[amsat-bb] Poor Operators

[John Kludt]

All,

There is another practice that I have not seen addressed here that makes
thing really tough - talking way too fast.  I understand the reason but
fast talking just leads to the request for repeats which means more traffic
and/or busted Q's.  So in addition to turn down the power how about
talking just a little slowly and more clearly?

Just a suggestion.

John K4SQC

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 3:03 PM Isaac C via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> 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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