Today I wanted to use my arrow and portable to make a qso on SO-50. M6DNU (also portable) called me but it took 5 minutes to complete that contact. F2IL was constantly calling cq on top of us. Do these guys even listen to the downlink?? Give portable stations also a change please! We only have 2 watts of rf power. Where is the "ham spirit" these days? 73, Eric.
At 02:21 AM 5/31/2012, Eric Knaps, ON4HF wrote:
Today I wanted to use my arrow and portable to make a qso on SO-50. M6DNU (also portable) called me but it took 5 minutes to complete that contact. F2IL was constantly calling cq on top of us. Do these guys even listen to the downlink?? Give portable stations also a change please! We only have 2 watts of rf power. Where is the "ham spirit" these days?
I'd say he couldn't hear his own downlink. That's certainly a common problem. The best way to deal with these people is if you're within simplex range, call them up on the downlink frequency after the pass and give them a few pointers. I've got a couple of people successfully working satellites that way. Education works wonders. :)
And since you know his callsign, the other way of achieving the same is to send him an email with some friendly tips.
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com
Hi Eric, ON4HF
Before to call F2IL an European alligator and give bad publicity on AMSAT-BB I suggest you to use more fair play and send to him an email and explain to him the problem occurred to day on SO-50
As far I know my friend Jean Marie is an expert satellite operator and I have with him many correct QSO's on all the linear birds.
Here is the email address of Jean Marie F2IL
f2il@orange.fr
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Knaps, ON4HF" on4hf@telenet.be To: "Amsat - BBS" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:21 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] European alligator on SO-50 (F2IL)
Today I wanted to use my arrow and portable to make a qso on SO-50. M6DNU (also portable) called me but it took 5 minutes to complete that contact. F2IL was constantly calling cq on top of us. Do these guys even listen to the downlink?? Give portable stations also a change please! We only have 2 watts of rf power. Where is the "ham spirit" these days? 73, Eric.
-- Amateur Radio Station ON4HF Eric Knaps Satellite manager UBA
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Thanks Domenico,
a quick search on the web turns out some good information about the ability of F2IL to work satellites. He has a great record and accomplishments. A personal email enquiring about what was going on is a good way of building each other up and not causing unnecessary conflict. We all can jump very quickly to the wrong conclusions and cooler heads need to prevail.
To quote Clint: "Well, I ask, WHEN did the true spirit of ham radio CHANGE to the point where we can demean fellow hams in public message groups - WITHOUT simply contacting an "offending" ham privately to see if we could help them with their system?
It is okay to share frustrations, let's work to make things better for all of us.
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:24 PM, i8cvs domenico.i8cvs@tin.it wrote:
Hi Eric, ON4HF
Before to call F2IL an European alligator and give bad publicity on AMSAT-BB I suggest you to use more fair play and send to him an email and explain to him the problem occurred to day on SO-50
As far I know my friend Jean Marie is an expert satellite operator and I have with him many correct QSO's on all the linear birds.
Here is the email address of Jean Marie F2IL
f2il@orange.fr
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Knaps, ON4HF" on4hf@telenet.be To: "Amsat - BBS" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:21 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] European alligator on SO-50 (F2IL)
Today I wanted to use my arrow and portable to make a qso on SO-50. M6DNU (also portable) called me but it took 5 minutes to complete that contact. F2IL was constantly calling cq on top of us. Do these guys even listen to the downlink?? Give portable stations also a change please! We only have 2 watts of rf power. Where is the "ham spirit" these days? 73, Eric.
-- Amateur Radio Station ON4HF Eric Knaps Satellite manager UBA
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