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Re: Topband: Brave New World

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Subject: Re: Topband: Brave New World
From: john <w8wej@citynet.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 23:26:03 +0000
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uhhhhhhhhhhhhh,,, they ,(the operators), are actually physically there--they are not in my opinion , hired guns, that description is unnecessarily unkind and incorrect , in my opinion, they are operating radio(s) on site..on site being the key I appreciate the efforts of w3lpl's et al stations and their efforts... Other than you having an apparent issue with big gun stations and club , the (your), problem is???? for the record I am about as far from being a big gun station as you could get.. I guess it is up to each of us to decide what is right and ethical , but for me, until I am slapped into a nursing home,,, Ill take the on site,(real radio) , every time...guess it is personal choices dx 73 john w8wej

On 2/25/2015 10:10 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On Wed,2/25/2015 1:05 PM, Eddy Swynar wrote:
The whole notion---to me, at any rate---compromises the very essence & the "...joie de vivre!" of operating on 160-meters, don't you think...? And to imagine that one of the "perpetrators" in all this is actually exuberant about his accomplishment...

I STRONGLY disagree. Exactly how is this different from those same operators driving several hours (of flying) to someone's super-station, like W3LPL, K3LR, W8JI, NQ4I, N0NI, W0AIH, WB9Z, K9CT, W7RN, N6RO, VE3EJ, K1TTT, KH6LC, KL7RA, and hundreds of others around the world, to do a multi-multi? The vast majority of the EU stations we work in contests are club stations.

Except for the guy who built the station, and maybe someone who helps to maintain it, they're all hired guns. As I see it, the internet simply saves those guys a lot of gas money.

73, Jim K9YC
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