Re: [amsat-bb] Half duplex heresy on FO-29

[Emily Clarke <w0eec@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Drew,

I won't give you heat but I would like to disagree.  It's not about the 
bandwidth but rather, will it really help?

I think one of the real joys of working SSB full duplex is hearing your own 
signal and managing it's quality successfully.  It is an acquired skill and 
it takes time to acquire it.  In the end you become a non-lid and you have 
a great experience.  I think we should encourage this rather than try to 
accommodate hams by encouraging them to have a user experience that will be 
less than enjoyable, frustrating and will likely leave them feeling 
isolated and unsuccessful.

In the end, if you want to get new guys up on SSB sats there are some 
alternatives. One other suggestion could be to use a low cost all-mode 
receiver like the IC-R10 or PCR-1000 as the downlink receiver.  It would 
also be a nice idea to encourage I/K/Y to introduce a entry level QRP 
version of something like the 910H or 847.

73,

Emily


At 07:38 PM 12/16/2003 -0500, Drew wrote:
>I'm probably gonna catch a lot of heat for this....

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