Well, I'm glad Steve received some private words of support for his stance, but
I'm surprised there weren't more public ones. I for one did NOT think that the
original post about the ham who is ill was appropriate, the reason being that
I'm unwilling to let every one of the 1000+ subscribers to this list decide for
themselves which off-topic posts might be "important" enough to fill up my
mailbox. The only reason people post those messages on this forum is because
there is a large audience, a situation that likely would not be the case if we
couldn't rely on Steve to keep it from being a free-for-all. Check out the
activity level of the "TowerTalk" forum on eHam as a point of reference.
73,
Dave AB7E
------Original Mail------
From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:12:44 EDT
Subject: [TowerTalk] Recent posts
Howdy --
A couple of topics recently drew criticism for a couple of reasons.
And coincidentally they both had to do with NON-TowerTalk topics.
For those of you who got upset because you felt I was a little quick
on the trigger-finger - my apologies. OTOH maybe we all would have been
better off if both of those posts had never entered TowerTalkLand.
This is an un-moderated list which means everything gets posted and I
see it when everyone else does (actually I see it later because I read the
digest). About the only thing I can do is to post something after the fact
to ask to have the offending subject dropped. Everyone mostly acts like
adults and we go along swimmingly most of the time. If you want this to go to
a moderated list, let me know.
Yes, we all feel sorry for the guy that's ill and wish him the best
but where do you draw the line for appropriate and inappropriate TT topics?
First and foremost, we're here to talk about towers and HF antenna
construction projects. I'm not perfect and I make judgement calls. That's the
way
this reflector functions. It's gone on this way since 1996 and I think it
works pretty well AND dispenses valuable information to its members.
Thanks to those who dropped me notes of encouragement - I appreciate
them.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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