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From: wheatley@inuxg.UUCP (Steven Wheatley)
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Subject: Re: OSCAR-10 use, future of amateur satellites
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Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 14:45:44 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 16 14:45:44 1984
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Well, another interesting statistic would be to look at oscar-8/7
and the RS bird usage.  It seems to me that it is much easier for
the average ham to experiment with a two meter up/ten meter down
situation than it is the oscar 10 bird.  I have successfully worked
several states with the oscar 8 and rs satellites using 25 watts, my
magnet mount vertical, and a piece of wire on my hf rig for a
receive antenna.  Sure, there are lots of nulls in the flyby, but i
can still work them.

I realize the need, and fully support the "geostationary" or at
least the original intent of oscar 10, which permits long period of
operations.  Certainly, after listening to a maximum of half hour of
the rs/oscar 8 birds, or trying to chase rare dx on the low orbit birds,
one can appreciate this philosophy.  However,
i contend that, based on my experience, it is a lot easier to take
the initial plunge, using the RS birds, with no or little
expenditure, before spending much more, either in hard earned bucks
or building time, to build/acquire the directional antennas, and
high frequency gear required to  operate oscar 10.

This argument may be all wet, but, i would like to see the oscar
7,8, or RS usage statistics (anyone got friends at box 88 moscow??)
to see how they are used.

steve, ku9c
inuxg!wheatley