What advantage does the QSYER give you over the buttons on the Microphone?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 3:42 PM
Subject: QSY ER and my iPhone


> Those of you using iPhones will get a kick out of this one.  I had =
> called my youngest son, he's 30 years old and his house is directly =
> behind mine, and asked him if he had a 9 volt battery.  Part of his =
> drapery business is in his three car garage right now due to a fire in =
> the building it was in before.  He's able to work on some things by just =
> walking out of his house and into the garage.  Anyhow, he said he'd have =
> one of his 4 boys walk the battery over because he was working on a job =
> that had to be done before morning.  About midnight, my wife finishes =
> her medical transcription job online and then we go to bed.  I came in =
> from reading a book and was going to go to bed.  I can't sleep very =
> easily if she is typing and her work station is in our bedroom.  =
> Eloquence is a poor substitute for pillow talk.  Anyhow, my son, nor any =
> of his boys, had shown up with the 9 volt battery.  I needed it for my =
> QSY ER because that battery died so I couldn't move around with my Icom =
> 7000 as I normally would.  I sent my son a text message, he was about =
> 125 feet away in his garage.  My text was supposed to say, "Wait until =
> tomorrow for the battery.  I'm going to bed."  It was about 15 minutes =
> after midnight and I was getting tired.  I could tell my message didn't =
> sound right; something didn't sound right at the beginning.  I had =
> dictated the text using the dictation mode for messages, which I =
> normally do, to save time typing it letter by letter.  I erased my =
> message and spoke it again.  It still sounded wrong but I gave up and =
> knew my son would understand all but the first couple of words.  I walk =
> out of my office, up the stairs, through the kitchen and dining room, =
> and into our bedroom where my wife is shutting down her computer.  I =
> told her about my situation with the battery and my texting to our son =
> not to come now and she told me he had just called her and said he was =
> bringing the battery to my office door.  My office used to be a breeze =
> way between the house and our garage and I made it into a two room =
> office.  It's my man cave, sort of speak, with my office equipment and =
> ham gear and bookshelves floor to ceiling.  .  So, I go back out to my =
> office and wait.  Another 15 minutes go by and I go and tell my wife he =
> must not be coming due to my last text to him.  She insisted he was =
> coming and go unlock the door in case he doesn't have his house keys to =
> get into our house.  So, I go back, he shows up, I sit the battery next =
> to my QSY ER, and go to bed.  As I put the battery up, my son had walked =
> through the house to see if my wife had something she wanted done.  Her =
> call to him was something about going to a doctor's appointment, or =
> something like that, I don't recall now what it was all about.  I just =
> wanted to go to sleep, you see?  So, my son leaves, I lock up my office, =
> and stumble back into the bedroom.  My wife is laughing and she said, =
> "What did you say to Everett in your text message about the battery and =
> going to bed?"  So I told her.  She laughed even more and said, do you =
> know what your message really read?"  I told her I knew something was =
> wrong but after two tries, I gave up because the basic part of my text =
> was there, plus, I'm tired."  She kept laughing and finally said, =
> "Everett said the first part of your message said something about 4 =
> Wales and a battery."  The moral of the story?  Be careful; I've had =
> 4-letter words embedded in my voiced text messages before, too.  Yes, I =
> put in the next battery and my QSY ER is working fine now  and here you =
> thought this wasn't going to be a ham radio related story.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX