[50mhz] Mentoring needed........

[manualman at juno.com]

Every band has its share of "band idiots"; 6 meters is no exception. It
becomes even more pronounced when the opens up.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 08:55:37 -0400 K4OWR <k2owr at comcast.net> writes:
> :::: The same thing goes on here in east TN, where the e-skip rarely 
> 
> blesses us, and Lord knows we need all the DX help we can get. There 
> is 
> a crew of guys that hang out constantly on the calling Fx. No amount 
> of 
> talking to them does any good. They simply are incapable of 
> comprehending the concept. Their answer is that it's good that they 
> hang 
> out there so someone will notice them.....the only thing is that all 
> 
> have mediocre stations because they report hearing my 2KW and giant 
> beam 
> as S6. I have simply given up trying. Mentoring only works when 
> someone 
> wants to learn, or even cares.
> BILL K4OWR
> 
> 
> On 6/23/2014 8:44 AM, r miles wrote:
> >
> > You can't just  blame the 'no code' or 'CB' mentality. We need to 
> 
> > kindly help these guys fit into the mainstream.........yesterday 
> there 
> > were at least 3 domestic stn.s sitting in the traditional DX 
> window of 
> > 50100-50125  just chatting and passing out grid squares. I hrd. 
> > several in there at least 30 mins. of CQing & chatting. Maybe you 
> hrd 
> > more. Besides being impolite & ignoring the traditional rules of 
> the 
> > game they were QRMing DX. There were CT & CU stn.s being covered 
> by 
> > these stn.s. Someone probably lost a chance to work a new DX while 
> 
> > these guys couldn't figure out they  should have been 25 kc higher 
> in 
> > the band. I did hear several stn.s ask these stn.s to QSY out of 
> the 
> > DX window. They were ignored. Guys we don't need to flame them. We 
> 
> > need to mentor them......
> >
> > K9IL EM56