I'm sure those of you that were on the SO-50 pass this morning at 16:38 utc heard that rude operator who repeatedly threw out his call sign and called "CQ satellite". He was stomping over everyone and apparently didn't hear those of us who responded to his call, myself and Doug N6UA had responded to him among others .My thought was this is a "newbie" that has never worked the birds before, so I figured I would look him up on QRZ and send him a friendly email offering some help and suggestions. Low and behold this guy's QRZ page is papered with scads of award certificates including, get this, a VUCC satellite award! You'd think he'd know better! I did kindly offer some suggestions and help including not calling "CQ satellite" and referred him to AMSAT's web site. In addition, he was keeping operators from a QSO with N6UA who is roving right now. I don't know if he was operating full duplex or maybe he didn't have his downlink frequency correct. Regardless, his signal was so strong and overpowering, i sincerely question if he was putting out just 5 watts.
We had a much better pass on AO-91 at 19:07.
73,
Bob N6REK
Hi Bob
It does take all kinds.
What was his callsign? That way none of us will work him when we hear him.
Mike va3mw
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 3:28 PM Bob Keating via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
I'm sure those of you that were on the SO-50 pass this morning at 16:38 utc heard that rude operator who repeatedly threw out his call sign and called "CQ satellite". He was stomping over everyone and apparently didn't hear those of us who responded to his call, myself and Doug N6UA had responded to him among others .My thought was this is a "newbie" that has never worked the birds before, so I figured I would look him up on QRZ and send him a friendly email offering some help and suggestions. Low and behold this guy's QRZ page is papered with scads of award certificates including, get this, a VUCC satellite award! You'd think he'd know better! I did kindly offer some suggestions and help including not calling "CQ satellite" and referred him to AMSAT's web site. In addition, he was keeping operators from a QSO with N6UA who is roving right now. I don't know if he was operating full duplex or maybe he didn't have his downlink frequency correct. Regardless, his signal was so strong and overpowering, i sincerely question if he was putting out just 5 watts.
We had a much better pass on AO-91 at 19:07.
73,
Bob N6REK
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Guys,
I know it is a problem but please assume positive intent. He probably needs some coaching not shunning. We need more not fewer satellite operators.
John K4SQC
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 10:08 PM Michael Walker via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Hi Bob
It does take all kinds.
What was his callsign? That way none of us will work him when we hear him.
Mike va3mw
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 3:28 PM Bob Keating via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
I'm sure those of you that were on the SO-50 pass this morning at 16:38 utc heard that rude operator who repeatedly threw out his call sign and called "CQ satellite". He was stomping over everyone and apparently didn't hear those of us who responded to his call, myself and Doug N6UA had responded to him among others .My thought was this is a "newbie" that has never worked the birds before, so I figured I would look him up on QRZ and send him a friendly email offering some help and suggestions. Low and behold this guy's QRZ page is papered with scads of award certificates including, get this, a VUCC satellite award! You'd think he'd know better! I did kindly offer some suggestions and help including not calling "CQ satellite" and referred him to AMSAT's web site. In addition, he was keeping operators from a QSO with N6UA who is roving right now. I don't know if he was operating full duplex or maybe he didn't have his downlink frequency correct. Regardless, his signal was so strong and overpowering, i sincerely question if he was putting out just 5 watts.
We had a much better pass on AO-91 at 19:07.
73,
Bob N6REK
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