[RTTY] Pactor QRM To The Other Digital Modes

[Phil Sussman]

I agree with most of what Thomas says; however, as a Pactor operator  
myself and
a long time user I do disagree with one aspect.

Pactor operators as a whole are not rude nor selfish. Instead it's the  
owners of
auto mailboxes, of which many run Pactor. You may notice I say "own" and not
"operate" because I seriously doubt any of these owners actually operate (or
even monitor) the operation of their systems. Instead they have other pursuits
and their auto-mailboxes are just left to sit and run. Their only  
intercourse is
to solve a problem, like it's "off the air", in response to an email.

Frankly, these people are obsessed with 'service' or 'email' and otherwise
ignorant of any operating tenets. It's not that they're rude. In my experience
they just don't care. Many of these 'owners' place their stations outside of
FCC jurisdiction to avoid caring at all.

Just my soapbox opinion,

73 de Phil - N8PS




Quoting "Thomas F. Giella W4HM" <thomasfgiella at gmail.com>:

> I've been operating the digital modes since 2003 and RTTY contesting  
> since 2006 and I've had 100's of QSO's destroyed by PACTOR stations  
> that didn't listen before transmitting on top of my QSO. Listening  
> before transmitting is one of the most basic tenets of operating  
> going back to the beginning of hamateur radio.
>
> So I have no doubt that RM-11708 will destroy virtually all digital  
> mode QSO's if allowed to pass. PACTOR operators are some of the most  
> rude and most selfish of all hamateur operators.
>
> 73 & GUD DX,
> Thomas F. Giella W4HM
> Lakeland, FL, USA
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