I forgot:

YL/G0SFJ/P outside Riga

--- On Sat, 20/12/08, andy thomas andythomasmail@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

From: andy thomas andythomasmail@yahoo.co.uk Subject: AO-51 qrp debate To: "amsat" amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Saturday, 20 December, 2008, 8:27 PM It's hard when you're in the field to uplink on the main channel with a 5w handheld, an arrow and a following wind - see my website www.andythomas.eu (and follow the links) for the evidence in trying.

I would have opened up more eastern countries but due to the fm effect was stamped on by siberian stations, etc.

Would love to uplink in a qrp channel and downlink onto the main channel so that qro ops could uplink on the main (qro) uplink and down link onto the same channel as me.

I don't think qro ops listen to the qrp downlink channel?

Maybe we would need some device on the qrp uplink to sit on abusers.

all comments gratefully received; and my thanks to the ao-051 command team who have helped me worldwide!!

andy G0SFJ: as EA6/G0SFJ/P EW/G0SFJ/P F/G0SFJ/P G0SFJ/P LZ/G0SFJ/P SV8/G0SFJ/P TA/G0SFJ/P TK/G0SFJ/P YO/G0SFJ/P