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G8TZJ  > AMSAT    17.03.05 00:07l 24 Lines 708 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Ham sats - no longer worth it?
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Sent: 050316/2155Z @:GB7CRV.#16.GBR.EU #:57420 [Heysham] XFBB7.04j $:0E0341G8TZ
From: G8TZJ@GB7CRV.#16.GBR.EU
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G0FTD wrote:-

> G8TZJ wrote:-
>> The world has moved on a lot from the RS and early Oscar series of sats.
>> For the worse, with lots of illegal 2m use. Hence another requirement to
>> go onwards on upwards.

> The Russian birds were brilliant.
> Forget jingo-ism and national pride but the RS series were briliant.

I never said they were not. Its just that the world has moved on and a RS
sat these days, would get clobbered by 2m QRM. Some of it from amateurs
with 9k6 packet bursts or FM voice uplinks. These signals occupy 25 kHz of
bandwidth.

73 - Andrew, G8TZJ @ GB7CRV.#16.GBR.EU

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