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    "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/UY4ZJ56SR7XII6QIFBA7OL6SMFE2ONJZ/",
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    "message_id": "CANq+eyUh71CRptqy2Xc6A+k_cFrcY9L1xenaK6wKLCaiqpw0Rg@mail.gmail.com",
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    "sender": {
        "address": "dave (a) druidnetworks.com",
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    "sender_name": "David Swanson",
    "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] Field Day (whew)",
    "date": "2018-06-25T22:15:01Z",
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    "content": " So since I was mentioned, and it sure feels like people are whining about\nme, I feel I better speak up. Believe or not, there was a method to my\nmadness. Yes, I was operating as N5AT and yes I made more than 1 contact on\nan FM bird.  Stay with me here..\n\nI originally did not plan to operate field day. Since getting my 488 last\nyear there's really nothing left for me to chase, I still rove - but\nbesides that I don't get on the birds much these days. Being the local\n'Satellite Guy' though, multiple clubs had asked me to come operate for\nthem this FD, but only 1 actually wanted something other than their 100\npoints. The ARES club here in central Arkansas had a plan to bring in a\nlarge number of kids and public officials, and they wanted me to perform a\ndemonstration of Satellite capabilities rather than just pad their score\nfor them. This seemed like a noble cause, so I decided to give them a hand.\n\nI made plans to operate 1 FM pass and 1 linear pass, just to show the folks\nhow they are different, when the crowd was going to be there around 1900z.\nAO91 was up first, and I did indeed make 3 contacts on the first AO-91 pass\nat 1845z. I was on a tall hill with a great view to the south, and the pass\nwas ascending. The first station I heard about 10 seconds after AOS that\nseemed to have a clue was W5RRR - I called them, got the QSL, got the 100\npoints, and a decent sized (1, 2, 300 or so people) crowd of hams, 4-H\nkids, and Boy Scouts all cheered. Only a few had ever seen a satellite\ncontact, and everyone was very happy. Immediately afterwards I got a called\nby a bunch of other stations, I ignored them - then I heard TI2CDA call me.\nCharlie is an all around good guy and a rare DX to hear on the Satellites,\nand I believe he's also an FM only op. I also knew he would be approaching\nLOS and was probably calling me to get HIS bonus, so I went ahead and\nanswered him. That group of people that were excited about making a single\ncontact on the birds? Now they just saw me make a DX contact. They were\necstatic. After wrapping up with Charlie, YS1MS called me. I took the same\napproach with Jose - I knew he was approaching the end of his window, and\nhe might be hunting for his bonus, and he was FM only. I went ahead and\nanswered him too. Other US stations kept calling me, but I ignored them\nall, they still had plenty of time to make contacts, and I was already\ngetting peppered with hoots, hollers and questions from the audience.\n\nAfter the chaos of AO-91, I prepped to get ready for CAS-4B at 1929z. This\ntime, I pulled out the stops. I tuned up quickly at AOS, and started\ncalling CQ with all the watts, smack dab in the middle of the passband.\nThere were stations all around me, but none of them were hearing each\nother.. as opposed to them, I could actually hear.  I worked KB6LTY\nquickly, followed by WD9EWK, and then just kept following the bird east. 12\nminutes later I lost the bird behind some buildings after working a VE2. 14\ntotal stations logged, California to Quebec, in 1 pass. The crowd went\nnuts. I spent the next 2 hours showing local hams how to improve their\narrows by using things like good coax, and a couple of the kids mentioned\nhow sitting around with headphones turning dials was boring, but working\nsatellites looked like fun. After that I packed up my stuff and headed back\nhome, and didn't make another contact til after 1800z on Sunday.\n\nIf anyone has an issue with me making more than 1 contact on an FM bird,\nthey can get bent. I'm perfectly aware of the rules, and I didn't have the\nN5AT loggers claim 'extra credit' for my 2 extra QSOs. What I did do though\nis use the long lost art of situational awareness to further the community\ngoals and impress on some kids how fun satellites can be. I calculated 85\npasses between 1800 on Saturday and 1800 on Sunday. If my (or ANY\noperator's) 2 minutes of air time answering some DX caused you to miss out\non your 100 points, then maybe you should try practicing, using better\ngear, and just generally not sucking before whining on the bulletin board.\n\n-Dave, KG5CCI\n",
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