[amsat-bb] Re: Terrestrial QRM to FM satellites

[Jim Jerzycke]

Yes, it *is* sad. We had a packet DX cluster on the
ISS uplink here in SoCal several years ago, and the
guy would NOT move. He's gone now, but I don't know
what happened to him.
Jim  KQ6EA
--- "John Marranca, Jr" <jmarranca at bnsystems.com>
wrote:

> Hello all.  I, too, have noticed this happen.  I saw
> it first at the
> Rochester Hamfest this year when Rich N2SPI was
> giving his demo on the birds
> (...this is how I became interested in ham sats). 
> During his excellent
> demo, two hams were chatting about pizza, and the
> like.  I can recall this
> happening during the Mode K Russian sat days.  Quite
> honestly, I think it's
> rude and selfish that any person would not follow a
> gentleman's agreement
> bandplan.  (Reminds me of a local guy about 15 years
> ago that would talk to
> his buddies on 144.000 FM.)
> 
> It's sad, really.
> 
> John KB2HSH
> 
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