[amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess

[Jim Jerzycke]

"One-and-Done" is fine for the FM satellites. The (ONE!) guy I worked on 
SO-50 even said "Well, that's it on this bird!", and I got him later on 
AO-7.

We had a group of people who wanted to watch us work the satellites, so 
my son graciously surrendered his headphones, and several people 
listened as I ran AO-7 and VO-52.

They really enjoyed it, and now have a better understanding of what 
"Doppler Shift" is, and by watching the SatPC32 display, and the 
antennas, also have a basic understanding of satellite orbits, and why 
you need to keep moving the antennas.

I let them listen to some low passes of SO-50 and AO-51 that were mostly 
out over the Pacific, and as K6LCS said, the operators were well behaved.

I wouldn't dare let them listen to a pass over the middle of the 
country, as I'm sure they'd be discouraged!

73, Jim

On 06/28/2011 04:04 AM, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:
> I can absolutely claim at least 3 satellite converts as a result of the old
> get on the air and hammer away method, but 0 converts since the one and done
> era.
>
> Joe kk0sd
>
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> Behalf Of Majdi S. Abbas
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 4:42 PM
> To: Diane Bruce
> Cc: AMSAT
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 05:18:54PM -0400, Diane Bruce wrote:
>> Now hear me out before you hit that reply key. Field day operators
>> are interested in those bonus points, we (amsat) are interested in
>> promoting amateur radio sat operations. How many of these field day
>> operations actually result in new satellite operators? Where are the
>> surveys, stats? Does the extra massive battery use of our sats justify
>> the PR? Keep in mind the state of AO-51 and FO-29.
>>
>> Am I the only one? I'd be interested in a non-flame war discussion.
> 	Sure, the person operating the radio is trying to collect the
> bonus points for their operation.
>
> 	But most Field Day operations are a *group* effort.  Many of
> the hams present may never have operated a satellite, and if shown
> that they can get on the FM sats relatively easily, may give it a
> try.  There are typically dozens of people present besides the
> satellite operator, at least a few of which express some interest.
>
> 	People who collect bonus points usually go for the public
> location/information table bonus as well, so you may be introducing
> possible future hams to satellite work.
>
> 	If the argument is 'show me the data,' feel free to go collect it;
> the published FD scores is a good starting point for reaching out to
> the involved parties.  Or you could fund a survey.
>
> 	It seems silly to demand that outreach be justified for you;
> without it, you won't need those satellites anyway.  Lack of outreach
> is a self correcting problem -- just add time, and there won't be any
> satellites left.
>
> 	73,
>
> 	Majdi, N0RMZ
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