Windows can be annoying at times. I use N1MM+ so this is couched in
those terms but it is NOT an N1MM+ issue. If you click on a call in the
Grab window there are times when Windows will update the list before
selecting what you were clicking on and who knows what you might get -
sometimes garbage or a partial call. This can happen while double
clicking an entry between the first and second click. If you don't
notice it in the call entry edit box then you may be sending garbage or
the wrong call or even no call. Some of the delays that started this
thread may be attributable to discovery of the wrong data in the call
and trying to get it fixed before sending something.
73, Larry W6NWS
On 9/27/2016 2:53 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:
Speaking of rate killers... I'm noticing a disturbing trend from some hams.
I'm seeing this more and more in response to my CQ:
W7RN 599 03 03 CA CA 599 03 03 CA CA DE W6h?;WF;OASDJ/HFOWE8UHFOSVN
These folks really need some mentoring on getting the callsign right first.
I had someone send me this string 4 times, and get his single callsign at
the end clobbered every time. My QRZ? and UR CALL PSE went unheeded and
eventually he went away. No contact logged. :(
And quite often when I do manage to get all of the info, my response goes
unacknowledged, leaving me in an ambiguous state, wondering whether to log
it.
And a side effect of this is when they do acknowledge you it ends up
looking an awful lot like MY final TU, so the next caller thinks it is the
previous caller's frequency not mine, and I have to then do the call
correction dance.
I really appreciate that these folks are getting on and handing out some
contacts, but if you see anyone you know doing this please help them.
Thanks and 73 - jeff wk6i
On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Stanley Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com>
wrote:
A while back, there was a discussion about how extra spaces and characters
slow down an exchange. Those a nothing compared to the many ops that I
worked in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest last weekend that took 15-20 seconds or
longer to reply. I'm not in the big leagues and worry about milliseconds,
but when it takes almost a minute to complete a contact, that gets to me.
Stan, K4SBZ
"Real radio bounces off the sky."
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