[amsat-bb] Poor Operators

[Isaac C]

ps -. it was SO-50, pass 11:58 local time, Mar 12.

On Thursday, March 19, 2020, Isaac C <shorenicehere at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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/14YSF3hL6NBtRMkcw3gDcx8VURQ3dB
> UNl/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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