Mike,
Don't sweat it. Our hobby is Amateur Radio, not professional radio. Our
main
objective is to have fun. We all have made some dumb mistakes. I wouldn't
take this event personally. Relax.
We love you...
de
Jack / W7LD / "Lucky Dog"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <k4gmh@arrl.net>
To: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242@ispwest.com>; <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] DF0DX first winner of the awaited "F6IRF dummy-award" !
> I've torn my station apart trying to figure out why the amp. wouldn't
> tune up on my listening freq. to finally notice the "split" light
> being on. The sad part is that I've done this more than once.
>
> At 09:41 PM 11/14/2005, you wrote:
> >At 12:53 PM 11/14/2005, f6irf@free.fr wrote:
> >
> > >Dear friend (or friends at) DF0DX,
> > >I could not find your address in the call-book, so this is an open
> > email, just
> > >like a "message in a bottle" !
> >
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >Before we all get tied up in knots over this, keep in mind there can
> >be a simple explanation other than intentional jamming. I've done it
myself.
> >
> >All that is necessary is to accidentally activate split, or forget to
> >turn it off when going from run to S&P or vice versa. Some guys,
> >myself included, prefer to use split rather than RIT when running. I
> >embarrassed myself terribly some years ago while mobiling on 40
> >meters, I was tuning up and down the band, calling CQ here and there
> >thinking I was on simplex while all the time my TX was on split and I
> >was jamming a net. This went on for half an hour before I tuned
> >across the net and heard them calling me trying to get me to QRT. My
> >face still gets red thinking about it.
> >
> >I'm not saying this is what happened, just something to be aware of.
> >This does not excuse the behavior or course, but it may reduce the
> >crime from a felony to a misdemeanor. :-)
> >
> >73, Bill W6WRT
> >
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> 73,
> Mike, K4GMH
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