[CW] CW trends on the ham bands -- as I experience it

[DANNY DOUGLAS]

Its the latter.   Everyone wants to get on to the next step in their lives, 
without living the one they are in.  On the DX bands, it appears they either 
just want the next station, or they really have nothing to say.  Of course, 
if there is anyone else standing by, they will complain that the DX or his 
QSO partner are yakking when HE wants a QSO, and some feel put down by that. 
Personally, I copy everything important that comes across - meaning copy, 
I.E. put it down on paper.  Thus if I can copy (no QRM or QSB) I will get 
your name down, and read it when Im talking back to you, thus Patrick is 
Patrick, not Peter, or something else.  Yeah, I can copy in my head, but I 
may not remember it 2 minutes later, thus its on paper to be remembered.  As 
to callsigns, I just dont know.  I dont seem to have the problem in CW, but 
in voice I pull what little is left of my hair out.  Why people have a 
problem with a C is beyond me.  I used DELTA, or DENMARK, or David, or 
almost anything else I can think of, to get them to change their F or L or 
whatever they think they have heard, and they will change to another wrong 
letter.  One QSO on 6 yesterday, I was about to give up, after 3 minutes of 
trying to get them to say my real call (after giving me a 59 of course). 
That is another pet peeve.  Why obhter to give a report, if you are not 
going to give a correct one, and after askign my name 3 times, my QTH after 
I have said or spelled it out twice, then a 59 or 599 is NOT appropriate.



Danny Douglas
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick" <flymooney at gmail.com>
To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] CW trends on the ham bands -- as I experience it


> Henry Mei'l's wrote:
>
>> *I also wonder why so many can't or wont get my call right -- usually
>> reading the last letter 'f' as 'r' regardless of whether I use *
>> *my el-key, bug or straight key  -- no one seems to have trouble copying
>> my text -- also some swift types insist on calling me Harry no matter
>> how many times **I tell them it's Henry. No, nothing wrong with my fist
>> or keying - have heard it recorded and played backed to me and have been
>> told that my sending is clean and easily readable.*
>
> I get the same problem with people who do not read emails. I will send
> an email to one of my buddies asking them a question about something or
> other and they will reply and not answer the question. They won't say
> they don't know or even acknowledge the question was asked. This happens
> a LOT in some of my business communications. I will explain something to
> a client and they will turn right around and ask me a question to which
> the previous email provided the answer. I don't know if people just
> don't thoroughly read, don't comprehend, or just plain don't care. I
> have noticed these occurrences have really picked up in the last few
> years or so. I guess everyone is in too much of a hurry to pay attention
> to details (or they think they are anyway).
>
> Patrick KA4ZNU
>
>
>
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