On 18 Apr 2016 at 20:30, Clayton Coleman wrote:

I worked an ISS pass earlier tonight on packet. I copied 18 stations digipeated via the ISS. However, only one of them responded to any kind of live, keyboard-to-keyboard action. The other stations seemed very dedicated to letting the world know their name and city every 1-2 minutes.

Surely my theory that 80% of the stations are unattended beacons, pass after pass, must be wrong.

Please, prove me wrong at 0200Z 19-April, and show me that people have two-way QSO's and not just beacon their name and city continuously for 24 hours.

73 Clayton W5PFG

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE AS THEY ARE BORG'S an they will assimilate all of us in their stupidity.

They are not only on satellite i stumble on one of them today VE2?? who was complaining about a reception report i gave him in a way to improve his signal audio quality over the air. He dislike my advices!!! Probably he failed to listen himself as he's probably some sort of a Joe know it all?

Anyway i'm a bit off satellite business probably too busy watching south border TV...

Luc Leblanc VE2DWE