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

[K4OWR]

*:::: "Let the CB crowd have .125 and up" is a stunningly ignorant 
comment. I have been on six meters since 1957 and enjoyed Worked All 
States, DXCC, and even EME, and made many long lasting friends among the 
group you refer to as the "CB" crowd. **
**BILL*

On 6/23/2014 10:04 AM, Carl wrote:
> When I want to work 6M DX I rarely use SSB as there are a lot more 
> fine DX ops on CW...and usually longer haul also.
> Let the CB crowd have .125 and up
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "K4OWR" <k2owr at comcast.net>
> To: "r miles" <greenacres113 at charter.net>; <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 8:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [50mhz] Mentoring needed........
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>> :::: 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
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