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Re: [CQ-Contest] QSX frequency

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QSX frequency
From: "David Robbins K1TTT" <k1ttt@arrl.net>
Reply-to: k1ttt@arrl.net
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:48:50 -0000
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> 
> >...'up' doesn't help the spot grabbers since the software
> >doesn't know what to do and won't set the split, so you still end up with
> >callers on the tx frequency.
> >
> Or operators setting the split correctly after listening to the
> frequency? I my understanding they already have to listen before their
> first transmission simply for confirming the callsign.
> Happy holidays and 73, Chris

ah, but that is the basic problem.  Many packet ops trust the spot too much,
they grab it and start dumping their call in without listening.

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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