I'm sorry Clint, but this is the way I see it:
If you can't hear the downlink, stop calling cq because you won't hear
anyone to talk to.
I know that station for a long time and this wasn't the first time.
When I call cq on a lineair transponder, Jean-Marie is also there to
call also cq on the same frequency, why?
I then just move to another qrg, problem solved :-)
But on a fm sat that isn't the case. You get frustrated after a while.
73,
Eric.
Amateur Radio Station ON4HF
Eric Knaps
Satellite manager UBA
http://www.on4hf.be
Op 30/05/2012 23:44, Clint Bradford schreef:
Back to Eric's original question: "Where is the "ham spirit" these days?"
Well, I ask, WHEN did the true spirit of ham radio CHANGE to the point where we
can demean fellow hams
in public message groups - WITHOUT simply contacting an "offending" ham
privately to see if we could help
them with their system?
A simple email message to the "offending" station asking if he was able to hear
the bird ... If he has had any
problems with the FM birds in the past ... and find out if he knew he was
accidentally stepping on another ham ...
THAT'S what any responsible amateur radio licensee should have done FIRST. And
THEN write up the experience
here. Something like ...
"Hey, guys and gals. Was working SO-50 earlier this week, and booming in with a
strong signal was K6LCS. That's
the good news. The bad news is that he was stepping on everyone else - as if he
could not hear the downlinks from
the bird. I called him up (his phone number is all over his Web sites) and we
both identified the problem: a shorted
earpiece cable forced him to work without his normal receive audio setup. He
profusely apologized ... and he is not
really a "repeat offender." LESSON LEARNED: Purchase quality audio accessories!"
Instead, the original message criticizes a fellow ham ... and two more fellow hams
publicly chime in with, "Way to go, Eric!" -
before finding out the facts of the matter.
Call me "old school," I guess. But I am not changing.
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
http://www.work-sat.com
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