AMEN brother! I called CQ multiple times on AO-7 in CW last night between 145.940 and 145.944 (downlink), and NOBODY was tuning down that far. I found that very disappointing, as I did the close proximity of all the stations on FO-29 and VO-52.
I believe a lot of us could have made a lot more contacts on the linear satellites if we'd just used the passband. Thanks for this post Drew! 73 to all, Tim - N3TL -------------- Original message from "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbren...@mindspring.com>: -------------- > I took this screen grab of this morning's eastern FO-29 pass, and what it > shows is in my opinion very illustrative of a problem that is getting worse > even on days other than Field Day. > > http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q305/glasbrenner/radio/FO-29FDanotated.jpg > > Spread out! There is no good reason that we should have a dozen operators > fighting over the center 15 kHz of a 100 kHz wide transponder. Remember the > gentlemen's agreement is the lower third is for CW, middle 1/3 is for mixed > ops, and the upper 1/3 is for SSB. There is nothing magic about the Doppler > shift at the very center of the passband that simple addition and > subtraction can't duplicate elsewhere. > > Just my opinion, and please take it constructively. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
