[Elecraft] Dropped First Syllable

[Fred Jensen]

The original meaning of the acronym PTT was "Push, Then Talk." 
Somewhere in history, the comma was dropped and "Then" became "To.":-)

I had a colleague [retired Col] who essentially never mastered "Point 
and Click" regardless of how many times I explained, "First point to the 
'thing', then click."  He consistently would click, then move the mouse. 
  Same kind of problem.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016
- www.cqp.org

On 10/24/2015 11:52 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> I have seen that with both PTT and VOX in Ham and commercial operations. The
> VOX issue is well known. In PTT some operators develop the habit of starting
> to speak before fully depressing the PTT switch. I've watched operators do
> that repeatedly without realizing it even after they were aware that they
> tended to do that.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC