[RTTY] DF0DX first winner of the awaited "F6IRF dummy-award" !

[f6irf@free.fr]

Hi Bill,
I fully agree with you and as I said "it may happen..."
It also happened to me to have the split activated by a spot, and to notice it
only after a while... or to accidentaly swap the VFO's without paying attention.

I am not taking it too seriously... I want to believe that it was not
intentional, and I hope the guys at DF0DX will understand my humor...

At least I know from whom it is coming, which is not the case when a pactor or a
packet automatic station pops-up on "my" frequency (and it happens several times
per weekend )



Re: [RTTY] DF0DX first winner of the awaited "F6IRF dummy-award" !
from [Bill Turner] [Permanent Link][Original]

To:  f6irf at free.fr, rtty at contesting.com
Subject:  Re: [RTTY] DF0DX first winner of the awaited "F6IRF dummy-award" !
From:  Bill Turner <dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>
Date:  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:41:13 -0800
List-post:  <mailto:rtty at contesting.com>

At 12:53 PM 11/14/2005, f6irf at free.fr wrote:

>Dear friend (or friends at) DF0DX,
>I could not find your address in the call-book, so this is an open email, just
>like a "message in a bottle" !

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Before we all get tied up in knots over this, keep in mind there can
be a simple explanation other than intentional jamming. I've done it myself.

All that is necessary is to accidentally activate split, or forget to
turn it off when going from run to S&P or vice versa. Some guys,
myself included, prefer to use split rather than RIT when running. I
embarrassed myself terribly some years ago while mobiling on 40
meters, I was tuning up and down the band, calling CQ here and there
thinking I was on simplex while all the time my TX was on split and I
was jamming a net. This went on for half an hour before I tuned
across the net and heard them calling me trying to get me to QRT. My
face still gets red thinking about it.

I'm not saying this is what happened, just something to be aware of.
This does not excuse the behavior or course, but it may reduce the
crime from a felony to a misdemeanor. :-)

73, Bill W6WRT