Very true Rob. The band/conditions do have to support the armchair type copy for a good ragchew. The assumption is that these conditions are satisfied. I had some great ragchews on all of the HF bands at some point or another. It's a matter of finding another willing station. Ragchews do not HAVE to be limited to AM but that is what I prefer and I have a feeling that most people on this list concur. It indeed IS the art of conversation. This is a skill that comes more naturally to some of us than others. I also notice it depends on who I'm in the QSO with. It's does seem to be a dynamic between the station involved. I think that opening a dialog concerning the ragchew will help at least some of us. Surely it can't hurt!
73, John KX5JT -----Original Message----- From: Rob Atkinson <ranchoro...@gmail.com> To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sun, Apr 25, 2010 11:02 pm Subject: Re: [AMRadio] The Art of Ragchewing I don't particularly care for the fast TR type qso. I hear it mostly in big groups but even though I currently run mostly modern gear, I have to switch a couple of things and prefer longer transmissions where I have a few seconds to check the carrier level and see things "settle down" so I like the format in which we all take a turn amongst one or two or three stations. Yes, before we get to the art of ragchewing, the stations and band have to be able to support a ragchew QSO. I like daytime in winter on 75, night on 160 in winter and days in summer on 40 for this reason. If there is an art to ragchewing, it is only the art of conversation and that is to simply find something about the other person and ask questions and get him to talk about it while you take notes and ask more questions. We all love to talk about what we are interested in don't we? All you have to do is find that thing and let the other ham tell you about it. 73 Rob K5UJ ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
