Since you'd decoded N4CE's callsign, at least you had the option of
sending back a "QRL" message -- in either Hell or CW. That would not
be the case had you been QRM'd by an unattended station.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
--- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "John Becker, WØJAB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Not sure what mode "the mode" is but should it not be for
> all modes?
>
> Case in point - the other evening I was in QSO with a ham in
> Dallas Texas keyboard to keyboard Pactor 3 on 7077.4 LSB
> when N4CE started calling CQ on HELL (for half an hour) .
> He was so strong here in the mid west that we last the link.
> I feel sure that he had no clue whatsoever who or even that
> it was a KB to KB QSO.
>
> My point being it's just not "only" Pactor stations. In fact
> last week I have see more ALE stations and JT65A then
> anything else blasting away on a freq already in use.
>
> John, W0JAB
>
> At 07:15 AM 9/17/2007, you wrote:
> >Exactly the reason the mode should be taken to some other band(s).
> >
> >73
> >
> >Bill KA8VIT
>
