[AMRadio] Just an evil thought round tables

[manualman at juno.com]

I also stay away from roundtables when I can. Conversations tend to be
more fragmented and not always specifically directed to all parties; it
gets boring and tiresome; I doze off or go find something else in the
shack to entertain myself until it's my turn(which sometimes seems like
an endlessly wait).  I much prefer one on one type QSO's. When they get
bigger the 4 separate stations, it's time to spin the dial and move on. 

Then there are the anarchic-type roundtables where there is no order, no
real point of discussion, and which generally winds up with who can talk
over who. And, of course, there are the AM nets where 10, 20, 30 plus
stations get on and proceed to each do an "old-buzzard" type transmission
before it's your turn, and when you finally get it if you're still awake,
you feel compelled to put in as many ramblings, Oh's, Ha-ha's, grunts,
and assorted other noises in order to get your money's worth of time.

I get the impression that some AM'ers seem to be insecure when they get
on the air and just want to cuddle together like geese in a pen. They
won't venture out on their own and start up a QSO with the simple
mechanism of calling CQ. 

Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com


On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:42:59 -0500 Grant Youngman <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
writes:
> 
> On Sep 25, 2013, at 10:21 AM, Bernie Doran 
> <qedconsultants at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have no interest at all in round tables and in general I will 
> not acknowledge break in stations
> 
> 
> Well, that's not very polite in today's AM culture.   AM QSO's now 
> tend to be roundtables in general.  It's the way things are.  It 
> isn't like the old days where it was mostly one on one, and that's 
> not a bad thing.  I do recall doing the "heterodyne battle".  Now 
> days, it's just dealing with unmodulated carriers, music, and sweep 
> generators from the anti-AM Taliban 
 
> 
> > , nor will I break into some one else's QSO.
> 
> You might be missed, and we might miss whatever you have to add.
> 
> > If it gets above three in a group I just leave and go somewhere 
> else.   
> 
> That's too bad. 
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Pencil and paper, and 3x5 cards 
 
> 
> To be honest, I haven't been on AM in maybe 10 years(?).  But I will 
> be back on -- with a Globe Champ.  If you hear me, feel free to 
> break in any time :)
> 
> Grant NQ5T