I have been a ham for almost 46 years now and having been on 160 off an on for much of that time. Tonight I saw something that I had not really seen on 160 and kinda ticked me off big time; some idio
Unfortunately 160 is not immune to that kind of behavior. I have run into it before (including from an A1 Op member). Some would argue they were agressively pursuing a DX QSO. Most of us would classi
As an avid QRPer I find that QRM is a fact of life almost never intentional, but frequently occuring. Also a fact of life is that there are so many considerate and patient operators willing to stan
Sure sometimes there is some inadvertent QRM because of call timing or poor reception ...but too often it is just plain lack of consideration and rudeness -- seems to be a sign of the times. What is
Unfortunately, VE1ZZ has a terrible signal with key clicks out to over1kHz from his carrier frequency. Perhaps the other chap had a signal he was trying to copy wiped out by ZZ and decided to get eve
By the way, a weird thing happened to me the other week. (rare for 160m that is) Well, not so weird, as maybe insulting.....I was working a bunch of Europe on 160m, spotting them as I went up and dow
Im always temped to post the calls of the (many) pile up lids on the cluster and have seen people do it only to incite a flame contest. I also think fat headed lids are so dense it wouldn't change th
Hi Roger, Sez who...? Jack's keying may well be a tad on the hard side, but his signal HARDLY emits "...key clicks out to over 1 KHz from his carrier frequency", IMHO...and I've copied him at some 30
There is hardly a station closer to Jack on 160m than me. ( a couple VE1's/VY2's maybe) and yes, I'll be one of the first to admit his keying is indeed a bit "hard", but I wouldn't say he's especiall
Mike, I'm not a psychologist but after 40 years as an active radio amateur, 27 of which were directly involved in national and international amateur radio organizations, I learned that once a person
G'day Gentlemen, I don't think it is "branding" when pointing out a problem with someone's signal. It happens to all of us and we need to know when our signal is not right. N4IS called me once that I
Hi, I am not and will never be a BIG player on 160...my antenna farm is more like a flower pot! I can hear much better than I can transmit..the opposite of an "alligator". So I listen a lot more than
Many receivers (I try to indict DSP rigs below but really pure analog mulitconversion receivers can show this too) can have AGC pumping causing perceived clicks, especially when the incoming signal
Geee guys, I would be sorry I even made the original post except that no matter how bad a stations signal is technically that is no reason to intentionally jam him. It is just plain stupid you will
But as someone else mentioned, if a station has a signal problem, and despite how beloved some of our colleagues are I have heard nasty stuff a number of times, there is nothing wrong mentioning it a
Deliberate QRM and other bad behavior has been on 160 ever since it was opened to all frequencies, 1500W (and a lot more by some), and 160 included on every rig and amp. There are very few who operat
As a matter of fact... We have that 'uselss' "T" hanging out there on the end of RST (for CW ops). One year while on the way to Field Day a component lead broke in the bias supply filter in my transm
I was taught to contact the station personally and notify him of the problem tactfully. Don't broadcast your gripe. Try to contact him (or her) and send an accurate signal report, such as 579K. Remem
I have actually heard a dxpedition put some particularly badly behaving ham on their own little blacklist, telling him off on the air and promising to never put him in their log because of bad behavi
The dreaded "?" sent by the DX station is an invitation for mayhem. I agree with you. If the DX station is sending a partial call, followed by "?," all stations not remotely resembling the partial s