request for CT feature

[Fred Hopengarten]

On Tue, 7 Mar 1995 19:35:58 -0500, K3NA@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Ken and the gang --
> 
>    Bill N3RR and I were chatting about our recent contest experiences.  Bill
> operated SOAssisted... and we brainstormed a new CT feature that would be fun
> for SOA-types (as a minimum) and maybe others as well.
> 
>    In a multi-multi environment, Alt-G is a useful way to bug other operators
> within the station.  That Alti-I window pops up on their screen with the new
> message, and hangs around until they toggle it closed.  The chit-chat is fun
> and often helpful.
> 
>    We suggest that the Alt-G function be expanded to work outside the local
> station.  For example, assume N3RR is in SOA.  If he could use Alt-G to send
> a one-liner to other stations in a "correspondent's list" via the
> packetclusters network, the contest would be more fun and, withing the club
> territory, single-op types could share some of the thrill like we do in
> multi-ops.
> 
>    Yes, of course one can use a packet Talk message... but it doesn't work as
> well:
> a) Talk messages only go to one other station.
> b) the receipt of a Talk message causes a very fleeting notice to flash on
> the bottom of the screen... and it can disappear quickly so that one doesn't
> even know it has been receive.  The Alt-I window is much more prominent!
> 
>    So the proposal is thus:
> a) when setting up CT for a contest, one can create a correspondent's list of
> up to 8 stations to whom one can Gab during the contest.
> b) Alt-G works just like in a multi-multi, but the Gab message goes out over
> the cluster network to those other correspondent stations as a set of cluster
> Talk messages.
> c) Upon receipt, a Talk message from a designated "correspondent" is posted
> in the Alt-I window.
> 
>    What do you think, gang?
> 
>    Ancillary question:  should this feature be inaccessible for single op
> UNassisted stations?  (I think so, just to avoid facilitating any
> rules-hedging...)
> 
> -- Eric K3NA
> 
> k3na@aol.com
> 
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I think SOA Gab is a great idea.
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