KN also tells a breaking station that you're in QSO. So if they creep up on your signal during the tail end (callsign exchange), the context is clear. I've always taken KN to mean a context marking rather than some unfriendly indicator of exclusion. Haven't met any hams that are like that.... :)
73, matt W6NIA On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:31:18 -0400, you wrote: >bk doesn't bother me so much if it's sent as BK and not _BK_ (i.e. not run >together). For clarity's sake, if I just end with K I leave an extra amount of >space so that meaning is clear, per Igor's note below. > >I don't ever use _KN_ myself anymore. Mostly because, yes, it's a parentheses, >but also because all the ARRL books I ever read when I was studying back in >the '80's, and these books were older than that by some amount, said that _KN_ >means something like, "I only want a response from the other station, no >breaking stations please", which doesn't seem terribly friendly. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
