My 2c worth. Looks like everybody got different trigger points or words
that trigger people.
One guy on our 2 meter repeater gets triggered by multiple 73 ( like:
73s )
Lou KE1F / ZF2XY
Peter Dougherty wrote:
At 11:08 AM 6/3/2008, David Yarnes wrote:
You describe the problem very well. The only thing is, it's kind of
like an accent. You can pick it up going in, and you tend to lose it
going out. Habits are hard to break, but so long as we don't pick up
on it ourselves, I think in time it will begin to fade.
Personally hearing "QSL" instead of "over" doesn't bother me in the
slightest, especially if the QSO is with someone who doesn't speak
English very well. The more of an impediment the language barrier is
the more inclined I am to follow the other op's lead; if he turns it
over to me with "QSL?" I will use that with him if there's any doubt
and if condx are marginal, etc.
For stateside-to-stateside or between native English-speakers (from
anywhere), I think it's silly, but to each their own. On local
repeaters, though, it does grate on me, as does most other "lingo"
when both sides are full-quieting and in-range of the repeater. When I
elmer new hams I stress the importance of just speaking to other hams
the same as you'd talk to non-radio friends on the phone.
The one bit of cb-crap that sets my teeth on edge is "on the side."
Regards,
Peter,
W2IRT
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