Dave, I knew about the logbook but not the cwid or /m /p etc hmm. I am getting out of touch. The only time I can see not using a log book though is when /m but that's just me. I love looking back over the past 6 years at old qso's and seeing if I have a (new one hi hi ) When I was first licensed March the 5th 2004 everything was a new one and I think for the new breed of M6 / M3's etc it would be a shame for them to not keep a log. Ok I don't log every single net on 160m or VHF for example, but pretty much every contact still goes in the log, I bet you are the same.
VHF is such a shame up here in the outer Hebrides, took the puppy for a walk yesterday and up the hill I can see most of the isle of Lewis for 2m, not a single reply even through GB3IG which I though was quite sad for a Sunday afternoon. There must be at least 25 operators on the island and the repeater can work some distance out to the NW Scotland. I don't have a 2m antenna up at the MO and this was quite sad to not make a single contact. Oh well. Toby Desperate for CW. lol -------Original Message------- From: Dave Ackrill Date: 22/02/2010 11:34:35 To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Re: Considerate Operation: CW and JT65A Toby Burnett wrote: > Now Dave, > > C'mon I have the narrow cw filter on my 706mk II > > The on / off button is a challenge. Lol just messing with you now. No > offence. > > > > On a serious note though, even with my limited cw surely it is possible to > answer a QRL back in cw, providing you at least have 2 wires and a paper > clip to slap together if no key hi hi. (I do have some keys now, but I used > a paper clip on the desk for my 1st cw qso ) > > Also isn't there something about sending your ID in SSB /CW anyway. > > I also read this and thought, hey most digi mode software will send an cw id > and or you could use computer generated cw to check if the frequency is in > use. Yes, I had an IC706MKIIG for a long while. Maybe it was the poor location of the filter button that made me get rid of it? HI. Here in the UK the requirement for CW ID was removed several years ago and the latest UK licence is a much simpler and very cut down document. There's not even a legal requirement to keep a logbook anymore and the /M or /A or /P suffixes are 'recommendations' that people 'may' use. These are mentioned in the notes to the licence, not even in the main body... If anyone wants to see a modern UK licence, a draft copy is available on the OFCOM website, go to http://www.ofcom.org uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/classes/amateur/Licences/samplelicence07.pdf Dave (G0DJA)
