Hi Jeff, Don't let a few rotten apples spoil the basket. What you encountered is common on FO-29 even with its generous passband.
As a general guideline I recommend portable and demo stations transmit outside 145.930-960 to play it safe. 73 Clayton W5PFG On Mar 14, 2014 4:10 PM, "Jeff KB2M" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just tried a FO-29 pass for the first time in months. I don't get down here > to operate at my main station much anymore. I put myself right around > 435.850, a clear freq and proceeded to try and make a few contacts. Well, > after one contact all of a sudden there were 3 or 4 stations calling CQ on > 850, right on top of the station I was trying to work. I don't get it, > there > is plenty of bandwidth why do people call right in the middle of someone > trying to make a contact. I gave up, unbelievable... > > > > 73 Jeff kb2m > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. 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 > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
