Topband: Confessions of A Known Criminal

[by way of Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>]

In a message dated 2/25/02 6:11:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, ford@cmgate.com 
writes:

> I agree with Bill.  Topband is different today.  In his words, "lost some of
> its uniqueness."  

Perhaps a "Gentlemen's Band" and a band which allows contests are not 
compatible  - except for the SP test, a contest is a contest - mostly rude 
and inconsiderate activity and there is nothing unique about that behavior on 
any band in many of these contests. 

Pete Malvasi, W2PM
Historian and collector of Magnetic Telegraph and Pre WW1 Wireless
Web: http://members.aol.com/pmalvasi/keypix/pete.html