[amsat-bb] Missed Connection AO-7(b)

[Gabriel Zeifman]

Maybe next time I think about doing a trip to a never before heard grid I
should tell everyone who wants it to “take a hike”. There are a few selfish
morons out there who are reminded time and time again and continue to
disrupt the hobby for the rest of the responsible users out there. It was a
wonderful morning flight down to CO36 this morning before work to hand out
this new grid to a grand total of four people on AO-92 and SO-50. I also
really enjoyed listening to nothing for several minutes to discover AO-7
had been killed by an idiot, ruining the chance for anyone outside the very
limited range of those FM passes to get the grid.

73,
Gabe
AL6D/VE6NJH

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 4:10 PM R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:

>  There are only a few folks doing SAT-CW on a regular basis.
> It shouldn't be difficult to figure out who they might be.
> Maybe it's already known and someone talked with the person  and they said
> "Take a hike!!".  Or, maybe not.
> I can't imagine the person remains unknown.
> GL/73,     Bob  K8BL
> P.S.  BTW, can you believe AO-7 was launched in 1974? !!!!!!
>
>     On Monday, April 1, 2019, 7:54:00 PM EDT, Mike Diehl <
> diehl.mike.a at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  There I was standing on the side of the road on a breezy afternoon around
> 1930z. I had a piece of 3/4” 6061 in one hand and my PTT switch in the
> other with only my IC-910H at minimum power to keep me warm. I was
> listening to the sweet sound of noise at 145.938 MHz with an occasional
> “one two” to keep my manual tuning on track while I awaited for the sweet
> DX to get into the footprint.
>
> Then you entered the scene pounding away with your CW and sweeping around
> demanding attention. You were as strong as an ox. You were splattering
> throughout the whole 60kHz of the passband, how could anyone miss you? And
> then as suddenly as you appeared there was utter silence. I mean, with that
> much power how could you not bring any bird to it’s knees?
>
> Perhaps we can meet again sometime, maybe try QRP for a less dramatic
> entrance and we can have a chance to have a conversation.
>
> 73,
> Mike Diehl
> W8LID/VE6LID
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