> > If the spotting network would just put out the prefix of the station
> spotted
> > instead of the whole call a lot of the problems created by those who
> don't
> > listen before transmitting would disappear (at least I think one
would
> want to
> > know the station's call before calling him). This would also
eliminate
> most
> > "cheerleading" and self-spotting.
> >
>
> Hey, even a nasty old purist like me could buy into this solution. The
> beauty of it is it's simplicity!
Only someone who has never used packet would buy into this idea. Sunday
afternoon packet is used mostly to find new qso's not multipliers for
which you need the full calls.
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
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