[AMRadio] Just an evil thought round tables

Wed Sep 25 12:51:52 EDT 2013

Of course you turned over to the next ham in rotation.  My point was it didn't take an hour to go around the table.  I gave up on the AMI net because the first time I did check in, and waited for my turn I talked three times in 4 hours.  In my time, it took only a few minutes to make the round.  Now that doesn't mean that when one had a story it took longer.  But the flavor was just a very few and I don't remember many break in's.  Many times I would tune into a QSO and just listen and enjoy the conversation.  

Mel

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 From: Geoff Edmonson <ars.w5omr at gmail.com>
To: Mel Farrer <farrerfolks at yahoo.com> 
Cc: L L bahr <pulsarxp at embarqmail.com>; Bernie Doran <qedconsultants at embarqmail.com>; Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <amradio at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Just an evil thought round tables

I've been around radio since the late 50's.  I don't ever remember it being like that.  Everyone takes a turn, passes it the next in line and around the table it goes.

Mel Farrer <farrerfolks at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Somehow the idea of a round table got all messed up.  In my past, a round table was maybe a group of 4 to 6 hams, that you could fit around a dinner table and you knew each one and notes were not an issue, BECAUSE no one was long winded.  How fun it was on a cold winter night to set in front of the radio and chat, just chat.  You remember the one line sentence with a pause of dead air.  You had time to breath, get a cup of coffee, let the cat out and not miss a thing.  Those were the days on 160 and 80 meter AM that I cherish.  Oh well,
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>Mel, K6KBE
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> From: L L bahr <pulsarxp at embarqmail.com>
>To: Bernie Doran <qedconsultants at embarqmail.com> 
>Cc: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <amradio at mailman.qth.net> 
>Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 8:28 AM
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>Happens here all the time too Bernie!  But in AM QSOs on 40 meters.  What really ticks me off is some LID breaks in and doesn't even acknowledge everyone in the group, but just maybe one guy.  Then he never continues on with the present topic but changes the subject and yes, he may say he is not hearing everyone in the group.  I too find it impossible to carry on a nice conversation with more then three guys in a QSO.  
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>Lee, w0vt
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>----- Original Message -----
>I have no interest at all in round tables and in general I will not 
>acknowledge break in stations, nor will I break into some one else's QSO. 
>If it gets above three in a group I just leave and go somewhere else.   I 
>have heard round tables at the high end of 75 that must have ten or more, 
>how do you take notes and sort that out? By the time it gets around the 
>group the topic has changed so much that any notes taken early are no longer 
>relevant.  I have heard  some break in stations that could only hear one 
>party! what do you expect that person to do, relay all the comments??  Guess 
>that is a good reason to stay on the higher freq bands, longer skip sorts 
>out some of that.   Bernie W8RPW 
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