[Boatanchors] Good advice!

[Jim Cundiff]

David Knepper wrote:
> Our "hobby" was never intended to be a hobby, but emergency communications
> and technical advancement.
>
> Show me where amateur radio in Part 97 is a hobby.
> Unfortunately, many hams sit on their favorite frequencies from hour to hour
> or day to day debating politics, religion, their health problems - give me a
> break.
>   
Hey David,
    I agree, but you forgot to mention that these guys mostly fire up 
their nuclear reactors to pump out 600 to 1000 W to talk to each other 
in the next state or county. Tell me, who is the worst operator, the 
newby who was allowed to walk into an exam session green and walk out an 
extra class and does not know better or the 'old timer' that knows 
better and just does what he wants any way? Some of these can't even 
keep their rigs on freq! Sorry but this is just a rub with me. I have 
heard too many stations operating off freq recently. Four or five 
experienced old timers on the same net should be on the same freq.


Oh, yes, and a few discuss the audio enhancement of their foreign equipment.


And a few of these have so much bass in their audio that they sound like 
Lurch from the Adams family!
> Allowing a visitor to listen to the hambands would be a definite turnoff.
>
> OK, fire away.
>
> David Knepper, W3ST-W3CRA
> Collins Radio Association
> www.collinsra.com
>   

These are just my opinions, but just listen to the radio and tell me I 
am wrong! Well I guess there are two targets now. 73
In His service,
Jim Cundiff KB3GFC