*Right on Joe! There other 'auto-bots' on the amateur bands also and it is most disconcerting to have a rare contact qso destroyed by the sudden appearance of an automatic generated digital mode.
Gnashing teeth does not get that rare one in the log...:-( Gary * On 30 April 2012 10:19, Joe Subich, W4TV <li...@subich.com> wrote: > > > However that said, Pactor III is a godsend for us hams that are > > cruising on our boats....here in the south pacific, I can send/rec > > email, and get all kinds of weather charts/info to make my sailing > > safer. Pactor III may not be for you, but it is for me > > And commercial or quasi-commercial traffic should be conducted on > commercial frequencies not on top of amateur users whenever the damn > PACTOR-bots decide to start transmitting. > > As one of the twelve who were on the ARRL committee that formulated > the automatic and semi-automatic control concepts nearly 30 years ago, > allowing *any* form of automatic control is one of the biggest mistakes > in nearly 100 years of amateur radio - right up with phone patches in > the amateur service. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > On 4/29/2012 7:20 PM, ussv dharma wrote: > > eVERY ASPECT OF HAM radio is not for all hams.....I do not do > jf65....However that said, Pactor III is a godsend for us hams that are > cruising on our boats....here in the south pacific, I can send/rec email, > and get all kinds of weather charts/info to make my sailing safer. Pactor > III may not be for you, but it is for me > > > > > > If you don't change direction you WILL arrive exactly where you're > headed!! > > > > Susan Meckley, Skipper W7KFI-mm AFA9SM > > USSV DHARMA > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!! ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
