Amen Howard...The reflectors are great as a lot of us learn quite a bit. The
line gets crossed when it becomes a " I can urinate farther than you can"
event. I think some could check their egos and if there is a difference of
opinion try to remember this is a hobby instead of castigating the
originating party. Personally I think Tom has added untold experience here
and his absence only hurts what the reflectors are intended for.
73,
Steve, WD8NPL
-----Original Message-----
From: Howard K2HK
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 1:22 PM
To: Pete Smith N4ZR
Cc: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: strange propagation
I have followed with some interest. Early posts had some merit but it soon
turns into a free for all. I have had my own thoughts for many years but
thought this was not the forum to express them since it serves little
purpose. My feeling is the forum should be for technical information or
questions. No doubt that amateur radio is keeping up with other forms of
dissonance in our society. I hope we can return to the spirit of amateur
radio and Tom continues to join us.
Howard..K2Hk
On the road
Sent from my iPad
On Jan 16, 2016, at 1:10 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com> wrote:
By all means, please don't leave, Tom. Until recently, this sort of junk
stayed on CQ-Contest. Perhaps we can give it the cold shoulder and it'll
wither away. This is still the place I look to for serious discussion of,
among other topics, low-band verticals and receiving antennas.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/16/2016 8:52 AM, Louis Parascondola via Topband wrote:
Tom, by you leaving would just fuel the egos of those VERY few who want
to stir up trouble. If we get off the discussion things should return to
normal. I am done with the RHR discussion. When it was a healthy
discussion where sensible arguments were presented I see no problem, but
when it gets boiled down to comparing them with the guy who pumped the
price of the drug that is the toilet and that's where it will end. I'm
sure others will feel the same. Hang in there.
Lou W1QJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com>
To: Louis Parascondola <gudguyham@aol.com>; n1rj <n1rj@roadrunner.com>;
topband <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Sat, Jan 16, 2016 8:37 am
Subject: Re: Topband: strange propagation
This reflector has gone down the toilet with personal BS that serves no
purpose except to pick fights.
After 20 years, I'm leaving it.It sure went down the tubes.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Parascondola via Topband" <topband@contesting.com>
To: <n1rj@roadrunner.com>; <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: strange propagation
That was not nice.
Lou W1QJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger D Johnson <n1rj@roadrunner.com>
To: topband <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Sat, Jan 16, 2016 7:09 am
Subject: Re: Topband: strange propagation
Sounds a lot like the RHR folks!
A friend of mine at the Georgia State Public Service Training Center
(right
down my street) says this social trend, made pandemic through Internet,
has
even been assigned a name now. It is called Homogeneous Clustering.
This
is
where groups of people cluster together and invent their own reality,
feed off
each other's emotions, and dismiss anyone outside their group as a
problem and
dishonest.
73 Tom
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