With three FM voice transponders and SIX linear transponders in operation today, I think there is plenty of bandwidth to handle a few simple exchanges.
The primary reason I care to hear a station's gridsquare is for ARRL VUCC Satellite Award endorsements. Often I will give my name and state when making contacts with a new station in the log.
73 Clayton W5PFG
On 2/19/2016 18:08, John Toscano wrote:
I'll probably get firebombed for proposing such a verbose exchange, particularly if NOT in the context of a contest, but I have already donned my flameproof coveralls. The fact that airtime during an FM satellite pass is so precious and limited is one of the reasons that I tend to shun them in favor of the few linear transponders still flying. And certainly I appreciate that FM reception is usually far easier to copy than weak-signal SSB.
73 de W0JT