Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers

[kolson at rcn.com]

Frankly, if someone I barely knew sent me a critique of my operating style unsolicited and basically demanded an apology for something he deemed wrong , my reaction would likely be the same. 

I know that for the "big guns" with 4 squares and 1000 ft. bevs every 15 degrees  it's easy. You're louder and hear better, so no problem. For those of us with modest stations, (in my particular case 50 X 120 ft. lot in noisy neighborhood, K9AY RX  and "T" transmit antenna, 40 up, 90 on the horizontal ) you have to be clever. For example, I noticed that the 160 op at K1N was returning to calls with a second call in abeyance when he finished the first QSO, so I found a station he was working and threw my call in just after he sent his report slightly off frequency and he came back . Some may see this as an improper tactic, but the operator at K1N apparently didn't and I don't either,  so that's all I need to know. 

It's easy to be noble when you have the big signal. But, interestingly enough, a friend of mine was basically "finessed" out of a contact in the EP6T 160 pile-up by some of the big signal guys continuous calling. That was a tough QSO by any standards, but funny how "nobility" and "high operating standards" went out the window in that case... 

Kevin K3OX 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Larry via Topband" <topband at contesting.com> 
To: donovanf at starpower.net, topband at contesting.com 
Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 7:30:57 PM 
Subject: Re: Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers 


hi frank, 


as a matter of courtesy i sent KK6ZM a personal email suggesting that his behavior was totally wrong when calling K1N and that an apology on the topband reflector would be in order. 


his reply was something like "stick it where the sun don't shine ". he stated that he was only using a 53 foot long wire and could not possibly cause any damage to the operation. this ham is clueless and possibly his "well known father" who i consider to be a world class operator can explain proper operating practices. 


73, 
larry 
n7dd 



-----Original Message----- 
From: donovanf <donovanf at starpower.net> 
To: topband <topband at contesting.com> 
Sent: Tue, Feb 3, 2015 9:23 pm 
Subject: Re: Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers 


Hi guys, 

We've beat up KK6ZM enough for his honest mistake, we all make 
mistakes. By now I'm sure Patrick has heard from his well known 
father and his uncles too and there's no chance he'll make that mistake 
again. 

Its time to move on... 

73 
Frank 
W3LPL 


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