I used %F4 under marginal conditons (sub ESP copy) to ask 189 189 189 ???? (if
I'd copied something that might or might not be 189), and again under marginal
conditions for a TU message that was something like W4UK TU 189 189 DE WI0WA
CQ. The %F4 command probably shouldn't be used all the time but to me it can be
used to verify the number or ask if you have it correct.
-- Jerry Flanders <jeflanders@comcast.net> wrote:
The only thing that bugs me more than getting my number repeated back to me
is getting a 73 included near the end! Well, maybe getting past the serial
nr 599, too, but that only happens once per contest.
The exchange I always hope for (and sometimes get) includes the SN given 3
times WITH NO HYPHENS. I want spaces in there so my USOS can deal with
shift problems. Why 3 times? I am confident of the number if I see 2 out of
3 agree. Too often, it is given twice and they disagree - then we start a
lengthy repeat cycle... For most (but not all) of the recent WPS contest I
sent my serial number 3 times, and got very few repeat requests.
Jerry W4UK
At 17:30 2/17/04, David O Hachadorian wrote:
>On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:31:05 -0000 "Nick Kail" <m3mlr@tiscali.co.uk>
>writes:
> > Hi guys
> > Thought I'd throw this one into the pot
> > Over the contest last week I noticed some stations giving me a QSL
> > on the
> > number I have given them
>
> > Anyone know the bit to do that as I have looked in the manual and
> > couldn't
> > find it
>
>I think this is a bad practice.
>First, it takes too much time.
>Second, it has the possibility to
>create confusion over whose number
>is what, especially if conditions
>are marginal.
>
>Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
>Yuma, AZ
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