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g4rek
11-18-2002, 05:58 PM
AM I GETTING OLD AND CRANKY BUT I FIND IT ANNOYING IN THE EXTREME TO HAVE SOMEONE REPEATING EVERY THING IVE JUST TOLD THEM. IE. OKAY ON THE SHIPS RADIO YOUVE MODIFIED, OKAY ON SUPERCHARGER YOUVE FITTED TO YOUR BOAT, OKAY ON THE WEATHER IN ENGLAND, ETC ETC ETC. ARENT SOME CONTACTS BLOODY BORING..........

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K1LCA
11-18-2002, 07:07 PM
Yea, roger that on getting old and cranky and the repeating thing.... I have to agree with you on the okay on the ships radio modification, your supercharger on your boat and a double okay on the weather in England. Double roger that on the boring contacts and the repeating repeatedly and the boring nature of them....

Over over....

K1LCA K1LCA
Out Out
kc4zgp
11-18-2002, 07:25 PM
Yes. I suppose they're confirming what you said because
they either can't shake the habit from the out-dated Morse code or they're terribly boring themselves. Brags are just as bad. I really don't care if you use a Kenwood 450S or DigiPan.

Let talk homemade antennas, pets, grandkids, gardening, beer drinking, any kind of models; static or radio control, novels, poems, your grandfather's medal of bravery, slide rules, abaci, etc.


PSK31 Saturday mornings, 14.070MHz.



AND PLEASE DON'T TELL ME ABOUT THE WEATHER. That's a Morse thing.


Kraus
w3lls
11-18-2002, 08:17 PM
ITS CALLED A REPEATER FOR A REASON TO REMIND
YOU TO REPEAT. HI HI
WB2GOF
11-18-2002, 08:19 PM
If it annoys you so much, why not simply ask them nicely not to repeat things, rather than grouse about it?
n0xu
11-18-2002, 08:29 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (kc4zgp @ Nov. 17 2002,13:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">PSK31 Saturday mornings, 14.070MHz.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
I got a &quot;brag file&quot; from a guy once that not only listed every piece of gear in his shack, but his entire ham history.

Dagum thing went on for the better part of eightminutes. I didn't encourage him by replying (as I had already ID'd...)

I don't mind a bit of a brag (barf?) file, but that was more than a bit too much.
KA8NCR
11-18-2002, 08:36 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (kc4zgp @ Nov. 18 2002,12:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Yes. I suppose they're confirming what you said because
they either can't shake the habit from the out-dated Morse code or they're terribly boring themselves. Brags are just as bad. I really don't care if you use a Kenwood 450S or DigiPan.

Let talk homemade antennas, pets, grandkids, gardening, beer drinking, any kind of models; static or radio control, novels, poems, your grandfather's medal of bravery, slide rules, abaci, etc.


PSK31 Saturday mornings, 14.070MHz.



AND PLEASE DON'T TELL ME ABOUT THE WEATHER. That's a Morse thing.


Kraus[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
I have yet to have anyone repeat back what I sent on CW. And that's after 22 years.

Although, I duly note that you hate CW and the requirements thereof.
KB9YKY
11-18-2002, 09:33 PM
&quot;Out dated Morse code&quot;? Anyone that babbles about the most reliable and most efficient mode as being &quot;outdated&quot; comes off as sounding ignorant, and even more so, just plain silly. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
N7CPC
11-19-2002, 12:26 AM
Ok on the weather in England? There's an oxymoron.

73 de Craig.........N7CPC
ae4fa
11-19-2002, 01:15 AM
ZGP:

&quot;. . .just can't shake the habit from the out-dated Morse . . .&quot;

And just how would you pretend to know that?

73, Bob
w3lls
11-19-2002, 05:10 AM
ITS CALLED A REPEATER FOR A REASON TO
REMIND YOU TO REPEAT HI HI
K1LCA
11-19-2002, 01:37 PM
Hey Craig,

If your oxymoron is too stupid to stand up does that make him groundbeef?

K1LCA Roger roger, Over over
w3sy
11-19-2002, 05:20 PM
Well, needless to say, &quot;Ok on this, ok on that, ok on putting lard on the cat's boil...&quot; is not confined to CW operation. I don't know where anyone got that idea. (I sense a little &quot;crank yanking&quot; is in progress again.)

It seems to be a practice that surfaces whenever the stations in QSO engage in monologue-style transmissions. You never hear the &quot;Ok Checklist&quot; during snappy, conversational QSOs.

&quot;So Jimbo, I just got back from having that colon polyp removed.&quot;

&quot;Okay on the colon polyp. Yeeeaaah, I just returned from Building Supplies R Us. Gonna finally build that second story onto the outhouse.&quot;

&quot;Okay on getting back from Building Supplies R Us. Okay on the 2 story outhouse. So you going to the hamfest this Sunday? I can't wait to show off my shiny new Ham Badge.&quot;

&quot;Okay on the hamfest. Okay on the shiny new badge.....&quot;

It just doesn't happen.

The old AM'ers used to be real big on the &quot;Okay...Okay...&quot; routine. THOSE guys knew how to lay down a good 50-minute monologue. And why not? In those days, you had to throw about 18 switches to go from transmit to receive, and vice versa. Today (actually, for the last 30+ years) we all have PTT, footswitches, VOX, QSK.... There's no NEED for monologues.

Failing all that, just say &quot;Ok on all&quot; or on CW, &quot;solid copy.&quot;

Now that we've solved that problem, let's figure out how to get hams to stop referring to themselves as &quot;we.&quot;

Out.
w3lls
11-19-2002, 05:36 PM
IT CALLED A REPEATER FOR A REASON
TO REMIND YOU TO REPEATE HI HI
w3sy
11-19-2002, 09:19 PM
Do you think it can remind you to turn off your Caps Lock?
N0PHI
11-19-2002, 09:25 PM
Pete and Repeat were in a boat. Pete fell out. Who was left?

Repeat.

Pete and Repeat were in a boat. Pete fell out. Who was left?

Repeat.

Pete and Repeat were in a boat. Pete fell out. Who was left?

Pete's brother.

Kevin, N0PHI
WB2GOF
11-20-2002, 03:12 PM
My seven year-old nephew first told me that one. #He was the only one who seemed amused (or so I thought).