Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Stop Your Whining Already! / Satellite FIeld Day!

["Christopher E. Phelps" <n2yqp@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have worked AO-27 last year on the final pass from the Alamogordo hamfest,
with the low power setting of my FT51R at 20mw setting,  and the  sat just
scimming over the tops of the western mtn chain at about 10 to 15 degrees
over the horizon. No problem making QSO's on that pass. By the way, I will
be on the road to New York, either today or Sunday, be working 27 & 14 along
the way. Watch for me on APRS, on the web at http://map.findu.com/n2yqp ,
catch you there.
I will be monitoring 146.52 along the way. If in earshot say Hello.
Chris N2YQP
----- Original Message -----
From: <Lee810@aol.com>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Stop Your Whining Already! / Satellite FIeld
Day!


> In a message dated 7/7/00 7:01:19 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
> jono@enteract.com writes:
>
> > If I am running 100 Watts to 22 elements to the bird and it is at a LOW
> >  angle pass for me while you are running 5 watts to 3 elements and it is
> >  directly overhead for you, YOU MIGHT BE THE BIGGER STATION!!!  Guys,
> >  understand that working a satellite is NOT a linear thing.  People with
> >  overhead passes are far more able to work the bird better than those
who
> >  have low angle passes.  It's the difference of the satellite being a
few
> >  hundred miles away vs a few thousand!
>
> No,...YOU will be the bigger station because you're running more power and
> antenna gain.  That's the definition of a big station.  My signal may be
> bigger for a small window of time that the bird is overhead, but even if
the
> bird goes directly over my position, I'll be on the fringe of the
footprint
> for the beginning and ending (i.e. the majority) of the pass anyway.
Simply
> being on the edge of a satellite footprint is no excuse to use excessive
> power levels.
>
> When it's possible to work an FM bird from horizon to horizon with less
than
> 5 watts into a 3 element beam, why would anyone be working it with 100W
into
> a 22 element beam?  Would it be to wrestle control of the bird away from
> those running lower power levels?
>
> If someone really wants to correct the bad FD behavior we should make an
MP3
> or Real Audio recording available on a server that preserves for all
eternity
> the misbehavior of the offending stations.  This would go a long way to
> prevent the same thing from happening again.   We could call it the
> "Satellite Operators Hall of Shame".  :-)
>
> Lee Devlin, KØLEE  (K0LEE)
> Greeley, CO
> http://members.aol.com/lee810/ham.html
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