Dave, When UO-14 was up it was the same thing. I never did understand it and probably never will. It's the same callsigns over and over again. That's why I love to hear FO-29 and AO-7. I miss FO-20 and AO-40 because of these lids on the FM LEO's. Mean while, they are great satellites, just why monopolize it for a QSO on an 8 minute pass.
73 Greg N3MVF
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Dave Johnson Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:41 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Last AO51 pass 0110 z Unbelievable Ignorance
Some people have the "me, me, me" attitude, so they feel they're entitled. I don't mind hearing a SHORT QSO between ops. I've kept this in mind when I've worked the same station a few times, and have limited my comments to them to a sentence or two, so that others get a chance to get in.
Worse yet, on many of the passes that I can hear/work, there is someone in the footprint who just whistles, causing QRM on the already-crowded satellite. And then there's the op who does nothing more than say "hello...hello...hello". Lastly there are also the ops who apparently aren't hearing the satellite and keep calling CQ, with stations answering them to no avail.
Dave KC9GHA
On 1/30/07, amsat-bb-request@amsat.org amsat-bb-request@amsat.org wrote:
Message: 6 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:21:14 +0000 (GMT) From: sraas@optonline.net Subject: [amsat-bb] Last AO51 pass 0110 z Unbelievable Ignorance ( Flame) To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Message-ID: e213da0319f22.45bfef0a@optonline.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
How in the world is is even remotely possible that people hold a conversation on the bird knowing that there are 70 people ( probabally
more
like 170) using the bird for quick contacts? HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE.. I cant imagine the ignorace involved... I just cannot fathom it.
-Steve Raas N2JDQ FN20vg
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