[RTTY] Friend Files

[Roberto]

To my it happens to me the same, some they called Luis to me and my name is
Roberto.
Some knows where can be corrected this?
Can be organized a common file for all the programs of aids?

Saludos de Roberto EA2RY
http://www.ea2ry.com
http://www.ea2ry.com/fg Guadalupe 2003
ea2ry at ea2ry.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marty Tippin" <nw0l at yahoo.com>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 6:04 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Friend Files


> If you're going to use a "Friend" file in a RTTY contest, how about
checking to
> see that the names in the file are actually correct?
>
> I can't tell you the number of times I saw "HI TRISHA" and "HI MARTIN"
during
> the Roundup when people called me. Unfortuately, neither of those is a
name any
> friends would call me - TRISHA is the name of the former holder of my
callsign
> and MARTIN is what my mother calls me.
>
> Seems to me the intention of the "Friend" file is so you can easily say
"hi" to
> other operators who are actually your friends without having to stop and
type
> it by hand. If it's degenerated into a huge list of the name of every
known
> callsign, it sort of loses its usefulness.
>
> 73 de NW0L
> (temporarily stranded in North Dakota. -15F temps aren't friendly to
> diesel-powered trucks...)
>
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