At 07:13 AM 6/27/2011, wa4...@comcast.net wrote: >It took me 5 satellite passes before I could make 1 contact There >were too many ops making what sounded like HI POWER multi contacts >.This should not have happened. Maybe someone with good writting >skills could send the ARRL world above 50 an artical on how to work >the birds during FD >WA4HFN em55 Damon >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Good luck on that. But if you are able to reach someone at ARRL, suggest that any log with more than one satellite entry have his 100points disqualified. Do satellite hams actually read "World Above 50 MHz"? Better a separate article on working satellite during FD. A lot of stations working the sats on FD do not work satellites anytime other than that. And BTW there are some SSB transponder satellites for use, the problem is the majority of satellite users today balk at obtaining equipment for anything but working the FM Leos. Its the old saw: "you can lead a horse to water, ...". Another old saw goes: "you asked for it, now live with it"! One last rhetorical question: "does anyone recall the last time they contacted KL7UW on a satellite?" Was it FM or SSB? I'm back to Oscar-Zero where I use JT-65. 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubus...@gmail.com ====================================== _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
