I do not rag chew all the time, in fact less than more. However, I’m not
a “macro chatter” either. Here is one example I just had. Bear in mind,
this happens more than not. The callsign has been changed to QQ8QQQ and
the name to John as I do not want pick on any one individual since it’s
a global pandemic.

Bold is me. Italic is the other station.

CQ CQ CQ de QQ8QQQ QQ8QQQ QQ8QQQ
pse K

QQ8QQQ de KB8LFA KB8LFA KB8LFA K

KB8LFA KB8LFA de QQ8QQQ QQ8QQQ

Hi OM JEREMY N

Report : 599 599 599

Name : John John John

QTH : Sometown, Somewhere

Locator : EL83TC IOTA NA015

BTU OM JEREMY N

KB8LFA de QQ8QQQ

pse K

QQ8QQQ de KB8LFA

Nice to work you again on a different mode John. We worked Jun 11th via JT65. That’s an interesting mode.
Name is Jeremy as you know, QTH is Norton, OH which is 10 miles west of rubber capital of the world, Akron, Ohio.
My grid square is EN91da. Your RST this time around is 599 599 599.
BTU John, QQ8QQQ de KB8LFA KN

KB8LFA KB8LFA de QQ8QQQ QQ8QQQ

Very nice copy OM JEREMY N,here is me Setup

Radio : SEG15 QRP 5 Watts

20,30,40,80 and 160mts,very old radio from RFT Germany

Antenna : Dipole V 7Mhz @ Dipole / 14Mhz

PC : Intel i865GM , Pentium D 3.2Ghz , 1GB DDR

Windows XP SP3

Software : MixW 2.19

Interface : Made Home Break

BTU OM JEREMY N

KB8LFA de QQ8QQQ

pse K



QQ8QQQ de KB8LFA

Thanks for the QSO John. I wish you the best of luck
and good DX. Have fun with the hobby! QQ8QQQ de KB8LFA SK


KB8LFA KB8LFA de QQ8QQQ QQ8QQQ

OK OM JEREMY N TNX for nice QSO in BPSK31

For QSL 100% Vía Bureau or www.QRZ.com

73 DX,Good Luck OM JEREMY N

KB8LFA de QQ8QQQ

SK SK

Notice the use even of “JEREMY N” as my name. Where did that come from?
Straight out of the call book with a program that doesn’t even try to
parse out the first name from my middle initial.

Interestingly enough, I’ve asked specific questions of people such as
“Before I continue further, can you give me a general signal report and
IMD report as I just setup my brand new TS-2000 and I do not want to
plaster anyone else, here is silence for an accurate IMD report. PAUSE
PAUSE PAUSE… Thanks, QQ8QQQ de KB8LFA KN”

What was the response? You got it! The station setup. Any mention of a
report? Nope. I’ve asked questions about their setup, about their home
town, about the program they use, etc… What was the response? Nothing.
It seems people hit F1, F2 and F3 your done, NEXT! If it doesn’t fit
into an F key, it doesn’t get said or answered :-(

Maybe it’s not fair to post this as “PSK31” because I am seeing it more
and more on other digital modes as well, even RTTY :-/ but it seems to
be new people using the macros, thus I call them macro chatters.

If I just wanted to make a contact and move on, I’d probably vote for a
QSO like this:

CQ CQ CQ de QQ8QQQ QQ8QQQ QQ8QQQ pse K

QQ8QQQ de KB8LFA KB8LFA KB8LFA K

KB8LFA de QQ8QQQ

Thanks for the call, name is John, John, UR RST is 599 599. QTH is Sometown, Somewhere, EE12xx EE12xx
QSL? KN

RRR Name is Jeremy Jeremy. UR RST is 599 599. QTH is Norton, OH Norton, OH EN91da EN91da. 73 and Good Luck, QQ8QQQ de KB8LFA SK

73 KB8LFA… QRZ? de QQ8QQQ QQ8QQQ QQ8QQQ K