[amsat-bb] Band designators, Modes

[Bruce]

i do not think it would matter which order the numbers are written. 
simply make it a standard to add a U and D to indicate up and down. then 
order is irrelevant and there will never be any confusion. 437U/145D or 
145D/437U. does one not know what that would be no matter how it were 
written? avoids any and all confusion and is more simplistic. or use 
little letters.
73...bruce

On 7/6/2016 2:44 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
> Souldn't the order be 436 dn/145 up?
>
> Most radios and repeaters listings list the RX frequency (and receiver
> DIAL frequency first)  then the TX second.  You don't see the TX until you
> transmit which is a lower dutycycle.  SO first frequency should be the RX
> freq. IHMO Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> skristof at etczone.com
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>
> 144 up/436 dn
>
> No problem
>
> Steve
>
> On 2016-07-06 15:29, Robert Bruninga wrote:
>
>> Count me in STRONGLY for FREQUENCY, not even meters and centimeters.
>> My radio front panel reads in MHZ, not meters or centimeters.  And
>> absolutely none of the alphabet soup.
>>
>> IMHO
>> Bob, WB4APR
>> Getting older and more forgetful every day...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Peter
>> Laws
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 3:23 PM
>> To: Paul Stoetzer
>> Cc: AMSAT-BB
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Band designators, Modes
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
>>
>>> AMSAT can officially
>>> use one thing in publications (and has I've stated, generally adheres
>>> to that - with possible exception of the monikers for the less well
>>> known C/X band combination), but getting an entire community of
>>> amateurs to use consistent terminology is not likely to happen.
>> They really won't if AMSAT itself cannot seem to decide.  Read the
>> report in the current Journal about the Dayton Forum and see how much
>> of it is old-style modes and how much is the new, preferred (at least
>> by the guy that came up with it!) notation.
>>
>> Again, I am arguing (and I am arguing!) in favor of one, consistent
>> notation.  Because "U/v, or UV,  70 cm up, 2 down, you know, the old
>> Mode B" really sounds kind of silly.
>>
>> Remember, if you google "amsat mode", the first link (here, at least,
>> YMMV) is a 20+ year old FAQ that uses the old mode names ...  Just
> sayin'.
>> Seems like we ought to have ONE notation that means ONE thing.
>>
>> --
>> Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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