>> “ … there’s too many people on the satellites … “
Wow … what a wonderful “problem” to have to address. “Too many” are using the “easy" satellites.
Categories of users that has been repeatedly mentioned that are causing chaos and mayhem are grid
chasers … rovers … hams making contacts for various prestigious awards.
How about changing the Awards’ rules for rovers and grid chasers - to eliminate “prime time”
contacts in their logs? No Saturday and Sunday contacts allowed for pure roving and grid chasing for
awards.
This will not alter the accomplishments of those who have already received and earned their
awards in the slightest.
But if theirs is a category that is frustrating those new to this aspect of the hobby, and we still want
to promote getting involved with the “easy birds,” well …
Make it easy for new folks to access. Make it only slightly more effort to graduate to working towards
awards. Those award/certificate seekers should welcome the “challenge” of such “time restrictions”
remembering that they, too, all began with working an “easy” bird - and that THOSE contacts got them
hooked on satellites.
There. Chaos and mayhem dramatically reduced. Long live the “easy” FM satellites!
Clint Bradford K6LCS
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