[amsat-bb] Noise on band affecting SAT OPs

[W3AB/GEO]

I had no idea there was a MS-EET. I still have no idea what it really is other than a technical degree. I certainly appreciate the studies required. What I don't appreciate is the snobbery.

You can tell us how "smart" you are but the real sign of intelligence is mentorship.

Figure it out smartypants.

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73 de W3AB/GEO​

On May 4, 2018, 19:29, at 19:29, Ted Krempa <k7trkradio at charter.net> wrote:
>Steve, it's an MS-EET thing (look that one up !!)
>
>73, K7TRK
>
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>Wow. A person politely offers a few reasonable suggestions and the
>shields go full up, yes? Remind me to bow down to you if I ever meet
>you
>in person, oh conqueror of Pathfinder T-hunts. (All-night) 
>
>Steve AI9IN
>
>On 2018-05-04 17:58, Dale Kubichek via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>
>>> Sir,
>>> Before you lecture me on etiquette, how to kumbaya, or methods I
>need to
>know if you were ever a LA Section OOC? And how many Southern
>California
>All-Day, Fullerton, Nohl Ranch, ALL-Night, Pathfinder T-Hunts have you
>ever
>won? Do you know who started the Pathfinder T-Hunt or won the WA6FAT
>OIALT
>Hunt? Thank you very much. 
>>> 
>>> Best regards,   
>>> Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX
>>> 
>>> On Friday, May 4, 2018, 3:20:09 PM EDT, Eric Fort
><eric.fort.listmail at fortconsulting.org> wrote:  
>>> 
>>> Maybe the better solution is a bit more neighborly. Get a group of
>hams
>together to definitively find the source of the interference and go
>talk
>with those who are responsible and be nice about it. Also just because
>there
>is a big tower in the same area as the interference does not mean the
>tower
>is the source. Correlation does not equal causation. Some other things
>to
>consider..... is this broadband noise you describe a constant carrier
>or
>does it rise and fall possibly with another source or sources on
>another
>frequency or frequencies (which ones)?  Where specifically does the
>interference come from?  Can and have you triangulated and tracked it
>down
>definitely to its source of origin and can you prove the geographic
>source
>location with hard data down to a radius of oh at least a couple
>hundred
>feet or so?  Most of the people I know that work with radio and
>communications systems are pretty conscientious about keeping their
>systems
>in good working order and fixing things (like
>interference) when they know they have a problem. Could it be that no
>one
>has alerted the proper responsible parties in a polite and helpful way
>with
>hard data to back it up and document the issue as to time, place, and
>characteristics as documented above?  Also note that if the source *is*
>found to be something related to emcomm systems they generally have
>another
>reason to be nice, helpful, and responsive to hams.  We tend to be
>their
>backup when all hell breaks loose. So go get a group of friends
>together and
>organize a t-hunt. Once you can define exactly where, when, (and how)
>the
>interference occurs, make some polite and inquisitive calls to find the
>parties responsible and offer to help resolve the issue however you
>can. The
>relationships you build through this process will likely be long
>lasting and
>have the potential to pay dividends over the long term for the entire
>amateur community. 
>>> 
>>> Af6ep 
>>> 
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