Rovers and DXpeditions in mode J-FM [was: Swan Island DXpedition update]
Please, PLEASE! If someone is on a J-FM satellite with rare-to-uncommon grid square(s), don't contact people you have worked before, especially those you've worked often. If you do, then people like the Swan Island DXpedition won't bother with satellite as it won't be worth carrying the equipment.
Last week, I was about 30 feet (10m) from a grid square corner on private property, and i was only able to give out two of the four grid squares (at least one was uncommon-to-rare) because of the chaos on AO-27 that pass. Since i record all nearly all J-FM passes, i was planning to take contacts three at a time from two grid square boundaries; but that just wasn't possible. So i don't think i even got everyone from the northern grid square pair.
PLEASE, on transcontinental passes and especially with very rare grids, save your routine traffic for other time. In most places, there are lots of other passes (especially on SO-50) where there were very few people on. I was at CN85/CN86 yesterday on SO-50 and there was only one station to work! 'Regulars', instead of chatting with your fiends, please briefly explain the situation and/or suggest that people work the uncommon/rare grids [as several 'regulars' do already]. Many folks don't have the time (or bandwidth) to read AMSAT-BB.
Hope to talk to you on the way south through central Oregon and perhaps eastern California. I'm still hoping for at least one grid square corner. And please wait until after the Swan Islands are out of the footprint to work me. 73's and good luck!
-- KD6PAG
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John,
Yesterday on AO-27 pass I listened the way everybody behaved on the satellite it was a shame that nobody bothered that you were in a double, and uncommon grid square...the same happened on the 1st nightly pass of AO-51 in which nobody seemed to listen before transmiting.. and everybody was calling nobody.. if we use single channel satellites we should behave with courtesy specially when a gridxpedition is taking place....I can imagine your frustration working QRP...
Group...
I Support the idea that John is bringing up and Please try to promote this between your fellow operators...
73's and Dx's
XE2RV @ DL55lt
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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:19:19 -0700> From: kd6pag@yahoo.com> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Rovers and DXpeditions in mode J-FM [was: Swan Island DXpedition update]> > Please, PLEASE! If someone is on a J-FM satellite with rare-to-uncommon> grid square(s), don't contact people you have worked before, especially> those you've worked often. If you do, then people like the Swan Island> DXpedition won't bother with satellite as it won't be worth carrying the> equipment.> > Last week, I was about 30 feet (10m) from a grid square corner on private> property, and i was only able to give out two of the four grid squares> (at least one was uncommon-to-rare) because of the chaos on AO-27 that> pass. Since i record all nearly all J-FM passes, i was planning to take> contacts three at a time from two grid square boundaries; but that just> wasn't possible. So i don't think i even got everyone from the northern> grid square pair.> > PLEASE, on transcontinental passes and especially with very rare grids,> save your routine traffic for other time. In most places, there are lots> of other passes (especially on SO-50) where there were very few people on.> I was at CN85/CN86 yesterday on SO-50 and there was only one station to> work! 'Regulars', instead of chatting with your fiends, please briefly> explain the situation and/or suggest that people work the uncommon/rare> grids [as several 'regulars' do already]. Many folks don't have the time> (or bandwidth) to read AMSAT-BB.> > Hope to talk to you on the way south through central Oregon and perhaps> eastern California. I'm still hoping for at least one grid square corner.> And please wait until after the Swan Islands are out of the footprint to> work me.> 73's and good luck!> > -- KD6PAG> > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs%3E _______________________________________________> Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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