[amsat-bb] Poor Operators

[Mike Wilhelm]

Sorry I missed a lot of your replies.  Many thanks to all !


On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 3:07 PM Mike Wilhelm <af5at.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Glenn, Isaac !  I appreciate the help.
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 1:52 PM 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/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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