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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Interesting conversation and observations.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I got excited about FT8 and operated for a few years. After a while, it felt so impersonal that I finally turned it off.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I fire up the rig from time to time to make a CW or SSB contact these days, but that's about it.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Best wishes to all.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Larry N4VA</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 09:29:19 PM EDT, Jim Locke via NCDXA <ncdxa@ncdxa.org> wrote:
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On Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 08:42:37 PM EDT, Phillip Barsky via NCDXA <ncdxa@ncdxa.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;font-size:small;" class="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690gmail_default">Vic, Did not know that you were such an accomplished philosopher. Thanks for the yuks</div><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;font-size:small;" class="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690gmail_default"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:georgia, serif;font-size:small;" class="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690gmail_default">73 Phil K3EW</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690gmail_quote"><div id="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690yqtfd55148" class="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690yqt7334158140"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 5:33 PM Vic Culver via NCDXA <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:ncdxa@ncdxa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ncdxa@ncdxa.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690gmail_quote"><div>Sounds to me like the kind of guy who makes his Martinus with Sloe Gin, who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing. Why bother? Vic W4VIC </div><div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 4:50 PM Fred Matos via NCDXA <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:ncdxa@ncdxa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ncdxa@ncdxa.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp66dc175eyiv8374343705ydpb77d060fyiv3756937690gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr">Hello DXers,</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">I was trying to work V47JA over the past few days without any success. I noticed that he worked mostly EUs, so I sent him a message.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">His response is below.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Your thoughts?</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">73</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Fred</div><div dir="ltr">W3ICM</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:old times, serif;font-size:16px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15.2px;background-color:rgb(236,237,243);">Hi,</span></div><div style="color:rgb(38,40,42);font-family:old times, serif;font-size:16px;"><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15.2px;background-color:rgb(236,237,243);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15.2px;background-color:rgb(236,237,243);">I sit here and watch TV, and let the WSJT-X select who I work. When the "LOG" it screen pops up I press "OK", then I press "Enable Tx", whomever the program selects it answers. I occasionally look at the screen to see if any of the FULL SCREEN of stations calling are familiar calls or friends, and then I will manually select them. I am sorry if WSJT-X did not select you in the PILEUP....</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15.2px;background-color:rgb(236,237,243);"><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15.2px;background-color:rgb(236,237,243);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15.2px;background-color:rgb(236,237,243);">73,</span><br clear="none" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15.2px;background-color:rgb(236,237,243);"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15.2px;background-color:rgb(236,237,243);">JOHN V47JA </span></div></div><br clear="none"></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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