[amsat-bb] FD sat contacts

Fri Jun 23 23:52:59 UTC 2017

Jeff,
      I for one agree. I don't like the single FM rule or the fact that working w1aw on FO-29 and working w1aw on AO-73 is a dupe in the ARRL rules.              I've thought put w1aw and k6kph on the FM birds with some serious punch and have them hand out contacts on the FM birds. And have them be the only contacts that count...Or drop the 100 point bonus eliminating a lot of folks without satellite experience.
    Don't want to start a flame war just expressing my opinion.

73,Joe kk0sd 

    On Thursday, June 22, 2017 7:20 PM, Jeff Griffin <jeff_griffin at comcast.net> wrote:

 HI Paul, yes I know the rules well after 20 years. What I’m talking about is a total restructure of the sat contact thing. I would like a way to make sat operations a contest, like the rest of the bands. I’m looking for ideas…

73 Jeff kb2m

From: Paul Stoetzer [mailto:n8hm at arrl.net] 
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 8:03 PM
To: AMSAT-BB; Jeff Griffin
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FD sat contacts

They are fine, though confusing about the meaning of contacting "different satellites." Does that mean that "satellite" is a band and working a station on more than one satellite would be a dupe? I'm not sure. AMSAT rules allow you to work the same station on multiple satellites.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 19:47 Jeff Griffin <kb2m at arrl.net> wrote:

Does anyone have any comments on the current ARRL FD satellite contact
rules?

73 Jeff kb2m

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