[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-06-01 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On 31/05/12 18:02, Clint Bradford wrote: ... If you can't hear the downlink, stop calling ... Absolutely! If you cannot hear the bird, do not transmit. ... which totally negates this nonsense about only ever working full-duplex on the FM sats. If you can hear the sat, you can hit the sat.

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-06-01 Thread don
On 1/06/2012 6:30 p.m., Gordon JC Pearce wrote: On 31/05/12 18:02, Clint Bradford wrote: ... If you can't hear the downlink, stop calling ... Absolutely! If you cannot hear the bird, do not transmit. ... which totally negates this nonsense about only ever working full-duplex on the FM

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-05-31 Thread Eric Knaps, ON4HF
I'm sorry Clint, but this is the way I see it: If you can't hear the downlink, stop calling cq because you won't hear anyone to talk to. I know that station for a long time and this wasn't the first time. When I call cq on a lineair transponder, Jean-Marie is also there to call also cq on the

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-05-31 Thread Clint Bradford
... If you can't hear the downlink, stop calling ... Absolutely! If you cannot hear the bird, do not transmit. ... calling CQ ... Calling CQ is not an appropriate method on the FM voice sats. Clint K6LCS ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-05-31 Thread Eric Knaps, ON4HF
Hi Craig, and others, I use full duplex from the first day that I use the ham satellites. I also prefer the ssb birds but if I am working handheld with an arrow antenna I can only work the fm sats for now :-( with 2 portables, full duplex as it should be. If Jean-Marie had wait for about 20

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-05-31 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: Eric Knaps, ON4HF on...@telenet.be To: Clint Bradford clintbra...@earthlink.net Cc: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 6:51 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit If you can't hear the downlink, stop calling cq because you won't hear

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-05-30 Thread Clayton Coleman W5PFG
Maybe we should bring back the guillotine? On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Clint Bradford clintbra...@earthlink.netwrote: Well, I ask, WHEN did the true spirit of ham radio CHANGE to the point where we can demean fellow hams in public message groups - WITHOUT simply contacting an offending

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-05-30 Thread Jeff Yanko
- From: Clayton Coleman W5PFG kayakfis...@gmail.com To: Clint Bradford clintbra...@earthlink.net Cc: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 3:24 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit Maybe we should bring back the guillotine? On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Clint Bradford

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-05-30 Thread Craig Gagner
After doing a little research I think Eric is more than qualified to know what Amateur Radio is all about and how the Ham Spirit has changed. After working HF for over 20 years he is well aware. He has a very impressive looking Satellite set up and I am sure he could hear his own signal quite

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-05-30 Thread Clint Bradford
I am back to contacting schools/museums for NASA regarding their upcoming ARISS projects ... Issues? What issues? (grin) Clint K6LCS ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-05-30 Thread John Spasojevich
The interesting thing is that this issue was brought up and caused by three EU hams. Why and how this type of thing always seems to degenerate into a commentary on the general ham condition and a personal war wages between people who were not even in the original event is an interesting statement

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-05-30 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
At 03:50 PM 5/30/2012 -0700, Clint Bradford clintbra...@earthlink.net wrote: I am back to contacting schools/museums for NASA regarding their upcoming ARISS projects ... Issues? What issues? (grin) Clint K6LCS Don't Ya just love how FM LEO's bring out the best in everyone? ;-) KB7ADL

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Spirit

2012-05-30 Thread Edward R. Cole
Enough. I unsubscribe - there I am finally finished with anything to do with amsat. Ed - KL7UW ex-member 3212 (worked on AO-6) and now ex bb subscriber! At 02:58 PM 5/30/2012, you wrote: The interesting thing is that this issue was brought up and caused by three EU hams. Why and how this