[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net cancellation

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Exactly his point, Gary. The ECN net is about chatting on a clear frequency.
It was obvious that with the wall-to-wall QRM of contest stations scrambling
for points that such a gathering wasn't going to work, so he cancelled this
week. 

George encouraged him to get on anyway and Kevin replied that the people
filling the bands today don't want to chat. 

I, and I bet Kevin, wouldn't expect marathon runners to stop for coffee
either nor would we even try to encourage them to do so. We go out of our
way to be polite and not interfere with other people. 

It's disappointing to notice how many contesters don't exercise the same
caution to avoid QRMing a net or rag chew in progress. Rather than interfere
with them as they come crowding into my QSO, I just head for 30 meters.
Whew! A 50 kHz safety island in the middle of the chaos, HI! 

73, 

Ron AC7AC 



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary K9GS
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:54 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net cancellation

Kevin.....it's a contest, not a "chat".

Would you make the same comment about marathon runners not stopping for 
a cup of coffee?