitting.
> Its not about exclusivity, but about having fun and communicating by 
> whatever means are available to you.I set up a complete station for 
> AO-40 for under $1000 Australian, about $500 US at the time. After 
> working almost 75 countries from this obscure neck of the woods called 
> Western Australia in just over a year I felt it was money well spent.
> However Leo satellites offer nothing for me that I cant do on my local 
> 2mtr repeater. As has been said many times before you are extremely 
> lucky in the US and Europe , you have people to contact on the Leo's , 
> not so here or South Africa or South America.
> As for your comments about "gollywog" satellites ( and I dont really 
> understand what you mean) One day you will have money to spend on a 
> hobby and if that helps you work DX on satellites you will enjoy it, 
> dont knock those of us who really enjoy longer conversations than a 
> quick exchange of grid squares and the chance to use sstv and other 
> modes on the sats..
> If you dont understand where I'm coming from then I suggest knitting 
> would be a more suitable hobby than this challenging exciting hobby of 
> satellites, microwaves , antennas that so many of us really enjoy.
> You obviously dont have one drop of DX'ers blood.
> 73 from one who is desperately waiting for P3E
> Keith
> VK6XH
>
> Timothy A. Holmes (W8TAH) wrote:
>
>> In RE:  HEO vs LEO
>>
>> Prehaps a different perspective would be in order:
>>
>> I came in to amateur radio shortly before the launch of AO40,  one of 
>> the exaulted HEO satellites.  Upon investigation, it became very 
>> obvious that I have no chance of being involved in satellites because 
>> a proper HEO station will end up costing me several thousand dollars 
>> which I just dont have, however I had many fun hours listening to 
>> UO14 on my VX5R with an outside verical.  To be honest as represented 
>> here on this bbs, the HEO crowd is not so much about getting people 
>> into satellites, but about getting their exclusive piece of property 
>> that no one else can get to so they can control it the way they 
>> want.  For myself, I would rather put the money into some LEOs that I 
>> have a chance of using instead of some gollywog satellite that 
>> requires microwave uplinks and downlinks and does the average amateur 
>> absolutly no good whatsoever.
>> TIM
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