[TowerTalk] Recent posts

[Dave - AB7E]

Well, I'm glad Steve received some private words of support for his stance, but I'm surprised there weren't more public ones.  I for one did NOT think that the original post about the ham who is ill was appropriate, the reason being that I'm unwilling to let every one of the 1000+ subscribers to this list decide for themselves which off-topic posts might be "important" enough to fill up my mailbox.  The only reason people post those messages on this forum is because there is a large audience, a situation that likely would not be the case if we couldn't rely on Steve to keep it from being a free-for-all.  Check out the activity level of the "TowerTalk" forum on eHam as a point of reference.

73,
Dave   AB7E




------Original Mail------
From: <K7LXC at aol.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:12:44 EDT
Subject: [TowerTalk] Recent posts

Howdy --
 
    A couple of topics recently drew criticism for a  couple of reasons. 
And coincidentally they both had to do with  NON-TowerTalk topics. 
 
    For those of you who got upset because you  felt I was a little quick 
on the trigger-finger - my apologies. OTOH maybe we  all would have been 
better off if both of those posts had never entered  TowerTalkLand. 
 
    This is an un-moderated list which means everything  gets posted and I 
see it when everyone else does (actually I see it later  because I read the 
digest). About the only thing I can do is to post something  after the fact 
to ask to have the offending subject dropped. Everyone  mostly acts like 
adults and we go along swimmingly most of the time. If you want  this to go to 
a moderated list, let me know. 
 
    Yes, we all feel sorry for the guy that's ill and  wish him the best 
but where do you draw the line for appropriate and  inappropriate TT topics? 
First and foremost, we're here to talk about  towers and HF antenna 
construction projects. I'm not perfect and I make  judgement calls. That's the way 
this reflector functions. It's gone on this way  since 1996 and I think it 
works pretty well AND dispenses valuable information  to its members. 
 
    Thanks to those who dropped me notes of  encouragement - I appreciate 
them. 
 
Cheers,
Steve     K7LXC
TT ADMIN 
 
    
 
    
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