As I look at the calendar, I find myself celebrating the 50th anniversary of my first ham license. Hopefully that qualifies me to participate in this thread about MisQ's. I haven't heard anyone use QSL in lieu of "Over", but I don't spend that much time on phone. The hobby needs new blood, so if we end up inheriting some old CBer's, welcome them on board and help them transition to the norms of this hobby. Without new blood, our numbers will dwindle to where the FCC will just farm out our spectrum.
I do cringe a bit over terms like "10-4 good buddy", "got your ears on", and "I hear that". These will hopefully dissolve away over time. I would gladly tolerate the MisQ's if I could exchange them for removal of the frequency cops (up, up, up, up - one is enough), tuner upper's, or deliberate QRMer's who always know exactly where the good DXpedition operating frequencies are. It is like I am like trying to adapt to like changes that occur in our language like over time, if you get what I mean. This is still the greatest hobby out there, and it has been very good to me. I wish I could look forward to another 50 years, but that is unlikely. Stay tuned! John Owens - N7TK -------------- Original message -------------- From: Peter Dougherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 11:08 AM 6/3/2008, David Yarnes wrote: You describe the problem very well. The only thing is, it's kind of like an accent. You can pick it up going in, and you tend to lose it going out. Habits are hard to break, but so long as we don't pick up on it ourselves, I think in time it will begin to fade. Personally hearing "QSL" instead of "over" doesn't bother me in the slightest, especially if the QSO is with someone who doesn't speak English very well. The more of an impediment the language barrier is the more inclined I am to follow the other op's lead; if he turns it over to me with "QSL?" I will use that with him if there's any doubt and if condx are marginal, etc. For stateside-to-stateside or between native English-speakers (from anywhere), I think it's silly, but to each their own. On local repeaters, though, it does grate on me, as does most other "lingo" when both sides are full-quieting and in-range of the repeater. When I elmer new hams I stress the importance of just speaking to other hams the same as you'd talk to non-radio friends on the phone. The one bit of cb-crap that sets my teeth on edge is "on the side." Regards, Peter, W2IRT ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
