For those in the roundup (or any other contest using the state
abbreviations) using DE, PLEASE send your state at least two times
before that DE.
DE is dead (almost) except for guys and gals in Delaware ;-)
Jerry W4UK
At 05:58 PM 1/5/2011, W4LA@aol.com wrote:
>
>I love it Chen!! Very good point. I will ALWAYS use DE. Having been a
>ham for over 50 years, I can't see why change now. It has never been nor
>will it ever be too confusing to me and BTW, I am not a rocket scientist!
>73's,
>Todd / W4LA
>
>
>
>In a message dated 1/5/2011 5:39:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>chen@mac.com writes:
>
>
>On Jan 5, 2011, at 1:53 PM, Michael Haack wrote:
>
> > As for DE...
> > I will continue to use it, Simply because it works.... And I'm
> > accustomed to look for it.
>
>I agree in general, but it can be very confusing in the RTTY Roundup (and
>other contests where state info is sent).
>
>For the same reason, you don't want the exchange to include common words
>such as OR, OK, ON, OH, IN, ME, MA, PA, or mention your TX, or if you are
>running on DC power, or mention the year Socrates drank hemlock :-).
>
>Don't end the exchange with an AR or SK, or greet someone in the afternoon
>with a GA either (just use HI since KH6 is DX :-).
>
>Don't send you name if it is AL or MO.
>
>73
>Chen, W7AY
>
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