I think the downturn in behavior on the ham bands really came in the
very late 1970s and into the 80's when the FCC essentially abdicated
it's enforcement role in favor of "self-policing." It was during this
time (the 80s) that the guys like WA4D started doing their thing. It
makes perfect se
y are now put to rest for good.
God bless Amateur Radio and the "good guys".
73 Norm K1AA
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From: "Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'DX-CHAT'"
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Gentlemen H
Those are good points, Mal. I was going to follow up one of my postings
with the observation that it is only a small percentage of people who are
being nasty. In a really big pileup, I have never heard 100 stations
misbehaving on the DX frequency. Maybe 5 or 10. Considering there may be
100
ing to an end today.It's
already tomorrow in Australia
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From:
Zack Widup
To: 'DX-CHAT'
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 14:39
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Gentlemen
HAM'S
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:>
> I can still re
most of the
> violators are old timers, extra class etc. Years ago intentional QRM
> was almost unheard of and operators did not have the luxury of split
> nor a VFO. You were limited to a handful of crystals. Perhaps newer
> is not always better in spite of the sophisticated equi
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I can still recall one evening in college (about 30 years ago... *sigh*),
> when a bunch of us were operating K3CR on 20 phone, when a small pile-up
> developed (don't ask me why, we weren't a "special event," just a college
> club station, and
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Why is it more prevalent today? For one thing, IMHO, sheer numbers. We have
> more hams today than we did 30 years ago, and as a result, while the
> percentage of lids has (hopefully) remained small, the actual number has
> risen. And when it takes only 1 or 2 din
ften.
73, ron wn3vaw
From: Norm Gertz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri Apr 21 07:45:47 CDT 2006
To: Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 'WC7N' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
'DX-CHAT'
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] [dx-CHAT] Gentlemen HAM'S
My observations through the y
m then you expect low
grade performance.
73 Norm K1AA
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From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'WC7N'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'DX-CHAT'"
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:56 PM
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] [dx
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, WC7N wrote:
> Well maybe that is the problem now, not the dumbing down of the license but
> working hard to support a family, taking too much sh.. from the boss and
> just no patience when you get home.
>
> Rod WC7N
>
No, I think it's the way the society is going in gener
At 21:12 04/20/06, Scott Manthe wrote:
Well, your friend's only been a ham for 12-15 years, so it could
still be dumbing down. After all, he is a product of the V.E.
licensing system and never had to take a test in front of an F.C.C.
examiner and could just memorize the question pool to get hi
ize that possibility.
73,
Dave,
AA6YQ
-Original Message-From: N7MAL
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 21:07
PMTo: Dave; 'WC7N'; 'DX-CHAT'Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT]
[dx-CHAT] Gentlemen HAM'S
And you're Mr. P
WC7N wrote:
> His answer "I work hard all day and
> when I come home and have time to ham I don't have to put up with that s..."
> Well maybe that is the problem now, not the dumbing down of the license but
> working hard to support a family, taking too much sh.. from the boss and
> just no pa
At 20:56 04/20/06, Dave wrote:
Short of someone's life or limb being in danger, there is no excuse for
transmitting on a DX station's frequency.
Its hard to look someone in the eyes and firmly say "what you're doing is
wrong, and here's why". At least your friend had you to tell him; for all
to
Well, your friend's only been a ham for 12-15 years, so it could still
be dumbing down. After all, he is a product of the V.E. licensing system
and never had to take a test in front of an F.C.C. examiner and could
just memorize the question pool to get his ticket. Unless, of course,
your friend
riginal Message -
From:
Dave
To: 'WC7N' ; 'DX-CHAT'
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 0:56
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] [dx-CHAT]
Gentlemen HAM'S
Short of someone's life or limb being in danger, there is no
excuse fortransmitting on a DX station's
many ops, there's no one.
We reap what we sow...
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
WC7N
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 20:11 PM
To: DX-CHAT
Subject: [DX-CHAT] [dx-CHAT] Gentlemen HAM'S
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