RE: [amsat-bb] FM Satellite Etiquette

[tlang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tony Langdon)]

Hello Rip!

15 Apr 01 22:48, you wrote to All:

 RS> I have tried a number of times to make a contact through UO-14, The
 RS> first problem was that I had difficulty finding a point where I felt
 RS> it was appropriate (from the standpoint of courtesy) to make a call.
 RS> So many people are calling on top of one another most of the time that
 RS> it is difficult to figure out when a QSO is complete or who might be
 RS> available for a call.

If there's a microsecond and no QSO actually in progress  GO FOR IT!!! :-) Yes,
you really do have to attack the FM birds, but I still like to let completed
QSOs finish first, then it's open season, once the exchange is done.

Tony, VK3JED

.. ds up, and give me all your taglines-I've got a phaser!
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