[amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess

[Joe]

True and isn't that actually breaking a FCC rule law also,  ya know we 
must only run the minimum power needed to maintain the contact?  being 
50 DB stronger than any other signal on the bird is clearly breaking a 
federal law. rule.

Joe WB9SBD

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On 6/27/2011 10:54 AM, wa4hfn at comcast.net wrote:
> Field Day to my understanding is to see how ops can get on the with the bare minimum of equipment needed to make the contact.NOT to blast the **** out of the bird and walk all over the little guy trying to play fair.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff KB2M"<kb2m at comcast.net>
> To: "AMSAT"<amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 10:35:35 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess
>
>   If it wasn't for the Oscar class stations making "HI POWER multi contacts"
> who would help the vast majority of weak portable FD stations make their one
> FD contact? Certainly not a weak station calling CQ for 5 passes!  I've
> never heard two OCS making contact with each other, it's always with a much
> weaker station. This is the other side of the same argument heard every year
> after FD. Anyway I got my contact :)
>
> 73 Jeff kb2m 2A SNJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of wa4hfn at comcast.net
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 11:14 AM
> To: AMSAT
> Subject: [amsat-bb] FD Mess
>
> It took me 5 satellite passes before I could make 1 contact There were too
> many ops making what sounded like HI POWER multi contacts .This should not
> have happened. Maybe someone with good writting skills could send the ARRL
> world above 50 an artical on how to work the birds during FD
> WA4HFN em55  Damon
>
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