The intent of the rule was to reduce the congestion on the FM satellites by getting stations OFF them after making their one QSO, thereby giving more stations the opportunity to make a QSO. So the way I interpret it, and the way I've operated since the rule was adopted (and I was one of those who hounded the ARRL to adopt it), is "ONE and you're DONE."
Not two, or twenty, and you only get to SCORE one...
ONE.
George, KA3HSW
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From: Bill Acito W1PA w1pa@hotmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 3:59:09 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess
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Yes, so I read this to say: You can make as many satellite QSO's as you want. They count as another band, each counts for QSO credit. You get 100 bonus point when you make the first Only one QSO out of the total QSOs can come from any/all of the FM birds.
Could a lot of the "multi-QSO" issues have come from the fact that folks simply didn't understand the rules?
Bill W1PA