[amsat-bb] FM Sats

[R.T.Liddy]

Caleb (Call???),


When you hear someone announce their Call or Call & Grid (Nobody calls CQ),
and there is no other QSO in progress, give their and from your Call
or Call & Grid. Always use standard phonetics and individual numbers. 

Example:
(RX)  Whiskey One Alpha Bravo, Fox November Two Zero
(TX)  Whiskey One Alpha Bravo from Kilo Six Yankee Zulu
(RX)  Kilo Six Yankee Zulu here is Whiskey One Alpha Bravo,
       Fox November Two Zero, over
(TX)  Whiskey One Alpha Bravo, QSL from Kilo Six Yankee Zulu,
       Delta Mike One Four
(RX)  QSL Seven Three from Whiskey One Alpha Bravo

Try to be quick before some else calls W1AB. If they do, wait for the
sequence to finish and call. If someone else announces their Call, you
can call them or W1AB. Or, you could announce your Call and see if someone
calls you. In any event, do not make any call if there is a QSO already
in progress. Remember, the FM birds are a shared resource and there may
be a number of Hams anxiously waiting to use it. Be fast and brief.

GL/73,     Bob  K8BL



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From: Caleb Smith <caleb at calebsmith.net>
To: alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> 
Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM Sat Exhuberance



While we're on this topic -- any tips for new hams wanting to work the
satellites? I've listened to about 5 passes but always feel like if I call
in I'll step over someone. Do I toss out just my call? A call and a grid?
Do I try to call someone else I heard? Generally I'd listen with an sdrplay
RSP2 and transmit with a cheap handheld, so I do have full duplex
capability.

On Tue, May 8, 2018, 2:51 PM alex weimer <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:

> I happened to be listening on AO-91 at 1939UTC and was appalled at the
> lack of etiquette on some stations working the satellite. One station in
> particular was adamantly calling everyone on the satellite without letup !!
> Nobody left any space in between calls to enable anyone else to make a
> contact !  One station tried to make a call to an XE2 station but everyone
> just jumped on top without let up !! I don't know what the answer is but it
> sure is one reason that I do not work the FM birds very often. COME ON GUYS
> ... Courtesy is the name of the game .. If you have worked that station
> before, don't call him/her again on the very next pass..  Sorry to be
> running off at the mouth but this is definitely getting to be a problem !!
> JACK  KC7MG
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