Let's not forget about a particularly favorite exchange addition of mine:
"Please copy..."
It's as if your mama taught proper social graces by saying, "If you're not
polite with these contesters, they won't work you."
Please don't say please copy. Please?
73, John, K1AR
PS: Of course, this example is actually another reason why Phone operating
should be deleted altogether along with Abu Ail and Geyser Reef. That is
unless you are operating from a place able to generate 400 hours. Then it's
mostly OK. :-)
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> I usually adhere to the "log what is sent" mantra.
>
>
>
> A little off tangent, but a reasonably strong EU sent me "UTT" this
> weekend.
> That's no issue, I get it's 200, however the odd thing was that he sent
> that as a cut # presumably to save time (or to sound uber cool I s'pose)
> but
> it failed because all of all the other wasted time he used up.
>
>
>
> Me: CQ VE9AA TEST
>
> Him: DL1ABC (a made up callsign..sorry to the real DL1ABC who might
> eventually read this post)
>
> Me: DL1ABC 5NN NB
>
> Him: VE9AA UTT UTT UTT DL1ABC K
>
> Me: TU VE9AA
>
>
>
> I know UTT is 200w and I totally get it...sending my call (I already know
> it) and UTT 3 flippin' times (I got it after the first time) then followed
> by DL1ABC (I had already sent DL1ABC) is a loooootttttttt of wasted time.
>
>
>
> I do get that it's a contest, not a job or a legal document and more than
> likely was just a casual participant. I myself am guilty of OCCASIONALLY
> sending someones name or GE or an extra DIT DIT, but not for every Q.
>
>
>
> Not sure why cut numbers are so rampant in EU. I blame his club or his
> mentor or whoever helped him program his macros. They need a slap. Same
> as
> that guy over on one of the contest logger forums who wanted a way to send
> everyones exchange back to them. NO, don't do it. PLEASE.
>
>
>
> Mike VE9AA
>
>
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
>
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