Topband: Outing The Scofflaws...

[wa3mej at comcast.net]

Why all of a sudden are we grumbling and growling about this?  This kind of behavior has been going on for as long as I can remember and I admit to being a fairly new ham compared to some here (only been a ham since 1965) but I have seen it happen since I was a novice....and what because someone didnt get a contact?  The world will not end based on people not getting contacts.. yes I know.. I would like to get one too but I will not die either.  AND it is only one of many problems on our bands IF we outted people for every little infraction of the rules we would no longer have anyone to talk to! Shall we spurn stations DXpeditioins that come 5 KHz below our frequency .. when we have been there for over half an hour and then all heck breaks loose on top of us because they are telling people up 5-10 and then they respone to people 15 KHz up the bands? Yes both of these things happened during the DXpedition to Yemen and other expeditions and continue to happen. Shall we spurn those stations that a bring politics into ham radio and dont stand up to say no the the hosting nation like Yemen did.. they refused to talk to Israel.. this kind is stuff has been around for as long as everyone on this list has been in hamradio.. GET OVER IT.  IT IS ONLY A HOBBY 


Long Live Seal Team VI 

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Message: 25 
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:31:18 -0500 
From: "Bob Garrett" < rgarrett5 at comcast.net > 
To: < garyk9gs at wi.rr.com >, < topband at contesting.com > 
Subject: Re: Topband: Outing The Scofflaws... 
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Finally, a voice of reason! All this talk of "amps with handles", W3LPL 
spotting, public humiliation and avoiding this subject is BS. Like it or 
not, this behavior has been around for a long time. Personally, I sit back 
and wait till the tuning and jamming begins. While the cops are ranting on 
the QRG, I give my call up the band and often when the smoke clears, I 
squeak out a QSO. 

Last night, PT0S was on for hours and worked many many stations with very 
little QRM. Just relax guys and enjoy the chase. 
73, Bob K3UL