>
> Hans' story of the new licensee's first contact is a truly sad one. Hans,
> have you been able to contact him since then and let him know we're not
all
> like that? What a poor welcome to the hobby. One guy likes that makes us
all
> look bad.
>
Warren (and all),
The story of "Jim" is a fictional representation, intended to highlight the
harm that (well-meaning) OT's do when they take a "schoolmaster" approach
to indoctrinating newcomers. If W2OY ("no kids, no lids, no space
cadets") were on the air today, to our discredit, he wouldn't even get a
second glance. Use of demeaning terms for newcomers like SOTB, etc., used
to be remarkable by the rarity of it, but today it's just "routine".
73, de Hans, K0HB
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