We can take this off line..., but you both seem to be correct. I guess Brad meant "can listen via satellite", and I had implied that the simplex ops cannot hear if they double with another. Its like a pile up in a HF contest, so no worries, learning something new every time !! 73! Umesh k6vug On Thursday, May 2, 2019, 1:37:51 PM PDT, jim--- via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote: Brad Smith said (in part):
Umesh, I don't necessarily think that the people who step on us are necessarily simplex guys. Simplex people can hear when you are speaking.
Uh, no (at least most of the time). If I'm in southern California uplinking to a satellite over Arizona, a guy operating simplex on the uplink in New Mexico is NOT going to hear me.
73 ----- Jim Walls - K6CCC jim@k6ccc.org