Re: Courteous AO-51 Operation
hi Ben have read your little piece on courteous AO51 Operation with interest and in general I toady agree with you, my only comment is why only AO51, because the other single channel satellites are almost as bad even the newly resurrected AO16 is a bit of a mad house a lot of the time here in Europe. I therefore suggest you rename your title as 'Courteous Single Channel Satellite OperationRegards Robert G8ATE > Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:43:09 -0400> From: bbj@innismir.net> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Courteous AO-51 Operation> > With the ever increasing madhouse that AO-51 is becoming, and with > spring just around the corner adding more users to the satellite, I've > typed up a fairly simple "do's and don'ts" guide to working AO-51. The > guide focuses more on etiquette and operational guidelines rather then > technical ideas, because there are already some excellent guides out > there for the new user to read up on.> > This was more or less conceived one night in #amsat on irc.dishnuts.net > while discussing the operational issues on AO-51. The satellite is a > very good, very easy satellite to get into, however, the more people jam > on, the harder it is for people to use it. So, myself, John (KB2HSH), > Charles (N3CRT), and Mark (KF6KYI) all tossed around ideas on what is > more a less a good "code of conduct" for AO-51 operation.> > Without further adieu:> > PDF (35K) http://www.innismir.net/etc/CourteousAO51_v1.1.pdf%3E DOC (38K) http://www.innismir.net/etc/CourteousAO51_v1.1.doc%3E > Comments? Questions? Suggestions?> > -- > Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA> bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/%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 _________________________________________________________________ Share what Santa brought you https://www.mycooluncool.com
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Robert Turlington wrote: | hi Ben | have read your little piece on courteous AO51 Operation with interest | and in general I toady agree with you, my only comment is why only AO51, | because the other single channel satellites are almost as bad even the | newly resurrected AO16 is a bit of a mad house a lot of the time here in | Europe. | I therefore suggest you rename your title as 'Courteous Single Channel | Satellite Operation |
Hi Robert:
John hit most of the points right on the head but I wanted to just toss in my $0.02.
I singled out AO-51 for few reasons: A. It's the one I have the most experience on, B. It seems to be the most popular EasySat, and C. It's the most straightforward to operate.
SO-50, AO-27, and AO-16 all have their specific caveats in regard to their on board timers, or their "different" operating mode. I have never worked AO-27 or AO-16 and I didn't want to speak on a subject that I had no experience with. SO-50 can actually violate "Don't transmit unless you can't hear it" if the timer has expired, and I didn't want attempt to make distinctions. Perhaps a SO-50 specific document might be in order, but lets cross that bridge when we come to it.
AO-51 was singled out due to it's popularity, and my comfort level talking about it. However, you are right, and most, if not all, of the document can be applied to other single channel satellites.
~Ben
- -- Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/
Perhaps we can get this in the AMSAT Journal?
David Goncalves W1EUJ
On 3/19/08, Ben Jackson bbj@innismir.net wrote:
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Robert Turlington wrote: | hi Ben | have read your little piece on courteous AO51 Operation with interest | and in general I toady agree with you, my only comment is why only AO51, | because the other single channel satellites are almost as bad even the | newly resurrected AO16 is a bit of a mad house a lot of the time here in | Europe. | I therefore suggest you rename your title as 'Courteous Single Channel | Satellite Operation |
Hi Robert:
John hit most of the points right on the head but I wanted to just toss in my $0.02.
I singled out AO-51 for few reasons: A. It's the one I have the most experience on, B. It seems to be the most popular EasySat, and C. It's the most straightforward to operate.
SO-50, AO-27, and AO-16 all have their specific caveats in regard to their on board timers, or their "different" operating mode. I have never worked AO-27 or AO-16 and I didn't want to speak on a subject that I had no experience with. SO-50 can actually violate "Don't transmit unless you can't hear it" if the timer has expired, and I didn't want attempt to make distinctions. Perhaps a SO-50 specific document might be in order, but lets cross that bridge when we come to it.
AO-51 was singled out due to it's popularity, and my comfort level talking about it. However, you are right, and most, if not all, of the document can be applied to other single channel satellites.
~Ben
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