I have been noting those who use Mix W, and its popularity in Europe
is quite astonishing. I have now attained a sort of expertise in
guessing who is using the software by the similarity of the text
content transmitted by its users.
If my wife could see me constantly being referred to as "My dear
friend O M Mel" she would begin to wonder about my activities in the
shack !
Its a great pity, but fully understandable, that most foreign
operators use the various digital systems as they would if
transmitting using Morse code. There are many radio amateurs who are
unable to converse confidently in English, and I, of course would be
unable to converse in Bulgarian or Swedish. For those who are quite
able to speak and write English I cannot see why the stilted form of
communication, which is applied using Morse code, is used when using
PSK 31.
The complexity of writing macro's in simple English seems to have
defeated many operators with signs like ===== and <<<<< and >>>>>
and ***** and +++++ and {{{{ }}}}} appearing all over the monitor
screen with monotonous regularity !
If people regularly sent mail to these pages such as TNX FER YR TX FB
CPY U R 5NN I'm sure there would be some comment and that included
with the keyboard flotsam and jetsam !
Plain English as it is spoken, with less ===== and (((( )))) would be
appreciated. To those unable, Hpy Nw Yr fer 06. SK
Kind regards Mel G0GQK
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