[Boatanchors] Fwd: Satellite phones vs HF ham radio

[W. Curtis Phillips W4CP]

FYI.

73, Curt
--- Curt Phillips W4CP <w4cp at arrl.net> wrote:

> To: rars <rars-l at rtpnet.org>,
> "teara at yahoogroups.com" <teara at yahoogroups.com>
> CC: Tarheel Scanner <tarheelscanner at yahoogroups.com>
> From: Curt Phillips W4CP <w4cp at arrl.net>
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:45:58 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: [tarheelscanner] Satellite phones vs HF ham
> radio
> 
> Even without the Chinese "satellite killer" craft
> there can be major problems in the satellite world.
>    
>   Perhaps some of you saw the ARRL statement on
> this, but for those of us who didn't, it's covered
> here in a short news-clip from the April issue of
> Monitoring Times magazine:
>    
>     Globalstar Satellite Problems 

>   The American Radio Relay League recently
> distributed a warning that "Our served agencies are
> increasingly relying on satellite phones for back up
> communications and some think it has lessened the
> need for HF and the other services provided by
> amateur radio. You should refer your emergency
> management contacts to a recent SEC filing made by
> Globalstar. The performance of the S-band power
> amplifiers in the company’s satellites is degrading,
> likely to due radiation exposure. ... there is
> apparently a significant chance that the new
> satellites won’t be up in time and that sometime in
> 2008 substantially all of the Company’s currently
> in-orbit satellites will cease to be able to support
> two-way communications services!"
>    
>    
> 
> 
> Curt Phillips, CEM
> W4CP ex-KD4YU; WB4LHI
> ARRL Life; QCWA; SKCC; NASWA
> Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group
> Raleigh, NC
> w4cp at arrl.net
>   --
> Using powerlines to distribute high-speed Internet
> makes as much sense as using cable TV coax to
> distribute high voltage electrical power.
> 
>    
>   This address (robocurt at yahoo.com) is sometimes
> used instead of my regular e-mail address
> (w4cp at arrl.net). Replying to this address is fine,
> however, w4cp at arrl.net is my permanent e-mail
> address.
> 



 
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