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@contesting.com>
To: donovanf@starpower.net, topband@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@starpower.net>
To: topband <topband@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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