[amsat-bb] FO-29 and being a good transponder op

[Jim Jerzycke]

It was the same on Field day.

I was consistently by myself in the upper third of the transponder, and 
had to drop downto make QSO's.

73, Jim  KQ6EA (K6AA FD Op)


On 09/11/2014 11:20 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
> Lots of activity has been happening on FO-29 in the evenings lately. The
> pass times are favorable, and there are rovers out and about.
>
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>
> This evening, there were at least three mobile, portable, or omni antenna
> stations all piled up in the very center of the passband calling CQ on top
> of each other. None were hearing the others it seems, or willing to move. It
> was an ugly, embarrassing mess, completely unnecessary.
>
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>
> Folks, FO-29 has a passband that is 100 kHz wide. There is no reason to all
> pile up in the dead center and QRM each other. Spread out a little bit,
> ESPECIALLY if your operational plan is to call CQ with omni antennas or
> half-duplex and tune around for replies. You'll make more contacts and have
> less QRM in the long run.
>
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> The long standing convention on linear transponder satellites has been lower
> third CW, middle mixed CW and SSB, and upper third SSB. Let's try to use
> this resource in a more responsible and cooperative manner.
>
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> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
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