[amsat-bb] Re: TALKING FAST

[Curt Nixon]

Yes...Jim you were my first...(whens the last time you heard THAT? :)  )

I understand the need to keep QSO conversation short--similar to contest 
work.

I think the skill for listening and processing phonetic calls and info 
is the same as I learned as an instrumnent rating in-training pilot.  
Its all new to the ear so we must get in the habit of decoding the 
information.  Next time I'll have my recorder running so I dont have to 
write everything down.

Thanks Jim, Sebastion, and all...I'm going to try out SO-50 this 
afternoon.  And will try AO51 again after that.

Curt
KU8L
EN82



Jim Danehy wrote:
> I worked KU8L and I don't know if I was his first satellite QSO but glad to welcome him. See his post on being new to the birds. . . . he indicated we talk FAST . . .  well Sebastian, W4AS covered why we do . . . nice comment Sebastian . . . . it is very nice to see newcomers post with comments . . . we need more of that . . . . we also need to lead by example by using intelligent operating procedures . . .  AO51 is a great satellite . . . as Sebastian has pointed out ,  you can rag chew for 10 minutes on AO 7, VO 52 or FO 29 on SSB . . .  AO 16 although not with us much longer, also has some "group discussions" on it . . . .
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> Keep up the good work . . . . when an expedition to a Grid Square is in operation PLEASE defer to that station who has put in a lot of time, effort and probably expense to give folks a new one . . . the operator of that new GRID  should probably try to announce in some manner that he is operating a Grid Expedition so some who might not know will get the message . 
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>  GRID  EXPEDITION    GRID  EXPEDITION   
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> 73  Jim W9VNE
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