[Fists] Need a pro-sign

[Cheryl W. Ring]

Stan,

Some people also use OK - which means "all correct" - which is equivalent.

When sending traffic, we use AA - All After, AB- All Before, BN- Between.

In the military - they just would tell you to send the WHOLE message again
if they missed something.

In commercial service, we ran QSK so we just broke the other fellow if
needed.  And we just send the first letter of the last word we received
correctly:

THE NAME IS HERE IS STAN REAS - (sending station)

But the copying station gets:  THE NAME HEAR IS STANRER so he breaks with
dots or a long dash and then if the other station stops before the end of
REAS he just prompts:  S, otherwise he prompts:  STANRE and the other
stations starts up again:

STAN (big space this time!) REAS

So to keep it simple - don't send R don't send OK when it isn't well
received!

73

David Ring
N1EA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Reas" <stank4uk@rev.net>
To: <fists@mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <sontag@swva.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 6:28 PM
Subject: [Fists] Need a pro-sign


> Bill, W4BOT and I chatted the other night about the use and misuse of "R"
> during a QSO.
>
> The definition of the Procedure Signal "R" is:
> I received your transmission perfectly.  Do not send "R" if you didn't
> copy everything.
>
> Often we hear "R" repeated two or three times at the beginning of a
> transmission.  Followed by the statement:  "Missed ur name"  or  "Missed
ur
> QTH"  or  "Missed ur FISTS number"  Etc.
> Or, "Pse repeat name"  or  "Pse repeat QTH"  or  "Pse repeat FISTS
> number"  Etc.
>
> No where do I find a Procedure Signal that means: I received "some" or
> "most" of your transmission.
>
> So we got to thinking that we need a Procedure Sign which indicates that:
> I received most of your transmission, but not a solid copy.
>
> Perhaps we could use an "X"
> For example:  W4BOT de K4UK    X    Pse ur name agn
>
> Often I find myself sending "OK" rather than "R" and then proceeding with
> my transmission figuring the other station will recognize that I did NOT
> send "R" and that I may have missed some of his last transmission.
>
> We got to wondering whether any of the "old timers" know of any pro-sign
> that was used to indicate a not complete copy.
>
> If not, maybe FISTS can come up with such a pro-sign and publicize
> it.  Having such a pro-sgn would  sure would help to eliminate the
> incorrect use of "R"
>
> 73, Stan - K4UK
>
>
>
>
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