[amsat-bb] Field Day (whew)

David Bartholomew dgbartholomew at gmail.com
Mon Jun 25 18:39:11 UTC 2018


Guys, guys, I didn't intend to start an argument, that was not my intent at
all.
Maybe "dismayed" wasn't the right term to use.  My interpretation of the
rules was "do one FM contact and that's all." The spirit of it was to help
keep the satellite clear for others to make their contact.
I thought the spirit of this was to also apply to the other sats to help
reduce crowding on them, even though the rule didn't say so.  As it
happened, I was fortunate to get a good contact on the first sat we tried
and then I got off of there.

The guy at the other FD station had mentioned how many FM sat contacts he'd
made during FD and I saw him make more.  I didn't say anything, figured it
was his choice.
Besides, he had such a nice setup with three antennas and a rotator, and
all of that for one contact? Why not make more and get on more passes.  It
just wasn't what I would have done.

73... Dave AD7DB


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