My daughter, who is a new ham has just given up on trying SO-50. 5 times now
she has set up the station to work someone and the moment she unkeys, there is
someone calling and not listening. We here, have a TS-2000 with az-el setup and
2 yagis with auto tracking. I totally agree with the comments here on this
subject of wild west operations on SO-50. It is out of control. Here on the
wet coast there is a WA6 ( wont say his call here ) every day that is
constantly either ruining qso's or using way too much power and wiping out
transponders completely. And if you call this LID, he either cannot hear you or
ignores you and continues his ignorant disregard for other users so HE can get
HIS contacts and to heck with anyone else. A constant and rather rude
transponder HOG that is on almost every pass of every voice satellite. So as of
today, we (my daughter and I) will go back to weak signal work and drop off
satellite use until these LIDS either disappear or
something. Our 2 cents worth. Everyone have a great day wherever you might
be. 73.<br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad
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