[CQ-Contest] Amateur predators

[Russell Hill]

Mark, I do not know the circumstances, so I cannot comment.

In my high school ham radio club, there were a couple of hams who were 
regularly dating a girl in the club, and later told me they considered her 
the best kept secret in high school.

The three of them were also members of the chess club, if I remember 
correctly.

So were they 2 hams hitting on another ham, or 2 chess club members hitting 
on another chess player?  Or just 2 guys in high school behaving as their 
sexual proclivities led them to behave?

I think the comments about the relative safety of the ham radio community vs 
the Internet, chat rooms, etc, is probably right on the mark.

73, and I have enjoyed your commentary on the reflecter on many occasions. 
Many thanks for them all.

Rusty, na5tr



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Beckwith" <n5ot at n5ot.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 10:27 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Amateur predators


>> In my 49 years as a Licensee, I have never once
>> heard of a young operator being hit on
>
> Rick, I was hit on twice by hams (male) when I was between the ages of 13
> and 18, from 1971 to 1986.  (Twice that I know of - as a teenager I was
> pretty dense sometimes, and if it happened more, I was unaware of it).  I
> know of at least one other similar incident that happened to a close 
> friend,
> of approximately the same age at approximately the same time.
>
> Mark, N5OT
>
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