[amsat-bb] Re: Russian speaking QRM on AO-51 Rev: 13642

[Jim Sanford]

Yeah, but PL on stops non-hams from expending battery power.
73,
Jim
wb4gcs at amsat.org


Robert Bruninga wrote:

>>nice sounding Russian speaking ladies chatting away on a
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>phone.
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>>Chalk this e-mail up for another vote to reactivate the PL 
>>tone.  Those of us running QRP into the bird work hard 
>>enough...
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>PL will make absolutely no difference.  Their signal is still
>there, jamming yours whether you can hear it or not.  The only
>thing PL does is act like a squelch so that you don't hear them.
>But their signal is still just as strong on the uplink as
>without PL.
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>Hence, it is far better to have PL OFF so you can hear what you
>are up against.
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>Would you rather be in a boxing match with a giant with a
>blindfold on your eyes or not.  You are still going to take the
>same punches, but without blindfold, you can see the punch
>coming.
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>Bob, WB4APR
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