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Re: Topband: R: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98

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Subject: Re: Topband: R: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98
From: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:24:19 -0700
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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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