[RTTY] Friend Files

[George Johnson]

NW0L, Marty (aka Trisha)
EA2RY, Roberto (aka Luis)
and others

I lost my personal "friend file" in a computer crash and decided to pick up 
Don's latest list.  I did look at and edit some of the entries I saw that I 
knew were in error...  I had experienced the same thing with Dennis, K7BV 
last year.  So I did correct Marty.  I did not have time to go over the 
entire list as it is very long.

But when I worked Bill, NA2M, and "Gustav" popped out I finally just 
removed the use of the  file in the contest buffer !!  I knew I would be in 
deep s**t if I kept thiis up !!

Don, AF4Z, knows about all of this and has asked us to make any corrections 
we see and let him know.  He is just the messenger and has volunteered to 
keep this file in an available archive for us.  He will make corrections 
that are sent to him

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

I will send corrections I know about to Don and I encourage you to do the 
same as you find them.  I still find the file a fun addition to RTTY QSOs 
but I agree that accuracy is better than not having it at all.  We just 
need to make sure Don has the correct information.

I did have trouble with the file being too big and I could not read things 
past about W0 on the list.  I think this was mentioned last year.  So I 
need to go back through my stuff and create a list along the lines that 
Marty mentioned.  It does need to be a list you are comfortable with.  I 
had used all of my QSL or QSO records to make my original list.  I need to 
archive it this time to make sure it is not lost.

73, George .. W1ZT


At 12:25 PM 1/5/2004, Roberto wrote:
>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
>Correo revisado con Norton Internet Security 2004
>e-mail reviewed with Norton Internet Security 2004
>
>
>----- 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...)