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Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ wrote:
Unfortunately AO-51 seems to be plagued by the same cretins that jam repeaters with silly noises and bursts of music at certain times. Even when they're not doing that there's always someone trying to run 2.5kW into a massive stacked antenna. I've noticed that these are also the ones that sit there calling "CEEEE KYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CEEEEEEEEEEE KYOOOOOOO CEEEEEEEEEEEE KYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO <whistle whistle whistle> CEEEEEEEEEE KYOOOOOOOOOO CEEEEEEEEEEE KYOOOOOOOOOOOOO CEEEEEEEEEEEEE KYUUUUUUU" for nearly the whole damn pass without pausing for breath.
While this is an issue, it is often overblown (at least in the US). I think the solution involves education and outreach. When someone like this is one of the Easy Sats, I grin an bear it and then look them up on QRZ for an e-mail address. I send them a Hi-Ho, tell them they made it in, and point them in the right direction for proper operation. If someone is a repeat offender, sadly the only way to deal with them is try not to talk to them and hope they get bored.
<shameless_plug> I addressed most of these concerns in my "The Courteous Ham's Guide to AO-51" paper that I wrote in March. You can check it out at: http://www.innismir.net/article/26 </shameless_plug>
As a community, the first step for fixing these problems on satellites should be outreach and education. More people getting into satellites is a good thing and we should be encouraging it. If people aren't "behaving" we should be the first people to offer a helping hand.
- -- Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/