[amsat-bb] Poor Operators

[Isaac C]

Mike,
I am Isaac, W4ITC, grid FM14.
I am maybe two weeks ahead of you in the newbie category. I just got my
first QSO/QSL on March 12.
I connected with W0NBC.
After me, you can hear WB3CSY do an expert connection with someone else.  I
listened to many passed before I was brave enough to talk. It probably
shows.
My rig is qty 2 Baofengs @ 5w with a WA5VJB home-made antenna.

Best luck.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14YSF3hL6NBtRMkcw3gDcx8VURQ3dBUNl/view?usp=drivesdk


On Thursday, March 19, 2020, Mike Wilhelm via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> I've been collecting equipment and waiting for the right time to try and
> get on a bird.  Life is too busy...
> Anyway, it might be helpful if there were a few audio examples we could
> pass on to newbies and uninformed operators of good and bad operating.  I
> would recommend beeping out any parts of the call sign for any examples of
> poor operation.  I'd sure like to hear them.  Maybe even post them to a
> section on the AMSAT page covering operating?  I apologize if this is
> already out there...back to that too busy thing again.  I haven't had many
> opportunities to take my FT-470 outside with my Arrow and chase a bird.
> The QSOs I've heard seem like they go so fast and I'd hate to annoy anyone
> by being the slowpoke.
> 73!  Mike AF5AT
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:52 PM Brad Smith via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
> > I am a minimalist because I want to be a minimalist. I understand that
> the
> > FM bird is nothing more than a repeater and the strongest signal takes
> the
> > bird, even if someone else is talking. "Someone else is talking" is the
> > rude part. Last weekend, I was chasing a rover and got "KC9" out and into
> > the bird (I work full duplux, so know that I was in) and someone took
> over
> > by stepping on me. Luckily, I got him anyway, but someone was high power
> > and more important than me. That's the way contesters work. But, I don't
> > want to plaster someone's call on the board. I just hope that the person
> is
> > a member and thinks about it. Getting into a peeing contest with someone
> is
> > not beneficial to anybody, including the hobby. It used to be that if one
> > said "handheld" or "portable" guys would give them a break, but that
> > doesn't happen anymore. The birds are too crowded for that. There are
> > several people in my ham clubs that want to try satellite operation and
> > myself and my friend Rick (WA9JBQ) loves to
> >  mentor them and teach them the proper way to operate. Not everyone has
> > this benefit. I don't know what the answer is. Last Spring one ham was an
> > extremely poor operator on the birds, but is now a better operator. So,
> > something works. But there is always the tendency to crank up the power
> to
> > get the station that you want, if you have the power available. It is
> like
> > guys who I know that run 1,500 watts on FT8 to get what they want. I
> guess
> > it is going to happen and we have to live with that fact.
> >
> > As soon as I solve my equipment problem with my 847 and the weather turns
> > warmer, I will be back on the linear birds. I sure do miss FO-29. Brad
> > KC9UQR
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