Dave I agree with you but how about a new twist to this. Not too long ago I was having a real nice keyboard to keyboard QSO with K2MO - Tony on dial freq 7,077.4 Pactor when a member of this list starting calling CQ on another mode. I did get a call and email him asking if he did hear the pactor signal and his reply was a "yes". He also said "well it was one of them robots" WRONG...
So it not just the Pactor station. This happens a number of times. There are a lot of KB2KB pactor QSO out there no matter what Roger says. John, W0JAB At 02:40 PM 12/25/2007, you wrote: >We've been through this too many times, Demetre. I know you "get it", you just >won't admit it. > >The core issue is not that WinLink conveys email or uses a digital mode >protocol that's wide or narrow -- its that its unattended stations (PMBOs) >transmit without first listening to ensure that the frequency is locally >clear. The fact that some human operators do this is regrettable and should be >aggressively discouraged, but is no excuse for building automated systems that >exhibit the same unacceptable behavior. To refer back to your highway analogy, >the fact that some people drive cars while they are intoxicated and >occasionally injure or kill others is no excuse for building a high-speed >computer-controlled vehicle incapable of detecting pedestrians in its path. > > 73, > > Dave, AA6YQ
