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        "address": "tjschuessler (a) verizon.net",
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    "sender_name": "Tom Schuessler",
    "subject": "[amsat-bb]  Considerate satellite operations behavior.",
    "date": "2011-02-21T05:29:20Z",
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    "content": "Hi all,\n\nI do not have the dollars yet to upgrade to an all mode radio to be able to\ndo SSB/CW operations so FM is my lot for now.  I love early mornings on\nAO-51 and later in the evening SO-50 and SO-67 when available because the\nroar of the crowd is significantly less.  That being said, I like to give\nAO-51 or AO-27 a try once in a while in the afternoons to make a few Qs but\nfind myself more often than not put off by the sheer mess found there.  Only\nbeen doing this for 8 months with 260 QSOs on an irregular schedule so maybe\nI am out of line here, but I will throw out some observations anyway.\n\nThe for me 2210Z 20-Feb, 2011 pass was a typical example of what makes this\npart of the hobby hard to promote.  I know that many of you are\nconscientious operators and do not try stomp on others but there are some\nout there who just don't seem to understand that there is a proper way to do\nthis that will maximize the number of QSOs that actually get completed on a\ngiven pass.\n\nI don't know how many times I heard someone call another station but when\nthat second station answers, somebody else comes right on top and\nobliterates the poor guy with a totally unrelated call.  I have had a\nstation call me back only to have his exchange blown out of the water by\nsomebody else who is apparently not listening to the fact that several\nseconds  of an exchange has already occurred. \n\nI am sure I was the cause of some interference this afternoon attempting to\njump in after an exchange to get my call out there.  I try however, if it\nappears that I with my 5W handheld and Arrow, are not making it through the\ncurrent pileup, will wait 3 or 4 minutes until the pass has progressed some\nand try it again.  Yes I know it is FM and I should not expect better but\nhonestly I know it can be.  Several times I heard a weak voice that sounded\nlike a youth trying to get in but nobody paused enough to give the poor kid\na shot.  I made three Qs that pass but the kid got none and probably walked\naway thinking he had just wasted his time.\n\n I will be at a hamfest in a few weeks and plan to do a few demonstrations\nof FM satellite work with my Arrow there and know that many folks will just\nwag their heads and decide to never try at all because of the noise and\ndisorganization.\n\nAnother issue I hear is stations calling but not apparently hearing anything\nbut they continue to call anyway and cause interference.  A recent SO-50\npass in the evening had 6 or seven stations calling but only one or two QSOs\nactually took place as nobody seemed to be listening to the right\nfrequencies.  I would request that the person who keeps up with the\nSatellite status pages on the AMSAT web site please post the reality the\nSO-50 downlink is really about 5Khz lower than the published 436.795.  If\nthat were really the case, than I should always be starting a pass on my\nhandeld at 436.805 but if I go there, I hear nothing much and always end the\npass way down at 436.780 instead of .785.  Since we always recommend that\nnew operators look to AMSAT.org for their basic information, it needs to be\nkept current.  If the information is wrong then people have to go through\nthe trial and error method to find out the truth.\n\nHopefully these remarks will not offend but will serve to spur us all to\nimprove the way we do things so others can too have a shot at making\ncontacts.\n\nTom Schuessler\n2713 Lake Gardens Drive\nIrving, Texas  75060\n972-986-7456\n214-403-1464 (Cell)\[email protected]\n\n\n\n",
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