All I can say is that in this part of Europe it is more frustration than satisfaction. Stations calling without listening. Stations calling during a QSO. Stations making satellites their private phone.
We have the same thing here in the states on the FM sats. I use them in "contest mode", if you will: a callsign and a gridsquare. I try not to interfere with anyone except the "rag-chewers", but at the same time, the satellite doesn't belong to the first one there, either. If it's busy and I want contacts, I'll make one or two and then I'm done. So what if in the process the satellite gets handed off to someone who hasn't had a chance to speak yet because of the satellite-hogs. ;)
Bob
--- Paulo Pinto pspinto@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi,
I don't know exactly how is the experience of the use of LEO in other parts of the globe. All I can say is that in this part of Europe it is more frustration than satisfaction. Stations calling without listening. Stations calling during a QSO. Stations making satellites their private phone. I find myself and my portable setup near the edge. I look down and I feel like willing to dive into the deep abysm. Crash my Arrow antenna and my TH-D7 and say goodbye. I quit.
What can I do to change this behaviour? If I say something to them they will acuse me of being something I'm not.
Let's keep supporting AMSAT and wait for a better future.
CT1ETE, Paulo Pinto
AMSAT President's Club member
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