Topband: Was IV3PRK

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

I don't use my phone to make contacts.  I use CW, RTTY, FT8, SSB in no 
particular order.

It is up to each of us to determine what we should log and what we 
should not.

I am sure that we all have received emails from people asking if we had 
a contact.  I see no difference.

Worked TX5T the other morning on Topband, already confirmed LOTW!  Thanks.

W0MU


On 8/22/2018 10:24 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> My aren't we testy.  We each operate with our own ethics. You want to 
> work DXCC on your phone it's your business.  I'll stick to mine.
>
> N7WS
>
> On 8/22/2018 1:52 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
>> 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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