[amsat-bb] Fox, "Easy Sats"....et al....

[Jim Jerzycke]

Yuri is an experienced operator, not somebody with an HT and an 
Arrow/Elk standing in their backyard waving the antenna around and 
saying "Helllllooooooo" into the radio for the entire pass.

Jim  KQ6EA


On 07/04/2015 06:34 PM, R.T.Liddy wrote:
> Yuri, UT1FG/MM has worked many stations half-duplex and givenout a ton of rare grids. Maybe he should be educated about how "dumb"his operating technique is? ? ? ? ?
> Bob K8BL
>        From: Michael <Mat_62 at charter.net>
>   To: "amsat-bb at amsat.org" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>   Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2015 1:02 PM
>   Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox, "Easy Sats"....et al....
>     
> Once again I feel the need to say that we have gone in the wrong
> direction by trying to convince everyone how easy a  "sat"  is to work
> with a handheld antenna. I got into satellite communication because of
> the technical challenge involved, not by how "easy it was".
>    This whole half or full duplex issue is a symptom of  "dumbing down"
> There should never be any question on it.  Full duplex should ALWAYS be
> used.
> 73,
> Michael, W4HIJ
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