Hi Bruce!
Based on the passes I heard and worked, if there was a station strong enough to get through and complete QSOs, others hoped that station would stick around and make more QSOs. Otherwise, why would anyone call a station just after that station completed a QSO? That was the case for me on the two passes I mentioned - I complete one QSO, then others called me. I could have gone silent and not answered any of them, but I decided to make the non-scoring QSOs, and one of those non-scoring QSOs was the bonus-scoring QSO one club was hoping to make. What I did on the SO-50 and AO-91 passes was, in effect, the "net control" station you mentioned. When I get my Field Day report to you, you will see those non-scoring contacts noted - just as I have done for most of the past few years.
I'm not saying the scoring should change for FM satellites. Short of declaring FM satellites off-limits like ARRL does with the WARC bands and 60m for its Field Day, it seems like the situation won't change. Or have AO-92 in L-band all weekend. :-)
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 4:53 PM, Bruce kk5do@amsat.org wrote:
In the AMSAT rules we do state, because someone asked about it, you can be a net control type station and work every station you want. You would only be able to score one contact yourself but had given many out to those trying to make the 100 point satellite bonus.
We still feel by limiting to one FM contact that if you worked someone and both of you leave the bird, two more stations can work each other thereby maximazing the number of possible contacts on the satellite during a single pass.
73...bruce