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

[Mike]

I've torn my station apart trying to figure out why the amp. wouldn't 
tune up on my listening freq. to finally notice the "split" light 
being on.  The sad part is that I've done this more than once.

At 09:41 PM 11/14/2005, you wrote:
>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" !
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>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
>
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         73,
         Mike, K4GMH