Ant, The person you are trying to inform is acting like he has no idea whatyou and I are talking about. He shows his disdain for persons by not usingtheir name when he addresses their message. ANYONE that does NOT know of the operating problems with theFM SATs these days must not ever use them. Or, they are ignoring theissue rather than address it. Or, they do not even know what the properoperating procedures are. Or, they have no clue HOW to instruct otherson the proper procedures. Or, something else that will not be mentioned. My comments were to bring attention to the problem so that persons dealingwith the instruction of people anxious to get involved with working theFM SATs could be taught proper operating procedures. This would be abenefit to all SAT users both new and experienced. Currently, there are alarge number of regular users that avoid FAM SATs due to the often dailychaos and mayhem preventing normal usage. Why does this need to continuewhen a little education/instruction would help? Ant... Thanks for the help of you and your YL to shed more light on the problem. As a Rover, I'd rather not avoid the FM SATs since many users only have FMcapability and they should not be excluded due to the actions of others whosimply do not realize the problems they are causing by lack of education. TNX/73, Bob K8BL
On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 06:33:12 AM CDT, Ant Lefebvre anthony.lefebvre@gmail.com wrote:
Clint, I'll send you and Bob the recording of the pass I was speaking of. :) It is trimmed from the full 6 minutes I could hear the pass.
But to elaborate... For a solid 2.25 minutes not a single QSL to be heard on a SO-50 pass while stations tried to access the bird. Ending with a frustrated station pleading with other hams to let one guy answer at a time. Certainly didn't help that there were 2 rovers on the pass. The purpose of my PM to Bob was to thank him for getting the XYL and I 4 new grids. I get his frustration on the FM birds and hope that he will continue on. (Un)fortunately working satellites seems to be a very hot topic lately. It's great that so many more hams are giving it a shot, but that does make those FM satellites a bit harder to work successfully (if at all) during a pass. 73 -Ant NU1U
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:28 AM Clint Bradford via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Your cited message tells me really nothing. One person’s “mayhem” might be seen by another as an “exciting pile-up, with so many trying to access an FM satellite.” I’ll get straight answers elsewhere - thanks anyway.
Clint Bradford K6LCS
On Mar 15, 2021, at 7:51 PM, Bob Liddy (K8BL) k8bl@ameritech.net wrote:
... It was complete mayhem ...
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