Topband: R: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Do you turn off your phone, email and every other communication method 
when playing radio?  JTAlert texting is just one of many ways people can 
contact you.  He didn't need your RRR either.  RR or rr73 or 73 does not 
make a contact.  The exchange of some data is all that is needed.  DXCC 
does not require that you confirm reports.  You could have just ignored 
the message and continued on.

To each their own but I sure see more people trying not to play radio 
these days.

W0MU


On 8/22/2018 2:19 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> Not quite true.  I was a very early users of FT8, my first experience 
> with any of the JT modes. Someone said that JTAlert was a must have so 
> I installed it, not really knowing why.
>
> I was attempting a QSO with a west African station and could tell that 
> I was being QRMed after the first exchange and while I was sending 
> reports.  I figured to just keep sending and wait it out. I use two 
> computer monitors and it turned out that when JTAlert popped up once, 
> it was split over the two screens, so the message didn't register with 
> me.  The second time it appeared, I got enough to know that he was 
> sending me a text message indicating that he had my report and just 
> needed my RRR.  I did not send him anything further and uninstalled 
> the program.
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
>
> On 8/22/2018 8:23 AM, Pierluigi Mansutti wrote:
>> Yes, it is for REAL! nothing remote on this side.
>> I really enjoy FT8 because all QSO's are real.If your antennas and 
>> your radio hears the DX then the computer decodes it. No way to call 
>> a spot or to make an internet QSO through a chat line.
>
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