[amsat-bb] Calling CQ on linear sats

[Bob Liddy (K8BL)]

 Mark,

In addition to your good advice about hearing yourself. I'd tell folks
to make sure they hear other Stations or the Beacon before even
transmitting the first time. That would also cover those who are
half-duplex.

GL/73, Bob K8BL


> > On May 4, 2020, at 7:29 PM, Mark D. Johns via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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!
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> > Mark D. Johns, KØJM
> > AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor
> > Brooklyn Park, MN USA  EN35hd
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