Subj : Da Di Dit Dit - Rulz
To : STAN PHILLIPS
From : Roy Witt
Date : Wed Aug 09 2000 11:16 am
Hello STAN.
07 Aug 00 21:49, you wrote to me:
RW> RW>>> ... OSCAR birds don't have feathers!
RW>>
RW> SP>> However there are those trying to rustle the feathers of the
RW> SP>> Ham's who use them, by trying to take over their
RW> SP>> frequencies!!!!!
RW>>
RW>> I hadn't heard. Is that a European problem?
SP> No, it is an american problem. There are organizaions that want to
SP> use the 430-450 meg ham bands for use with low orbit satelites.
SP> (Data transmission, phone etc).
That's news to me and I'm a UHF freak...About two years ago, I sold one
of my 450MHz repeaters (still have one in storage) to someone who had a
keener interest, but I still use UHF and despise the VHF repeaters around
here.
... No wanna work... wanna play with satellites!!!
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