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Matthew Pitts N8OHU ------------------------------ On Wed, May 2, 2012 8:05 AM EDT Arthur Burke wrote: >Absolutely! It's selfish to come to *any* forum, ask for help and >specifically request that answers be provided offline. That said, there are >a number of responses I get offline as well, but many of them are either >private, semi-private, or responses from those individuals to whom I had >sent something in a similar manner. > >It's only fair to post answers here where *everyone* can see them. I'm not >a shy person (I'm the only one in my family who has any modesty ha ha joke >joke!) and I tend to speak up (even when I shouldn't!), but there are many >who are less voluble than I. They may be too shy to ask the same question >that was asked and they, too, want to know the answer. > >My other pet peeve? The guys who want all the previous BS deleted because >they have a 1200 baud modem and it takes too long to get it. Then, >consequently, some kind soul strips the dadgum (insert stronger expletive >here) thing to the point where you have no idea what the original question >was! > >Other than that, this is day # (fill in the blank) of awaiting my new KX3. >Been chasing 7O6T in the meantime - fun stuff! > >Art - N4PJ > > > > >On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 7:28 AM, Bill <b...@w2blc.net> wrote: > >> Yesterday I posed a question and received eight (8) email responses. I >> note that only one response was on the list. Is this the norm? I thought >> responses should be made on the list for all to learn from. >> >> Bill W2BLC >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
