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New Discovery from the Bolivian Journal of Medicine Physcians in Bolivia have recently released a paper on the destructive effects of pactor tones On the middle-aged radio amateur population. The pulse frequency of pactor 3 appears to cause anxiety and obsessive behavior among middle aged males exposed to these frequencies while engaged in their hobbies. The pulse noise appears to have a cumulative effect on the observed subjects, increasing anxiety and fear through each exposure. In extreme cases the obsession is all consuming, and the fear of robotic pactor operations has become the focus of these individuals to the exclusion of all other aspects of a broad based hobby. Scientists have observed that these obsessions appear to peak at the spring and fall equinox. There is also some speculation that the lower the latitude, the more obsessive the individuals become. As the syndrome progresses, The affected individuals increasingly become less able to form rational thoughts . As the anxiety deepens ,the individuals affected look for software cures which would curtail or eliminate pactor pulse when a frequency is used for other purposes. As the anxiety increases many individuals become focused on WINLINK, an organization which uses pactor tones to move data from radio amateurs around the world. While the use of WINLINK is considerably down from 20 years ago, it is still responsible for the majority of pactor pulse cases the scientists have observed. Scientist have also found that there is a readily available cure. They recommend turning off any email service for a week, and , at the same time using OLIVIA to communicate on the radio amateur bands. The soothing tones of Olivia, especially 1000/32 tones has been know to cure the most anxious of operators, especially when scotch or rum is consumed at the same time. While this is not a cure, the obsessive behavior should be in remission for several months after the one week cure. <snip> John VE5MU
