I was one of the early users of the CQ-Contest reflector, back in the 90s, and it was a long time before I became aware that hams were the only ones who referred to these things as "reflectors" rather than "m,ailing lists" or listservs". It also used to be that anyone posting on one of these reflectors would use his or her callsign and some form of esoteric ham closing, like 73, 88, etc.
Am I alone in observing that these customs seem to be falling by the wayside? I flinch every time I see an unsigned message on one of the reflectors. It seems to me that people should want to be seen in a good light by the 1-4 thousand people who will seeing their messages. This isn't instant messaging, where you're already known by the other party, so why not take the second or two extra to let people know who you are and that you're proud of it? Or am I just an old curmudgeon? -- 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
