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[Giskard]

**IMPORTANT** What to say/do at the axons *UPDATE 12th Oct*

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Note - I was the first axon on "pqi" and I must note that I was not asked for my name and so did not provide the password. The recording launched directly into the vignette after I responded to the nickname request (Operator). Same for the later one where I was the third or fourth axon.

[Giskard]

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Further gathered wisdom:

Melissa has been continuing to attempt to reach missed axons, certainly through today. So it is worth it to revisit a missed one.

Melissa does not call axons again once they are hot.

CHECK THE PHONE IN ADVANCE:

Some phones do not accept incoming calls. If you test this as best you can, this phone should be considered low probability. If you can't find the number Melissa probably can't either. (But that's not a 100% thing either.)

Some phones say they do not accept incoming calls, but they do. Sometimes you can check because they list a number on the phone or because you use it to call your cell and use caller ID and then call back.

Some do not ring but the call IS coming through - try answering around the end of the target minute. (You can confirm this when you make your test call.)

Some may be damaged (I had a sticky one where you had to push up the thingie to get the phone on, it didn't pop up on its own), so make sure you know how to answer it.

There's been a bunch of posts about using payphone directory sites and other mapping sites to get a better fix - search them. Some people have found the phones using the payphone directory because the map coordinates are too far off. Sometimes calling the likely one from the directory and asking who answers where they are will work! (see the posts today re masterful work on Cape Cod axons).