[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

[D. Chester]

> From: Brett Gazdzinski <Brett.Gazdzinski at verizon.net>

> The trick is to enjoy the hobby and not let anything that happens get you
> worked up.

I agree. Some people take the most trivial stuff far too seriously.

> Jamming? Turn the stuff off and do something else, or go some place else 
> and
> call CQ.

Now, I have a problem with that. It's like bowing down to the bullies on the 
playground, handing over your lunch money and letting them get away with 
kicking you around. They will just come round to-morrow expecting to get 
away with the same thing again.  Too many members of the AM community wimp 
out at the slightest provocation, tuck their tail between their legs, and 
flee the scene as soon as they encounter heckling. When you do that, the 
hecklers just "won" and you let them know they did.

Equip your station with a transmitter and erect an antenna system with 
sufficient "strap" that you can continue about your business. Ignore the 
miscreants and pretend they  don't exist. They will quickly become 
frustrated and go away.

NEVER make any mention of  intentional QRM or jammers when you face them 
over the air.  Once you acknowledge their existence in any way, you just 
made their day. The absolutely worst thing you can  do is to try to argue or 
debate with them over the air, or P&M about the deliberate interference. 
Take a more subtle approach: STRAP SOFTLY AND TURN UP THE WICK.

To quote Ashtabula Bill: "Ain't a slopbucket in North America can bother 
me."


Don, k4kyv

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