Abraxas3d W5NYVJun 1, 2023

I really like @mastodon.radio

This is a great server with lovely people and wonderful content.

Thank you to everyone here that's made it not just possible to exist in #hamradio but genuinely thrive.

This wasn't looking likely after ugly and inexplicable behavior towards me personally and the work I do as a volunteer from #ARDC and #AMSAT over the past 2 years.

AMSAT-NA in particular - the other AMSATs have been fantastic to work with.

Thank you especially to @N3VEM, #JAMSAT, and #amsatdl.

Show threadDiane Bruce VA3DBJun 1, 2023
@abraxas3d @N3VEM Japanese amateurs have always made NA look bad with all their experimenter bias. AMSAT-NA has gone to the dark side as other NA orgs have done (RAC, ARRL) and gone for DX/Contesting/Ragchew with a de-emphasis of experimenters/buliders...
Show threadAbraxas3d W5NYV

@va3db @N3VEM how did it get to be like this in North America? It felt like AMSAT-NA shifted right out from underneath what me and all my network were doing. To get the work attacked and excluded from the organization we volunteered so much time for and put so many different fun things in space for - well, that sucked. I did SuitSat and Fox DUV and Eagle and helped solve some power problems. I pulled together a big pile of people for "Five and Dime". Suddenly, it was all garbage.

Why?

Jun 1, 2023 at 5:08pmWeb