Some folks have operating smarts and experience, and others don't.
For example, while operating multi and having the occasional idle op
listening in to my run, it never ceases to amaze me how many comment, "I
didn't know you can press the ENTER key before you finish typing the
callsign..."
Barry W2UP
On 8/14/2012 7:56 AM, Joe wrote:
> I thought that was SOP? Or at least thats what I do and have done since
> 1975.
>
> Joe WB9SBD
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> On 8/13/2012 6:59 PM, Tony Rogozinski wrote:
>> Why not do it like we used to do it – find a station you want to work –
>> LISTEN and find out where he is LISTENING and working guys and if he is
>> tuning
>> between Q’s – up or down – THEN AND ONLY THEN CALL – and if you don’t work
>> him then LISTEN again to see who did work him and on what frequency.
>> The problem with all this new fangled technology is that people simply don’t
>> know how the hell to operate!
>>
>> IMHO FWIW
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>> Tony W4OI/HK1AR
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>> HK0/HK1AR, 5V7BG, TU/N7BG, OJ0/N7BG
>> 5B4/N7BG, ZC4/N7BG, ZF2AR, HB9/N7BG
>> and others
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