[amsat-bb] Calling CQ on linear sats

[Mark D. Johns]

Folks, if you can't hear yourself on the downlink, please don't keep calling CQ!

On passes of CAS4-4B and CAS-4A today, there were at least three
different stations calling CQ repeatedly, sometimes right on top of
other QSOs. They were each answered by multiple stations, but just
kept calling CQ, again and again.

I will not post callsigns here, and if email addresses had been
available on QRZ.com I would have written to each individually. But
these satellites are very active, so if no one is coming back to you,
or you don't hear other signals as you tune across the passband, OR IF
YOU DON'T HEAR YOURSELF, the problem is on your end. So fix your
receiver!
--
Mark D. Johns, KØJM
AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor
Brooklyn Park, MN USA   EN35hd
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