[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

[James M. Walker]

Well,
Just moved to new home, got on 80 meters with a DX-100.
Listened to the garbage on 3880! Tried to join the group for
a signal report, gasp, the monologue was going on forever,
waited, then called in the break, was classed as a "PW"
station, so now I know what to do, stay "AWAY" from that crowd!

BC-610s are coming together nicely, and the 80 meter inverted vee
is ready to go up at about 60 feet, broke my sling-shot gotta find
another.

Next time I transmit on 3880, I will just call "CQ" and ignore all the junk
from the "Professionals". I mean how long can you rant about a mixer?

The folks I was used to talking to had "Class, and Style", and great signals
guess they got tired of the "Garbage" also did not hear any of them on.

Jim WB2FCN
REAL-RADIO in Buffalo


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Chester" <k4kyv at charter.net>
To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er


>> 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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