I'd like to offer the following comments after having just finished SS Phone: 1.) How many times did we hear "please copy my number"? I don't want to be too critical about anyone who uses this phrase
I think people learn this during Field Day. I've never hear it used outside of these two contests. 73 - Jim AD1C == Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933,
I've got a tortoise-like phoneSS rate-sucker to add: 4) Using phonetics for the "middle" callsign in the exchange. This practice can double the exchange time when working someone with a bigger callsi
At 01:17 PM 11/17/03 -0500, Georgek5kg@aol.com wrote: I'd like to offer the following comments after having just finished SS Phone: 1.) How many times did we hear "please copy my number"? I don't wan
to be say outside of I think it proves that Sweepstakes still has a connection to it's roots, and that habits are persistent and passed on to the next generation. Sweepstakes was originally a traffi
How about "copy" to get you ready for the number, and "check" to get you ready for the next number? I find that many operator's VOX does not pick up for the full first syllable. I find the above meth
I would agree to some extent, but there were times when I got the call wrong the first time and the exchange clarified it. Having the phonetics helped. Also, I used that part of the exchange as a fil
I don't know that phonetics in the middle of the exchange are all bad stuff. Yes I think I have the call correct , however when they are given by KE7XYZ this gives me some time to correct the Q numbe
How about the old phrase, BE ADVISED........ Good it went by the wayside. Time to retire PLEASE COPY.... also! -- __________________________________________________________________________ Alan Zack
In aviation, there is the tiresome, to me, comment from traffic controllers who cannot see a particular portion of a landing site, that "Landing will be at your own risk." Funny, I always feel that I
Milt: I was about to comment on NOT using the word "check" before the check in the message when you suggested it is a good thing. In my opinion, "check" sounds too much like "six" in QRM. I couldn't
"Rex Maner" <k7qq@netzero.net> wrote: "I have found that giving my call phonetically is just an auto response as Que Que and Kbek Kbek , take about the same time and rolls off smoother for me." Likew
To me, anything that is NOT part of the exchange is a bad thing. Particularly during bad QRM. So "Please copy" and "check" could easily be confused as part of the exchange, and perhaps "4 M XY4XYZ 89
Hi Milt: NO, NO, PLEASE NO! :-) I'm glad I got that out of my system. The "check" sounds like a number and is totally unexpected in the middle of the exchange. (I usually end up typing "6".) I prefer
Aggghhh! A foot switch...no way. VOX forever! I hate to be tied to one spot for 48 hours. I also use "number" to get the vox tripped and to prepare the other guy for the exchange. Now if I could only
I also like it when some military controllers ask: "Say type aircraft", and we answer with HU25. (We tell the civilian controllers "Falcon Jet"). We are then asked what type of helicopter is a HU25.