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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/FV5OEOZ7AYXON3JTPTOAJ5GT5CSIBUQG/", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/", "message_id": "CABQUVrVmfcyw5ejXf6bVxhQJ7e31ec3GwZEf9ZvvotHk01NVXg@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "FV5OEOZ7AYXON3JTPTOAJ5GT5CSIBUQG", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/YOY2QIJ3FWQO6C2WIQQYT3PUZHD5XTPC/", "sender": { "address": "af5at.radio (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "c44ab120bd834a16a92b1ecb56dfa408", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/c44ab120bd834a16a92b1ecb56dfa408/emails/" }, "sender_name": "Mike Wilhelm", "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] Poor Operators", "date": "2020-03-19T20:09:40Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/WYHOSO6RRCUP7O7TME6HPEDYDUPMW4IE/", "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Sorry I missed a lot of your replies. Many thanks to all !\n\n\nOn Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 3:07 PM Mike Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote:\n\n> Thanks Glenn, Isaac ! I appreciate the help.\n>\n> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 1:52 PM Isaac C <[email protected]> wrote:\n>\n>> Mike,\n>> I am Isaac, W4ITC, grid FM14.\n>> I am maybe two weeks ahead of you in the newbie category. I just got my\n>> first QSO/QSL on March 12.\n>> I connected with W0NBC.\n>> After me, you can hear WB3CSY do an expert connection with someone else.\n>> I listened to many passed before I was brave enough to talk. It probably\n>> shows.\n>> My rig is qty 2 Baofengs @ 5w with a WA5VJB home-made antenna.\n>>\n>> Best luck.\n>>\n>>\n>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/14YSF3hL6NBtRMkcw3gDcx8VURQ3dBUNl/view?usp=drivesdk\n>>\n>>\n>> On Thursday, March 19, 2020, Mike Wilhelm via AMSAT-BB <\n>> [email protected]> wrote:\n>>\n>>> I've been collecting equipment and waiting for the right time to try and\n>>> get on a bird. Life is too busy...\n>>> Anyway, it might be helpful if there were a few audio examples we could\n>>> pass on to newbies and uninformed operators of good and bad operating. I\n>>> would recommend beeping out any parts of the call sign for any examples\n>>> of\n>>> poor operation. I'd sure like to hear them. Maybe even post them to a\n>>> section on the AMSAT page covering operating? I apologize if this is\n>>> already out there...back to that too busy thing again. I haven't had\n>>> many\n>>> opportunities to take my FT-470 outside with my Arrow and chase a bird.\n>>> The QSOs I've heard seem like they go so fast and I'd hate to annoy\n>>> anyone\n>>> by being the slowpoke.\n>>> 73! Mike AF5AT\n>>>\n>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:52 PM Brad Smith via AMSAT-BB <\n>>> [email protected]>\n>>> wrote:\n>>>\n>>> > I am a minimalist because I want to be a minimalist. I understand that\n>>> the\n>>> > FM bird is nothing more than a repeater and the strongest signal takes\n>>> the\n>>> > bird, even if someone else is talking. \"Someone else is talking\" is the\n>>> > rude part. Last weekend, I was chasing a rover and got \"KC9\" out and\n>>> into\n>>> > the bird (I work full duplux, so know that I was in) and someone took\n>>> over\n>>> > by stepping on me. Luckily, I got him anyway, but someone was high\n>>> power\n>>> > and more important than me. That's the way contesters work. But, I\n>>> don't\n>>> > want to plaster someone's call on the board. I just hope that the\n>>> person is\n>>> > a member and thinks about it. Getting into a peeing contest with\n>>> someone is\n>>> > not beneficial to anybody, including the hobby. It used to be that if\n>>> one\n>>> > said \"handheld\" or \"portable\" guys would give them a break, but that\n>>> > doesn't happen anymore. The birds are too crowded for that. There are\n>>> > several people in my ham clubs that want to try satellite operation and\n>>> > myself and my friend Rick (WA9JBQ) loves to\n>>> > mentor them and teach them the proper way to operate. Not everyone has\n>>> > this benefit. I don't know what the answer is. Last Spring one ham was\n>>> an\n>>> > extremely poor operator on the birds, but is now a better operator. So,\n>>> > something works. But there is always the tendency to crank up the\n>>> power to\n>>> > get the station that you want, if you have the power available. It is\n>>> like\n>>> > guys who I know that run 1,500 watts on FT8 to get what they want. I\n>>> guess\n>>> > it is going to happen and we have to live with that fact.\n>>> >\n>>> > As soon as I solve my equipment problem with my 847 and the weather\n>>> turns\n>>> > warmer, I will be back on the linear birds. I sure do miss FO-29. Brad\n>>> > KC9UQR\n>>> > _______________________________________________\n>>> > Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n>>> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.\n>>> Opinions\n>>> > expressed\n>>> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views\n>>> of\n>>> > AMSAT-NA.\n>>> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite\n>>> program!\n>>> > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>>> >\n>>> _______________________________________________\n>>> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n>>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.\n>>> Opinions expressed\n>>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n>>> AMSAT-NA.\n>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite\n>>> program!\n>>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>>>\n>>\n", "attachments": [] }