Hi MaK, I'm not so sure a BLACK LIST is the way to go, however, we most certainly DO! need to be aware of the "alligator" ... (all mouth and no ears) ... problem on AO-7. I read quite recently a post on the Amsat-bb wherea particular station was "explaining" that one *NEEDS* a linear amplifier to work AO-7.
Absolutely *not* true ... (using an aerial !!!!! might have helped.....LA2QAA & GM1SXX).
Of course, today's FM'ing on AO-7 *may* have been due to ignorance, not deliberate QRM, we'll never know but we should !!! encourage people to LISTEN before transmitting ... after all, it *IS* full duplex.
I'd suggest "education" to be a better alternative than a"black list" ... Alligators will always! be with us with the "mine's bigger than yours!" menality.
A re-read of the recommended operating proceedure would do no harm. This applies to *ALL* satellites.
PS.
LA2QAA and GM1SXX will soon be publishing an article suggesting a way to operate satellites for those amateurs who have severe aerial restrictions or who don't currently own the necessary equipment.
I will of course put a link to the article concerned on the EU-Amsat pages.
73 John. la2qaa@amsat.org
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From: SV1BSX sv1bsx@yahoo.gr Reply-To: eu-amsat@yahoogroups.com To: eu-amsat@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [eu-amsat] AO-7 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:48:26 -0700 (PDT)
Hi John,
well, I suggest to make a BLACK LIST (and publish that anywhere, like Amsat-BB etc ).
Why not?
This way I believe that, every LID(= bad-operator) will be more careful in order to avoid the LIST!
After the closed-down of FO-29, we have to care much more about AO-7's good-health.
73, Mak SV1BSX
--- John Hackett archie.hackett@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi All, Somebody knocking 10 kinds of the brown stuff out of AO-7 this morning on orbit 48458.
Careful !! with the power chaps or we'll lose this one as well.
The recommended operating proceedure can be found at ...
http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ao7log.php Just click on "Using AO-7".
The more potential new users who are aware that you *DON'T* need 100w to a 10 element beam, the more likely it is that AO-7 will continue to provide excellent analogue signals.
73 John. la2qaa@amsat.org