Paul, I think it's the same here. I could here a number of stations opening the satellite, then within a few seconds they were over-run by another stations carrier.
Seems such a shame as the audio appears to be good when it does eventually get through. I am approaching my first 100 contacts with an even spread across oscars 73, 29, 52, and old faithful, 07. As for SO50, about three contacts, all very lucky ones....... Peter G8KEK Sent from my iPad > On 24 Mar 2014, at 23:33, Paul Stoetzer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some passes over the US can approach that level of futility. I don't > think I've heard a pass where not one QSO was completed though. > > Biggest problem here is people can't hear the bird and then keep > calling even though they can't hear it. > > 73. > > Paul, N8HM > > > >> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Peter Wilson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> To all in Europe..... >> >> >> >> We have just had an overhead pass of SO-50 and yet again, not one successful >> QSO. >> >> >> >> I heard many stations trying to access the bird but not one station managed >> a two way contact. >> >> >> >> Can any experienced European operator explain to me what is happening. >> >> I thought the FM birds were supposed to be the easy ones? >> >> >> >> Peter >> >> G8KEK >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
