What I hear lately are those who send QRL (Not QRL?) a couple of times and then call CQ. It drives me bonkers. A smart engineer I used to work with at Western Electric said: (paraphrasing) Most of the people on this earth are below average. jim / W1FMR
--- On Thu, 2/9/12, Roger D Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: From: Roger D Johnson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: Proper Decorum On The "Gentleman's Band"... To: "Eddy Swynar" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012, 9:48 AM The "Gentleman's Band" has been dead a long time, Eddy. It's now inhabited by the same type of operators that infest all the other bands. As for QRL? It's often used by lids on the DX's frequency to cause QRM and provoke a response. A version of sending someone's call on the DX transmitting frequency thus provoking a slew of ups, lid, a**hole, etc. Best just to ignore it and get on with your life. 73, Roger -- Remember the Liberty (AGTR-5) http://www.usslibertyveterans.org/ http://www.gtr5.com/ _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
