[RTTY] FRIEND Files

[Jon Harder]

Goetz, try this one, also linked to Don's site  -- I found it was in much
better condition --

http://www.af4z.com/ham/

Thanks for our SCC QSO.

73 de Jon.  K1US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DJ3IW Goetz" <dj3iw at t-online.de>
To: <Rfmandmpm at aol.com>; <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] FRIEND Files


> Hi folks,
>
> I downloaded the only file available at Dons webpage rtty081503.zip
> just NOW, 0800 UTC, Monday Sep 1. The FRIEND.INI dated 16 Aug 2003
> has VE6YR=BEN and also N1MGO=CHARLIE.
> So WHERE can I find the latest .DTA and Friend.ini??
>
> 73 de Goetz
> dj3iw at t-online.de
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Rfmandmpm at aol.com>
> To: <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 7:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] FRIEND Files
>
>
> > In a message dated 31/08/2003 9:25:41 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> > k4sb at earthlink.net writes:
> >
> > > Rfmandmpm at aol.com wrote:
> > > >I finally succeeded in getting the previous FRIEND file corrected to
BOB
> > > from BEN, however it is back to BEN in the file that was recently
> released.
> > > ------------------------------
> > > Unless my file has been modified, your name is listed as BOB in the
> > > latest file I sent to Don! Since I created it, and just checked it, I
> > > should know.
> >
> > Looks like we have a problem. I do not wish to start a thread on this
> > subject, however I also do not wish to look like a fool.
> >
> > I downloaded the zipped file aa5au_rtty081503 from Don's website on
24-08-03
> > and unzipped FRIEND.ini 147 KB dated 16-08-03. My copy shows VE6YR=BEN.
> Check
> > your file, fellow RTTY operators. What does your copy show? Am I the
only
> > person with this error? Why did several operators called me BEN in the
SCC
> > contest? This is a portion of the data I had downloaded on August 24.
> >
> > VE6YJ=EDWARD
> > VE6YP=TONY
> > VE6YR=BEN
> > VE6ZX=DENIS
> > VE7/KB7QEQ=BOB
> > VE7AGJ=PAT
> >
> > For the previous version of the Friend file, it took repeated e-mails to
the
> > author to correct my name. To at least one of these e-mails, I offered
over
> > 100 callsigns with names and I also corrected several existing names.
Now,
> my
> > copy of the latest Friend file shows the previous holder of my callsign.
> > Apparently, some fellow named Ben gave up that call, more than five
years
> ago. I was
> > issued the call more than three years ago.
> >
> > It is a huge task producing such a helpful file. The author of the
latest
> > Friend file must have devoted countless hours developing it. We owe him
a
> vote of
> > thanks as well as to all the other authors of similar files. These
people do
> > not get paid for their efforts. They do it for the love of the hobby.
> >
> > Only because I noticed the reoccurring error in my callsign and in
others,
> > the difficulty of permanently correcting the problem and because of the
> large
> > size of the file, I developed a smaller file that fits my needs. My
previous
> > offer of a copy to any ACTIVE RTTY OPERATOR, remains unchanged.
> >
> > 73    VE6YR=BOB
> >
> >
> >
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