[50mhz] Re: QSL's

[Bill W5WVO]

Gene, I agree with you 100%.

I can't begin to tell you how many times I've seen posts like the recent one 
from Bud, K2YOF, purporting to explain why some guys won't QSL: Not everybody 
in ham radio is into chasing awards! Wow, really? I never knew that!

Come on. This isn't about what people are "into". It's about whether ham radio 
is the fraternity (gender-neutral) it has always purported to be. What about 
the idea that you help your fellow human beings accomplish their cherished 
goals, because it's the right thing to do, and because it feels good? Gosh, 
I'll bet throwing those unopened QSLs/SASEs into the trash can feels REALLY 
GOOD! Yeah, I suppose so, if you happen to be a misanthrope or a sociopath. 
Come on, guys, if you're really that depressed and dissociated from the rest 
of humankind, get some psychiatric help, for crying out loud. You'll feel much 
better.

Sorry, this whole attitude just really sticks in my craw. Enough said, I 
suppose...

Bill / W5WVO


WØQFC wrote:
> I also have over 50 years of Hamming under my belt (albeit not on 6
> meters) and I am really sad to see a post like TR's with regard to
> throwing QSL requests in the trash can!
>
> SHAME on you, TR! That is one of the most inconsiderate, mean and
> selfish statements that I have seen from a fellow Ham.
>
> I guess it is somewhat understandable considering the present
> attitude of today's "Me First and the hell with everyone else
> attitude" society.
>
> Understandable but not condoned by the undersigned, who has been
> licensed since 1953. . . .
>
> 73
>
> Gene, WØQFC
>
> www.w0qfc.com
>
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