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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/QLTBMFTVYQFVEVARTZCYXBQ5W4VPMHRV/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAHHZQ2nzbF63CNoj3CCiRT8XqH7Tu3eL87NVAqPzy-dbJAPXWg@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "QLTBMFTVYQFVEVARTZCYXBQ5W4VPMHRV", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/YOY2QIJ3FWQO6C2WIQQYT3PUZHD5XTPC/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "shorenicehere (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": null, "emails": null }, "sender_name": "Isaac C", "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] Poor Operators", "date": "2020-03-19T18:58:34Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/E2SL2EAMVRGI3EO6CDPXEFPPGKSCJ3A3/?format=api", "children": [ "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/IUVMAN53Y7QFNB3XMJEZBNFC7WYJDHR6/?format=api" ], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "ps -. it was SO-50, pass 11:58 local time, Mar 12.\n\nOn Thursday, March 19, 2020, 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> https://drive.google.com/file/d/14YSF3hL6NBtRMkcw3gDcx8VURQ3dB\n> UNl/view?usp=drivesdk\n>\n>\n> On Thursday, March 19, 2020, Mike Wilhelm via AMSAT-BB <[email protected]>\n> 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 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 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 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 power\n>> > and more important than me. That's the way contesters work. But, I 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 power\n>> 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 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 program!\n>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>>\n>\n", "attachments": [] }