I agree totally! about 90% of my VO-52 passes have no one on the band. 52 is good and strong nearly all of the time, sometimes even as low as -2 degrees at aos/los.

72 louis kd5gm CW, the original digital

Message: 1 Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:42:24 -0500 From: "Bill Gillenwater" [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Considerate satellite operations behavior. To: "John Geiger" [email protected], "i8cvs" [email protected], "Amsat - BBs" [email protected] Message-ID: 36B1661D56DC4A6ABE981BDFE97306B5@billpc Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original

Just worked a pass of VO-52, only two signals heard calling CQ and I was calling on CW. Plenty of room for more activity.

73 Bill K3SV

----- Original Message ----- From: "John Geiger" [email protected] To: "i8cvs" [email protected]; "Amsat - BBs" [email protected]; "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 8:28 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Considerate satellite operations behavior.

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If you don't like the FM satellites, instead of complaining that we need more linear satellites (like I have seen suggested), HOW ABOUT USING THE ONES WE HAVE?? VO52 is an excellent satellite and it is hardly overcrowded, at least in the US. Many times there is only one or two stations on it.

73s John AA5JG