Hi Berine,

Not a problem. Glad to help with new Grids. That is my joy - roving
and giving new Grids to those in the hunt. Unfortunately, it is getting
more difficult these days with new operators not being coached/taught
on proper operating procedure. Perhaps, they just need to realize that
the FM SATs are virtually FM Repeaters in the sky and only one signal
can normally get through cleanly. Getting confirmation of a contact is
often difficult and many times one has to just cross their fingers. It's
very nice to have a recording to listen to several times for verification.

Hopefully, we can work from more Grids in the future if things smooth
out. Otherwise, we'll just have to stick to Linear SATs where operating
is more mannerly and considerate.

73,  Bob  K8BL


On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 03:10:45 PM CDT, hamdan@ix.netcom.com <hamdan@ix.netcom.com> wrote:


My thanks to you, Bob, for your patience yesterday on SO-50.  You did give me two new grids (you've given me several new grids lately).

I was part of the mess on SO-50 and hope I didn't contribute to it.  Part of my problem is that I am breaking in a new IC 9700 (after 27 wonderful years with a Yaesu FT-736R, which still works well), and I couldn't tell if the difficulties I observed were due to people messing up on the bird, or because I was screwing something up on the 9700.  Those who have a 9700 will likely agree with me that it's a wonderful radio, but there is a learning curve.  And I learn nothing fast.  ;-)

73 de Bernie, KF0QS


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