rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| reply to Kommie
Re: Good for who?
said by Kommie  :
Ever hear of satellite ? How about Solar Power? How about battery backup ? I am sure the EMS Crews can easily replace the aging Ham...
Ummm, yeah, I've heard of satellites. Amateur Radio has about 25 or so in orbit right now. |
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tenbase
join:2000-07-19
Alexandria, VA
| Not to mention the amateur equipment on board the ISS and Space Shuttles.
Horse and buggy indeed. 
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Tommyastro
join:2004-01-18
Poughkeepsie, NY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Tenbase wrote:
" Not to mention the amateur equipment on board the ISS and Space Shuttles."
The space shuttles haven't carried ham gear for a few years.
The ISS has a LOT of gear now though, including SSTV which hopefully will be up and running eventually.
Tom |
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w2co
join:2003-07-16
Longmont, CO
|  Yes I work the ISS via APRS Packet almost everyday with only 4watts from a handheld and an arrow antenna. Radio amateurs have been into satellites since before any commercial satellites were deployed. Again another mis-informed know it all loin lickin beaurocratic AH, who thinks they know everything about everything. Look bitheads, radio amateurs have been on the forefront of technology since the beginning of radio and of TV for that matter. Those cell phones with email now, we invented that, didn't know some bit heads would take it this far though. Now with an ancient concept technology like BPL you will eventually see that it will do more harm than good, when your garage door openers, baby monitors, TV channels 2-12, CB radios, are rendered useless.
Not to mention you cannot have a power strip or a UPS with EMI filtering in it either, it will block your beloved porn from comming into the building! You can thank the incompetence/money hungryness at the FCC for this. |
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tenbase
join:2000-07-19
Alexandria, VA
| reply to Tommyastro
To be honest I am not real familiar with the current state of the SAREX program. But three hams were on board Columbia when it went down. I do not know if they regularly take amateur radio gear up or not.
STS-114, which will launch hopefully this year (but probably in '05), will have six hams on board (KD5EDS, KC5ZSW, KC5ZSY, KC5KII, KD5TVP and KD5CHF/VK5MIR.) Someone better at least bring a 2m HT with them 
You are right about the ISS, they have a new TM-D700E and I think they are getting an FT-100 as well. Definitely no shortage of ham gear up there.
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tenbase
join:2000-07-19
Alexandria, VA
| reply to w2co
said by w2co :
Again another mis-informed know it all loin lickin beaurocratic AH, who thinks they know everything about everything.
Tell us how you really feel Tom
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Tommyastro
join:2004-01-18
Poughkeepsie, NY
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to tenbase
Shuttles have stopped using ham gear once the ISS had the 2 meter rig up and running. Most astronauts are becoming hams now it seems, almost like it's a part of trainng.
I do miss Mir a LOT though, John Blaha, KC5TZQ was my first (and so far only) voice contact from space while he lived on Mir. I made MANY packet contacts with Mir as well. That was a VERY fun time for me. I also have a shuttle packet robot contact as well but never got the contact number. It was either STS-78 or 67.
Tom - KB2SMS |
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