Thank you for the FD QSOs to all we worked.
13 QSOs on FO 29
1 QSO VO 52
There were great passes on AO 7 but that is when we had our program problems.
K4AMG was the GOTA Station for the Chesapeake Amateur Radio Service, W4CAR
Hope everyone had a great FD.
R
W4BUE
Chesapeake Amateur radio Service W4CAR operated FD 3A not 2A as first
stated. K4AMG was the GOTA and SAT Station 3A VA.
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A quick follow-up and some questions.
I made it to the FD site about 11pm local.
Schedule had two passes of SO-50 (1am and 3am) and two
passes of AO-7 (at 4am and 6am local).
Let's focus on AO-7. I had my FT-847, two 10 ft lengths of coax,
and the trusty Arrow dual-band.
I had my Ubuntu
Lets see now, some tongue in cheek ideas on the use of FM birds.
1. FCC prohibit FM radios that put out more than 5 watts on satellite
frequencies.
2. FM satellites should have controlled access similar to closed
repeaters so only authorized operators could use them.
3. Ban the use of any
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
Hello All,
I too was disappointed by the pileups on all the satellites, our FD
location, W2GSB,is part of our Town Hall facility, it is a great location
for the public to experience what we do as amateur radio operators. However
it is a very poor location for satellite activity, too much RF
I thought there was a '1 contact per pass' agreement on FD?
Did I miss the memo?
Ted, K7TRK
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