[amsat-bb] Re: LEO in Europe

[Bob Stewart]

>All I can say is that in this part of Europe it is more
>frustration than satisfaction. Stations calling without listening. Stations
>calling during a QSO. Stations making satellites their private phone.

We have the same thing here in the states on the FM sats.  I use them
in "contest mode", if you will: a callsign and a gridsquare.  I try not to
interfere
with anyone except the "rag-chewers", but at the same time, the satellite 
doesn't belong to the first one there, either.  If it's busy and I want
contacts, 
I'll make one or two and then I'm done.  So what if in the process the
satellite 
gets handed off to someone who hasn't had a chance to speak yet because of 
the satellite-hogs.  ;)

Bob


--- Paulo Pinto <pspinto at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I don't know exactly how is the experience of the use of LEO in other parts
> of the globe. All I can say is that in this part of Europe it is more
> frustration than satisfaction. Stations calling without listening. Stations
> calling during a QSO. Stations making satellites their private phone. I find
> myself and my portable setup near the edge. I look down and I feel like
> willing to dive into the deep abysm. Crash my Arrow antenna and my TH-D7 and
> say goodbye. I quit.
> 
>  
> 
> What can I do to change this behaviour? If I say something to them they will
> acuse me of being something I'm not.
> 
>  
> 
> Let's keep supporting AMSAT and wait for a better future.
> 
>  
> 
> CT1ETE, Paulo Pinto
> 
> AMSAT President's Club member
> 
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