Hi Tom!
Should I abandon full doppler correction?
No!
If you have it at your station, great! Take advantage of it, but remember that not everyone will have the same setup as you.
Another less black-and-white step is that if I hear a station moving to adjust my settings so I am not doing full doppler.
That's a great way to go. Then you are able to work anyone from another station that is fully under computer control, to those that may only have the computer controlling one of the two frequencies, to those that are working without a computer controlling the radios. I'm in the latter category when I operate in the field, with either two FT-817NDs or one 817 and a TH-F6A HT (using its all-mode receiver to hear the downlinks).
I've noticed that many (most?) who work FO-29 tend to leave the uplink frequency fixed and allow the downlink to drift due to Doppler. For the other two (AO-7, VO-52), it is more of a mixed bag. Anything from full computer control of both uplink and downlink to no computer control at all. If you have your station fully computer controlled, you should be able to set your software to stop controlling either - or both - of the frequencies if you desire. Some of us who don't have the computer running the radios are able to compensate for those with the computers, and be prepared to adjust both frequencies if necessary. Whatever it takes to make the QSO. :-)
When I eventually get a home station, I will almost certainly have a computer controlling my radio or radios for satellite work. When I operate in the field as I currently do, a computer is another item that I have to ensure has power, be near the radios so the computer cables reach each radio, and then deal with being able to see the screen. Until then, I will keep working the transponders with my very portable station and have fun at the same time.
Hopefully we can hook up sometime on one of those birds, Tom. 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/