Topband: Ticked over intentional interference on top band

[Joel Harrison]

Mike,

I'm not a psychologist but after 40 years as an active radio amateur, 27 of
which were directly involved in national and international amateur radio
organizations, I learned that once a person enters the solitude of a dark
corner of a room in their home Dr. Jekyll turns into Mr. Hyde with a radio
and keyboard in front of him with access to the world, especially
if anonymity is available. They're different people in public (well, most
of them!)

I don't understand it, I don't like it, and it is sad but sometimes just
walking away for bit and taking a breath is the best response.

73 Joel W5ZN


On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Mike & Coreen Smith <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>wrote:

> By the way, a weird thing happened to me the other week. (rare for 160m
> that
> is)
>
> Well, not so weird, as maybe insulting.....I was working a bunch of Europe
> on 160m, spotting them as I went up and down the band.  I ended up calling
> TA3D a bunch of times @ his sunrise and never made it.  Eventually he QRT'd
> and I got called on TA3D's ex-frequency by a UA4 somebody who I later found
> out was running 100w and he was happy for his first Canada on
> 160m.....anyways, a very small pileup started with LY, YL, UA4's, OH, SM's
> etc. calling me after TA3D had left.
>
> Some guy kept QRMing me with the dit-machine....we've all had it happen to
> us....anyways, this guy eventually kept asking me if I was a LID and
> spotting my own pileup or something like that.  QSB and QRN took him out a
> bit at times.  At first I thought he was asking me to QSY, but he
> definately
> was asking if I was a LID, and something about spotting.  I was so PO'd
> (like red in the face upset) I stopped the mini pileup, and turned the rig
> off.  (If you are reading this, you won !)
>
> Figured I just didn't need the aggravation.  It's not too often I get upset
> about ham radio. In fact it's very very rare.  It's a hobby I derive great
> enjoyment out of.  I could miss a rare chance at a JA on 6m and I wouldn't
> get "upset", ya know?  I could lose an all weekend contest by 1000 pts and
> still not get upset.  I could wait in a pileup for an hour and not be
> upset.
> But this....  This just rubbed me the wrong way.
>
> I don't know what problem folks have about DX spotting.  By the way, I
> never
> spotted myself, nor any of the DX I was working once I had the old TA3D
> freq....only before, as I was gg up and down the band.  There were almost
> no
> spots coming out of NA at the time, even though 160 was in fine shape.
>  Only
> heard a few guys on from NA and propagation was very very good at the time.
> Even had a K7...think it was K7ZV thank me on the Lowband ON4KST chat site
> thank me for the spots and he had nabbed a couple new ones off my spots.
> Kinda makes me feel good, but the terrible words from the unknown guy made
> me feel like I should take up stamp collecting.  Less aggravation !
>
>
> VE9AA
> Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
> 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
> NB
> Canada
> E6L 1T1
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Larry
>  To: topband at contesting.com
>  Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 11:42 PM
>  Subject: Re: Topband: Ticked over intentional interference on top band
>
>
>  Unfortunately 160 is not immune to that kind of behavior. I have run into
>  it before (including from an A1 Op member). Some would argue they were
>  agressively pursuing a DX QSO. Most of us would classify the operation
>  as just plain QRM.
>
>  73, Larry  W6NWS
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: <wa3mej at comcast.net>
>  To: <topband at contesting.com>
>  Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:01 PM
>  Subject: Topband: Ticked over intentional interference on top band
>
>
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > I have been a ham for almost 46 years now and having been on 160 off an
> on
>  > for much of that time. Tonight I saw something that I had not really
> seen
>  > on 160 and kinda ticked me off big time; some idiot intentiionally
> trying
>  > to jam VE1ZZ while he was trying to work a DX station that I didnt even
>  > hear (I'M Jealous obviously). This kind of thing happens a lot on 80
> what
>  > with all the idiots directly challenging the FCC and all but I have not
>  > really run into it on the gentlemens band. Everyone is for the most part
>  > so pleasant on this band. I mean if why not just turn it into a contest
>  > for who can work the station first? but to intentionally be a spoiler
> for
>  > another station just doesnt cut it.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > It would be nice to find this joker and poke pins in his coax. Whats the
>  > saying " I'm mad as hell and not going to put up with this" ???
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Jim WA3MEJ
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > P.S. VE1ZZ hope you got the contact anyhow.
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73 Joel W5ZN

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