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

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Benny,

Here is my MILL font - free for personal use.  Just install as a ttf font.

Use it and those without it won't think your computer is really old and has
punch cards.

73

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On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Benny Owens <k5kvm5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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