During my working life I figured I spent 90% of my time learning, 90% of my time teaching, and 10% of my time doing.
You have a good start at the teaching part - stay with it. de Paul, W8AEF --------------------------------------- ZF2TA ZF2JI FO8DX FO0PLA 8Q7AA XZ0A --------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry, K4WLS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[DX-Chat]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 2:15 AM Subject: [DX-CHAT] How Would You Respond ?? > Last week I had a CW QSO with relatively new ham (3 Yrs on > air) on 7012 KHz. I had to slow down Loigikey to 4 WPM for > him to copy. He gave me a 597 report. Asked him to AS while > I checked my CW tone. He did not know what that meant - so > told him to STANBY. Switched on another RX - my TS-870 > sig was T9. Told him my CW sig was T9 - he didn't know > what T9 meant either. Gave that up and we went throught the > rest of the pleasantries of a QSO: rig, WX, age, occupation, etc. > > Before finishing QSO, he asked me to slow down speed again > (he did not use QRS). I set Logikeyer to 3 WPM and put extra > long spaces between characters. > > Before signing, I recommended that he might spend some more > time in the General portion of band. Told him a lot of new CW > guys hung out around 7040 KHz, he could get improve his > operating skills, his code speed, and probably avoid the risk > of getting his feelings hurt by a "an ole crusty Extra" (I still am > to some extent). I could tell he took a little offense to this > statement. > > Friday, I got a QSL card from him: On the QSL my report was > listed as 459, and the Freq was 7820 Mhz. > > So how would you respond to this QSL ??? > > (1) Throw it in the trashcan. > > (2) Return QSL and tell him you would be glad to QSL if he sent > another QSL with the correct QSO info. > > (3) Send him a QSL for a QSO on 7820 MHz and put his RST > as 123 on QSL. > > Just sorta curious what you would honestly do in this situation. > > C'mon now guys be honest !! TKS, Larry K4WLS > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
