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16 <H2><A NAME="s8">8.</A> <A HREF="usermanual.html#toc8">Talk mode.</A></H2>
18 <P>You can send a single comment or start a dedicated talk session to
19 another user by using the <B>TALK</B> command. </P>
21 <P>Talk mode is used to send a one line comment or greeting to a
22 specific user connected either at your node or another in the
23 network. You can also enter into a dedicated talk session with
24 another user. Talks will be automatically forwarded to other nodes
25 if the station you are talking to is not connected locally.
26 You can find out who is connected by using the
27 <B>SHOW/CONFIGURATION</B> command, (described earlier).</P>
28 <P><B>Examples:</B></P>
33 talk g0rdi Having a good day Iain?
37 <P>This example would send the line "Having a good day Iain?" to the
38 user g0rdi but would leave you in normal mode. </P>
43 Entering Talkmode, /EX to end, /<cmd> to run a command
48 <P>As you can see, you can still run commands whilst in talk mode.
49 Simply prefix the command with a / like /sh/dx and you will get
51 If the user is connected to another node, you may have to use a
52 slightly extended version of the <B>TALK</B> command.</P>
60 <P>To exit talk mode, you issue the command <B>/ex</B>. </P>
61 <P>Whilst in talk mode you will still receive DX spots. This means that
62 you can chat to a friend whilst working DX. </P>
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