When working split on 40 I try to make a habit of taking a split
second glance at the frequency readout after hitting the PTT
button and before speaking. Being on the wrong side of the split
is a mistake that's just too easy to make. As you mention
sometimes it's jut a matter of not hitting the button hard enough.
One thing that's good to know is that no one is doing it on
purpose and we are all looking for better ways to avoid the error.
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73, Rich - W3ZJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-writelog@contesting.com
> [mailto:owner-writelog@contesting.com]On Behalf Of
> Laurence 'Mike'
> Hammer
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 2:07 PM
> To: Scott Babb
> Cc: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Packet enhancement request
>
>
>
> At 10:38 PM 11/2/00 -0500, Scott Babb wrote:
> >Not that this has happened to me, mind you... Well, at
> >least I've zeroed out the points and mults when it has.
>
>
> Hey Scott,
>
> Despite what the pundits howl I think everybody does it
> once in a
> while. One guy complained about others doing this on
> another list I was
> on; funny since I'd heard him do it chasing a Saudi
> call the previous
> day! Kept my mouth shut then, today the more outspoken
> me would have
> nailed him online.
>
> I didn't push the qsx button hard enough on a 40m Euro
> this past weekend,
> hit transmit and W6XR was looking over my shoulder.
> Boy did he yell, right
> as I saw it too. Darn near came out of the chair. He
> was right of course,
> so I punched the split button harder and worked him.
> What else can we do,
> they're called honest mistakes. If you don't make any
> you're not trying
> hard enough. I used to race motorcycles; if you didn't
> fall down once in a
> while you weren't finding the edge.
>
> The really funny ones to me are when you're doing an
> SSB test, a RTTY spot
> pops up, you hit it, see the freq, hear the deedles and
> then a bunch of
> voices calling... ;))) Heard that a few times in the
> CQWW. Listening
> first is definately the way to go.
>
> 73 de Mike N2VR
>
>
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