The rule reads "7.3.7.1 Stations are limited to one (1) completed QSO on any single channel FM satellite"
The absolute strict interpretation of this rule would mean that once you make a single contact on an FM bird, you turn off the radio and walk away. If you don't, you'll get your hands slapped and lose your rubber ducky.
However, many people, probably most, interpreted the rule to mean that one may claim no more than one completed QSO for credit. This interpretation would not mean that one could not make more, it just means only one would be granted credit - the same as AMSAT Field Day rules did in past years. AMSAT FD's rule never prohibited making more contacts but credit was given for only one.
Should there be a more restrictive rule, perhaps instituting a penalty for making more than one QSO? How would it be enforced? You'd have a big fight on your hands.
My suggestion is: lighten up. The real problem was the guy playing traffic cop, tying up the bird with unnecessary, malicious and unidentified transmissions, not the gentleman (and I mean that in the best sense of the word) in Arizona working them like a seasoned contester.
73 de N8AU, Jim in Raymore, MO
Light travels faster than sound... This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:52:04 -0500 From: "George Henry" ka3hsw@earthlink.net Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Contacts! To: "amsat bb" amsat-bb@amsat.org Message-ID: 004401c7b86e$86e64620$0500a8c0@parents Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I am one of the people who asked the ARRL to implement the "one contact per FM satellite" rule, so I am more than a little PO'd to see it so blatantly ignored, and even more so, to see people in this forum, the very people who should most support the rule, actually DEFENDING the violator!!!
----- Original Message ----- From: Angelo Glorioso To: George Henry ; amsat bb Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Contacts!
Better yet! How many QSO's did the Satellite police prevent because of his BROADCAST STATEMENTS?????
73 de Angelo