I agree. Set aside a single FM satellite with a designated team of high power operators who hand off net control duties as the bird crosses the planet. Standard operating practice in picking out call sign fragments or by 1st letter of the suffix, and working through the pileup. The folks on the ground will catch on fast, and I bet we'd have more points awarded per pass than with what we do today. And, in the spirit of emergency preparedness, operating with a net control would be a whole lot closer to normal. (And, no, I don't expect that we'd make a lot of use of FM Voice on a LEO in a real emergency, but we'll never know how to work that eventual HEO bird if we don't practice on something we do have.)
Greg KO6TH > From: gary_mayfi...@hotmail.com > To: tim_cunning...@charter.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:17:28 -0500 > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess > > You know there is something here. I worked some late night on 80 meters. > The noise was high and signals were few. I came across a station with a big > signal, and worked him easily. Then I noticed he was working lots of folks! > I suspect he had put a lot more time and energy into his 80 meter station > than we had into ours. Is it fair he gets to make more contacts with his > bigger better station? I think I would argue it is. It is his reward for > all of that effort. Did he make it possible for stations that may not have > otherwise made a contact 80 to make a contact? Yes, he did. He was > monopolizing the frequency, but it seemed to make for a lot of contacts.... > > Joe kk0sd > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of Tim Cunningham > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 9:53 PM > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD Mess > {snip} > > It is time to move forward and change the course of chaos. > > My suggestion is to allow a Net Control type of operation. Let us say you > make 5, 10 or more sequential QSO's and pass it off to another station who > can capture and command the satellite, if there is one. Efficiency is > improved when there is a target. I guess my only point here is that doing > nothing will change nothing. We still have the 1 QSO limit so nobody has to > worry about a monopoly or somebody running up there point total. I would do > it and not claim a QSO point if needed in order to see it changed for the > better. When somebody hears a target station they will call it and/or the > target station can respond to those calling. This operation clearly netted > the most QSO's being made at a specific time in history. It also clears > traffic on the satellite faster when stations get their 100 bonus points for > the ARRL event or 1 point for the AMSAT event. At this point the other > station is dancing in the field bragging about their contact plus they would > not get any additional! credit even if they made another contact anyway. Disallowing a net style or control point for multiple contacts on an FM satellite only promotes chaos. This is my point and a suggestion for the box. > > > > Thank you for your interest and sincerity in advance, > > Tim - N8DEU > _______________________________________________ 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
