[CW] [cwops] Question about the RagChewing "Contest"

[Benny Owens]

HI GLENN

MAYBE YOU ARE NOT MOTIVATED BY THE BPL NUMBERS AND YOUR TRAFFIC TOTAL AND
CONTENT DOESNT SHOW IT.  YOU ARE NOT THE REASON FOR THE GRIPES YOU MENTION.

MANY OF THE NTS HIGH VOLUME GENERATORS ARE IN IT MAINLY FOR THE BPL COUNT.
  I WAS TOLD BY A STATION TAKING ALL THE ARL FORTY SEVEN AND SIXTY SEVEN
REPLIES FOR DELIVERY TO SUCH A GENERATOR THAT HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO JUST
COUNT THE TOTAL AND TRASH THE REPLIES.  WHY ELSE WOULD JUST THE TOTAL
TRAFFIC COUNT OF REPLIES BE IMPORTANT TO THE GENERATOR?  MAYBE ARRL AND NTS
SHOULD ABOLISH THE BPL RECOGNITION.  I DONT REPORT IT BECAUSE I DONT DO IT
FOR THE NUMBERS.

MANY FOLKS IN THE TRENCHES FEEL USED BY THOSE FOLKS.  IF IT WERE POSSIBLE
THERE SHOULD BE A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES PER TIME PERIOD THEY ARE
ALLOWED TO GENERATE IN NON-EMERGENCY PERIODS.  AT SOME POINT LESS THAN 3000
MESSAGES IN TWO MONTHS OR 12000 MESSAGES IN A YEAR IS WAY TOO MUCH TO
GENERATE.

FOR YEARS FOLKS HAVE AVOIDED NTS OR BAILED OUT BECAUSE OF THIS ABUSE.  MORE
WILL NO DOUBT FOLLOW.  PEOPLE ARE WORKING TWO OR THREE JOBS PER NITE NOW.
SOME STATES DONT EVEN HAVE A TRAFFIC NET.  SOME REFUSE ALL WRITTEN TRAFFIC.
CYCLE 2 AND CYCLE 4 HAVE ISSUES AT REGION OR AREA LEVELS.    IS MORE OF
THIS WHAT YOU WANT FOR NTS.  THE HIGH VOLUME WILL CONTINUE TO DAMAGE NTS
UNTIL SOMETHING CHANGES.  IF THE SYSTEM IS DAMAGED, MORE PRACTICE WILL NOT
HELP.

ALL NTS FOLKS NEED TO FEEL THEIR WORK IS IMPORTANT.  WHEN THEY ARE ONLY
TAKING OUT THE TRASH THEY BEGIN TO WONDER.  SEVERAL IRONMEN OF NTS TELL ME
THEY ARE ON THE VERGE OF CHECKING OUT OF NTS. DONT BASH THEM, THE PAY IS
LOUSY AND THE HOURS FOR THEM ARE LONG.

WE NEED TO KEEP THE NTS OPS WE HAVE AND RECRUIT MORE WITH THE ADVANCING AGE
OF ALL NTS OPS.   THE HIGH VOLUME STUFF DOES NOT HELP IN THIS REGARD.  I
SPEAK AS A FORMER SECTION NET MANAGER AND AS A TCC DIRECTOR.

NTS NEEDS MORE OPS AND LESS TRASH. NTS NEEDS MESSAGES THE OPS IN THE
TRENCHES FEEL WORTHY OF THEIR TIME TO HANDLE.

73
BENNY K5KV
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