Field Day to my understanding is to see how ops can get on the with the bare minimum of equipment needed to make the contact.NOT to blast the **** out of the bird and walk all over the little guy trying to play fair.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff KB2M" <k...@comcast.net> To: "AMSAT" <amsat-bb@amsat.org> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 10:35:35 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess If it wasn't for the Oscar class stations making "HI POWER multi contacts" who would help the vast majority of weak portable FD stations make their one FD contact? Certainly not a weak station calling CQ for 5 passes! I've never heard two OCS making contact with each other, it's always with a much weaker station. This is the other side of the same argument heard every year after FD. Anyway I got my contact :) 73 Jeff kb2m 2A SNJ -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of wa4...@comcast.net Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 11:14 AM To: AMSAT Subject: [amsat-bb] FD Mess It took me 5 satellite passes before I could make 1 contact There were too many ops making what sounded like HI POWER multi contacts .This should not have happened. Maybe someone with good writting skills could send the ARRL world above 50 an artical on how to work the birds during FD WA4HFN em55 Damon _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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
