[dx-list] Re: [Dx-qsl] P5/4L4FN's next station

[Htorr@aol.com]

Ron,

    Kind of  reminds me of a few world leaders who blame any and all ills in 
their country on the United States.

     Tom,   W6HT


In a message dated 3/4/2003 7:05:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, wn3vaw@fyi.net 
writes:

> Gee Tom, that's an easy one to figure out.
> 
> There are some people of the opinion that whatever they dislike about
> Amateur Radio, somehow it's always the ARRL's fault.  End discussion
> ("facts?  we don't need no stinkin' facts!").
> 
> The issue is not the code speed, whatever it is, that an amateur passed in
> order to get licensed and/or HF privileges to work DX.  The issue is or
> should be that too many amateurs in general and DX'ers in particular
> demonstrate poor, improper, and/or downright stupid operating practices.
> 
> Those who don't know better but want to learn eventually will.  It is up to
> us as active DX'ers to take active responsibility to persude them to do
> so -- ie offer to teach and to teach by example.  Those who don't know
> better and prefer to stay that way, well, there's not much we can do about
> it (except ignore it).  But this is a problem that has existed since the
> dawn of Wireless -- since the dawn of Telegraph, predating RF, since "Lid"
> was originally a railroad telegrapher term.
> 
> Discovering the problem is easy.  Blaming the problem on the ARRL, FCC, 
> RAC,
> IC, ITU, IARU, RSGB, AFL-CIO, AAA, and/or MADD is easy.  Getting involved 
> to
> solve the problem, that's a lot more difficult.
> 
> Not that I'm sure what any of this thread has to do with DX QSL 
> information.
> 
> 73, ron wn3vaw
> 
> 

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