John, I notice you used an ETC in your post without permission or crediting the
call holder, but in the spirit of the season I'll let it slide by this time;-)
W0"ETC"
---------- "WA9ALS - John" <wa9als@starband.net> writes:
From: "WA9ALS - John" <wa9als@starband.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Friend file
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 10:46:36 -0500
> There's been some discussion in the past, maybe on the RTTY reflector,
> about how some may think it's a waste of time. I suppose if you are
running
> well over 1000 Q's in a RTTY contest that it might affect the outcome a
little
> bit, but I for one, am very happy to see someone come back to me with my
> name. I can remember many times when I called and someone came back,
> I did not get my call, but saw my name and the report. I then knew the
report
> was for me and not someone else. I've seen the value of the friends.ini
file
> and support it's use.
Just some obs from someone who started new to RTTY contesting not that long
ago:
1. When you first start, seeing the names is a great way to get to know
some of the people in RTTY.
2. I used it a lot at first, then rarely, as I got [a little] more
competitive. Now I've found myself using it again sometimes, e.g. to
acknowledge a friend when neither of us is trying to win something etc.
I've made a brief macro like "%RHI %H %E" - Since WL lets you append macros,
I can hit the "HI BUTTON" and then the usual F-key to acknowledge those
people I want to say an extra hi to, but only to those.
3. You can also personalize the HI file for some very "special" people to
give them a special message. You gotta keep it to something like 12
characters though or it won't work.
Merry Christmas to All! 73 - John, WA9ALS
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