Quote from: gil on October 07, 2012, 06:14:49 PMFrom a practical standpoint, you are right. The longest ragchew I ever had was maybe 2 sentenses late at night when the bird wasn't busy. From an emotional stanpoint, if your are a space junkie it is wicked cool knowing that I'm talking off a repeater several hundred miles up in space, wizzing along at 14,000mph. And I'm doing it with 5W and aiming the antenna with my hand.
The problem with these satellites is that you just have enough time to exchange call signs, and what's the use of that...?
Gil.