Topband: Ticked over intentional interference on top band

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

I was taught to contact the station personally and notify him of the problem tactfully.  Don't broadcast your gripe.

Try to contact him (or her)  and send an accurate signal report, such as 579K. Remember, K indicates clicks and C chirp.

Contact him via an email or phone call and notify him of the issue.

I remember starting as a novice in the late sixties. We were crystal controlled and we had to manually tune our rigs and chirps were common. I started out with an Ameco AC1 which was a MOPA (master oscilattor power amplifier) rig. I received an post card form an OO (official observer) notifying be of my chirp and offering assistance if necessary. I remember the note started off with something to the effect that "This is not a violation notice or a 'bawling out", but one ham helping another fellow ham". I was impressed with the professionalism.

Mike N2MS



----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com>
To: W2PM <w2pm at aol.com>
Cc: topband at contesting.com, wa3mej at comcast.net
Sent: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:17:34 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Topband: Ticked over intentional interference on top band

On Sun, 2012-01-22 at 08:07 -0500, W2PM wrote:
> But as someone else mentioned, if a station has a signal problem, and despite how beloved some of our colleagues are I have heard nasty stuff a number of times, there is nothing wrong mentioning it and people shouldn't be upset provided it's not said unconstructively.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
>