On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 1:05 PM, DANNY DOUGLAS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I agree, they are useful for things like this. But at times!!!!!! Why, > when I have just resonded to someones call, and used his name and thanks for > a qso from Podunk city, does he need to come back and give me his name and > QTH? Its like people who dont listen to a conversation, telling you > something you just told them. Or , you listen to a guy working a pileup, and > each and every QSO he has to give the same info, in the same format etc. > etc. He is also givning each and every staiton a 59 or 599 report, even > though he had to ask them three times for his signal report, and twice for > names and QTH. You know he is just hitting a MACRO . The 100 people sitting > by trying to get his attention are all going to get the same info, in their > turn. So, it behooves us all to use them properly, and only when needed. Oh > - and Yeah, dont come to me with a Macro ON cw AT 40 WPM, if you cant read > 40 when I come back to llyou. I see way too much of that. > > > > > Danny Douglas > N7DC
I agree Danny. Yesterday a Hawaii station was working a steady pile on PSK31 and each time sent his name and also sent his QTH info two times, once when giving the RST and once when signing 73. A a simpe RST would have given others a chance to work him, then QSL info perhaps every 5 minutes. Andy
