Sorry about that Jim, I'll turn the house a bit and try again Hi Hi Randy W4RTT

Ok Justin, take a pill,LOL I didn't have the FT8 software running, so I don't know who the culprit was. Randy W4RTT

Hey Randy, you are a very strong signal into North Texas right now. Have been responding to your CQ but guess you don't hear me on my puny wire antenna. Brightest trace in the waterfall, and it is

Perhaps posting this kind of stuff here may help someone become a better operator. Jerry N9AVY

Also depends on whether or not station at other end understands "QRL" ... to my way of thinking it would be shorter to "QRL" than to ask "is frequency busy" thus perhaps a shorter interruption of

QRL means "is this frequency busy?". While it is quite appropriate for phone where the band width takes up about 2.8 KHz, it is not so useful for digital modes such as PSK31 where the bandwidth is

AGAIN--WHY POST IT ON HERE? Why not e-mail the offending operator directly?? PLEASE ANSWER THNE QUESTOIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Justin--KC2GIK 070-751 Justin Mattes-KC2GIK http://www.justinmattes.com

Jm: Wen that happens I just move up/down a bit and keep calling. An honest mistake. Jerry N9AVY

No Jim, it wasn't you. It was earlier this morning. I don't think he is an LONP guy. Randy W4RTT

Hope it wasnt me. I was calling CQ last evening, and had few takers. A couple of times I had a freq, sent my QRL? macro, got no response, called CQ, and all at once an ongoing QSO showed up in

One way to avoid that happening is to put out a "QRL ? QRL ? " call or simple inquiring if frequency is in use . QRL means same thing in a Q Signal form. There was a day all ham were familiar

Randy: This is just poor manners. If you had the frequency first the other station should respect that and move. Have had that happen on many occasions when I've been holding a frequency for a hour

The last guy was calling the station I had just worked... Randy W4RTT

Trouble is, most of these people are previous PSK operators, so they should know better??? Ya think? Dan Morris KZ3T 070-1065 dbmorris315@... I live to live for Him!

Another thing that p--se me off, is the guy that will jump the frequency I have been using. Ten seconds after I end a qso. Grrrrr Randy W4RTT

Time to run spark gap ??? Jerry

What really cracked us up was the piece of "equipment" that he always had slung over his shoulder. It was actually the front control panel of an Ampex 2" tape machine which we still had in use at the

Just keep operating. We're the ones that are supposed to be here per the "gentleman's agreement". Hopefully they'll eventually figure out that we're not going away. 73 Matt King AK4MK - 070