[CW] A dilemma

[Michael Zolno]

What a fantastic idea. You are tops in my book Fabian. 

73
Mike WH6YH

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> On Jul 4, 2016, at 1:29 AM, Fabian Kurz <fabian at fkurz.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 05:19:16AM +0000, Hans Brakob wrote:
>> “Just making sure you heard my call right... (Call deleted) Thank
>> you for putting up with me as I'm a fairly new CW op”
>> 
>> The problem is this…..  this fellow is not in my log, but I think he
>> truly believes that he is.
>> 
>> At the time of the requested confirmation, I was working CW in the
>> RAC “Canada Day” contest, exchanging signal reports and serial
>> numbers.  Slightly off the side of my frequency I heard a fellow
>> sending RST, Name, etc, as though he were working someone, and I
>> also heard my name in the transmission (not a common name).
>> 
>> Honestly, I thought it was someone trying to harass me, and I
>> ignored the guy.  It now appears he was a new guy unfamiliar with CW
>> operation who answered my CQ off freq, and honestly believes we have
>> a contact.  Ignoring this request would be rude to a newcomer, but
>> sending a card doesn’t seem quite right either.
>> 
>> Comments?
> 
> I've had something similar happen to me before! I told the guy exactly
> what happened (from my point of view) and invited him to make a sked
> on the band so we could have a proper QSO. We did that and everyone
> was happy.
> 
> 73
> Fabian, DJ1YFK
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> Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK      Munich, Germany
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