I want to respond to the comments on this topic on the bbs. I feel
education to the newbie
operators is a must. I do this in my presentations and demos at ham fests
and club meetings. I think that AMSAT Area Coordinators are a source
to do this. Coordinators can be mentors and demonstrate proper operating
procedure for comms thru the satellites.
I have been guilty of all the points that have been made in this
thread. I have
learned a lot from the mail on the bbs.
I tell the folks to use low power, either a full duplex ht or two
hts,(one for
up link and one for down link). Always listen before transmitting. Make
sure
you can hear your down link signal. Make your transmissions short...
remember
the satellite passes are short for LEOs. I used to like to work the
HEOs. Lots
of time and various modes...(AO40 sob, sob eh Bob)Oh well maybe someday
73,Dale
KL7XJ
AMSAT Area Coordinator, Alaska
Er13 1:08 PM, Kevin M wrote:
I tried that. And I can assure you both I was very polite. My first attempt was
replied to with three words, all in caps and exclamation points. I took that as
being yelled at. Then later when the person was 'speaking' to me again, I tried
a second time with more better detail to very politely explain the issue. That
attempt was then replied to with a long paranoid, accusatory diatribe about how
I was being influenced and being used to do others' dirty work. (???) The
diatribe ended with me being told they did not want to hear from me any further
on the subject. - I used to work in public service (police/ambulance) and I
have extended first hand experience with unstable individuals; you cannot
reason with them, they are already convinced that they are correct. My point
is, it's a good idea, but if they were 'open to suggestion' they would have
likely asked in the first place. Now, that's not always the case, as I have
also had someone else take my
suggestion about reducing power levels and thank me for doing so and being
nice about it! But the most egregious offenders tend to be the ones that don't
take criticism well. - All I can say is good luck to everyone and I hope things
get better on the sats.
W7LRD said:
the best we can do is to "politely" educate the alleged offenders,
usually via email.
W1MSG said:
What we need to do is exactly what someone else said, shoot the offending
station an e-mail and try to elmer them in operating procedures.
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