Is it acceptable, when trying to get any QSO on a pass, to call your callsign and your grid?
Chris,
The best thing to do is listen, listen and listen. If you hear a particular station making contacts go ahead and give him/her a call. By doing that they know you are actually hearing because you have picked out a particular call to try. The incessant call dropping during a pass is typically an indicator that the person isn't hearing the bird and just dropping his call in hopes someone will bite.
Dave-KB1PVH
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On Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 7:44 PM Chris Pohlad-Thomas < chrispohladthomas@gmail.com wrote:
Is it acceptable, when trying to get any QSO on a pass, to call your callsign and your grid?
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What Dave said. Pick out a station and call them, and you'll do much, much better than the other method.
73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org On Behalf Of Dave Webb KB1PVH Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 7:49 PM To: Chris Pohlad-Thomas chrispohladthomas@gmail.com Cc: AMSAT -BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Newbie Question
Chris,
The best thing to do is listen, listen and listen. If you hear a particular station making contacts go ahead and give him/her a call. By doing that they know you are actually hearing because you have picked out a particular call to try. The incessant call dropping during a pass is typically an indicator that the person isn't hearing the bird and just dropping his call in hopes someone will bite.
Dave-KB1PVH
Sent from my Galaxy S9
On Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 7:44 PM Chris Pohlad-Thomas < chrispohladthomas@gmail.com wrote:
Is it acceptable, when trying to get any QSO on a pass, to call your callsign and your grid?
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Agreed, unless you are at a he edge of the pass and don’t hear anyone yet, the. I think it is proper to call your call and grid out, but please, for the love of God, not every 5 -10 secs.
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On Dec 27, 2018, at 20:17, Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com wrote:
What Dave said. Pick out a station and call them, and you'll do much, much better than the other method.
73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org On Behalf Of Dave Webb KB1PVH Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 7:49 PM To: Chris Pohlad-Thomas chrispohladthomas@gmail.com Cc: AMSAT -BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Newbie Question
Chris,
The best thing to do is listen, listen and listen. If you hear a particular station making contacts go ahead and give him/her a call. By doing that they know you are actually hearing because you have picked out a particular call to try. The incessant call dropping during a pass is typically an indicator that the person isn't hearing the bird and just dropping his call in hopes someone will bite.
Dave-KB1PVH
Sent from my Galaxy S9
On Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 7:44 PM Chris Pohlad-Thomas < chrispohladthomas@gmail.com wrote:
Is it acceptable, when trying to get any QSO on a pass, to call your callsign and your grid?
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If you mean to just say your callsign and grid without calling someone, yes, that is acceptable.
It might be more productive to call someone who has already done that, but there is nothing inherently wrong with it.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 19:44 Chris Pohlad-Thomas <chrispohladthomas@gmail.com wrote:
Is it acceptable, when trying to get any QSO on a pass, to call your callsign and your grid?
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As with everything in life / amateur radio, it depends; aka situational awareness.
Normally on FM birds if there are a lot of other operators on it can be 'bad', doing it over and over makes it worse. On a quiet pass or early in the pass where there are few operators pass it is okay to let others know that you are on.
As previously stated, to maximize success fixate on a single call and try calling them when you think they have finished a QSO. If they do not come back listen and try calling again.
Listening is key to knowing when is a 'good' time to put your RF into the mix. People will be patient of new operators, and old ones at times, if they make a mistake or two.
On Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 19:54 John Brier <johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
If you mean to just say your callsign and grid without calling someone, yes, that is acceptable.
It might be more productive to call someone who has already done that, but there is nothing inherently wrong with it.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 19:44 Chris Pohlad-Thomas < chrispohladthomas@gmail.com wrote:
Is it acceptable, when trying to get any QSO on a pass, to call your callsign and your grid?
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