May God Bless You, Chuck.....
North Shores Amateur Radio Club in San Diego won the first AMSAT contest, and by quite a margin as I remember. Bruce knows all the scores and the year. And I'm sure it is on our site... We operated a low power station with two experienced hamsat operators, with plenty of help with logging, food, drinks and all the other "chores", about 15 members total. Antennas were all homebrew, and the plans for those antennas are still on my website, and I''ll put it up here after this message. We were unable to "overpower" anyone, and would not choose to do so, if we had the power. We exchanged qsl's with 95% of the contacts (sent 100%) and received cards from many club stations and individuals that hear us, but were unable to respond for one reason or another..... Most of the comments on here just make me ill, and of course no one is forcing me to read them... Gad some of you, get a life..., and I've been licensed over 60 years!!! Do we really need to write more and/or change the rules. We just need to >obey the rules we learned a long time ago. Really, aren't the rules that >govern Amateur Radio Etiquette similar to the same rules that we learned in >Kindergarten? >"These are the things I learned: > Share everything. > Play fair. > Don't hit people. > Put things back where you found them. > Clean up your own mess. > Don't take things that aren't yours. > Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. > Wash your hands before you eat. > Flush. > Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. > Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and >sing and dance and play and work every day some. > Take a nap every afternoon. > When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and >stick together. > Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the >roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, >but we are all like that. > Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the >Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we. > And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you >learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK." >Everything you need to know about Ham Radio and life in general is in there >somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and >politics and equality and sane living. >[Source: "ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN" by Robert >Fulghum] > >;-)) And here's to wishing you a Happy Field Day 2012! >Chuck, KM9U > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tim Cunningham" <tim_cunning...@charter.net> >To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org> >Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 17:49 >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess > > >Read the AMSAT rules. The title of the AMSAT rules IS clear when you read >the title as "2011 AMSAT Field Day Competition ". > > >Tim - N8DEU > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Geiger" <aa...@fidmail.com> >To: "STeve Andre'" <and...@msu.edu> >Cc: <amsat-bb@amsat.org> >Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 2:11 PM >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess > > >Of course it isn't a contest. The best evidence is that they print the >scores in QST! > >73s John AA5JG > >On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:09 PM, STeve Andre' <and...@msu.edu> wrote: > > > Well, is IS a contest, no matter what the ARRL says. People see it as > > such. > > My first FD before I was a ham, looked like a contest to me and it was > > only > > later, reading all the ARRL books I could get ahold of that I realized it > > really wasn't one. > > > > All contests where you go outside are test runs for emergency stuff. > > Our club in Ann Arbor MI (Arrow Communication Association) does the > > summer vhf+ contests outside (6m-1296) and those have been a great > > way to figure out ways of doing stuff. > > > > I would argue that the ARRL needs to change the way they talk, and > > offer FD as both a contest and exercise in communications, and > > speak of the exercise opportunities at the other contests, especially > > those of rovers. > > > > --STeve Andre' > > wb8wsf en72 > > > > On 06/27/11 14:21, Nigel Gunn wrote: > > > A bigger FD problem is that FD is advertised as a chance to demonstrate > > > your emergency comms ability to Joe Public. > > > FD is NOT a contest so why are points and bonuses involved at all? > > > > > > On 27/06/11 19:13, Bill Acito W1PA wrote: > > >> I think we have to let go of the mantra that any use of the bandwidth > > is good use with respect to encouraging more satellite activity. Wasnt > > that the original intent of the 100 point bonus items? To encourage > > specific activities traffic handling, promotion, emergency power, etc. > > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > >_______________________________________________ >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 73, Dave, WB6LLO dguim...@san.rr.com Disagree: I learn.... Pulling for P3E... _______________________________________________ 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
