It would be nice if people would refrain from connecting to the ISS packet mailbox when others are engaged in unproto-mode conversations (making contact between 2 or more live people.) It's especially annoying on weekends during the day.

It's apparent that the people who connect to the RS0ISS-11 during a busy pass do not realize how #1 they clog up the channel with retries and #2 they clog up the channel with retries or how they clog up the channel with retries.

Obviously if you are on a pass in the middle of the night and can't find a live person through the endless unattended beacons, connecting to the packet BBS isn't as big a deal.

OK, I'm done griping. I sure love making contacts via ISS! It's a fun and underrated resource we are truly blessed to have at our disposal.

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Clayton W5PFG