[Elecraft] abject buffoonery

[Walter Underwood]

We have a local em-comm net on 75m every other week, so it isn’t all yahoos.

And the lids don’t stay on 75m or on voice. I was chasing an NPOTA activation (Fort Laramie) on 20m Saturday. Impressive SSB pileup, then someone shows up with a very loud CW call on top of us. I think the activator could copy a few callers through it, but they were not readable by me under the CW QRM. Sad. The activator (WR8O) was patient and gracious.

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
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> On Feb 14, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Phil Hystad <phystad at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> I agree with these 75 meters comments.  I wonder if it is because 75 meters is the night-time band, after dinner, and sometimes maybe after drinking too much.
> 
> But, CW eliminates almost all of that, maybe all of that.  Of course, this would be 80 meters but if you want to be on that end of the spectrum for night time QSOs — CW is the way to go.
> 
> 73, phil, K7PEH
> 
> P.S.  I am a bit embarrassed to write these OT comments  but I have strong negative feelings about 75 meter phone band.
> 
> 
>> On Feb 14, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Bob Novas <bob.novas at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm dismayed by much of  what I hear on 75.  I think one of the best behaved
>> bands is 17.  Bob
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim
>>> Brown
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 12:41 PM
>>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] abject buffoonery
>>> 
>>> On Sun,2/14/2016 9:17 AM, John wrote:
>>>> "A third word of advice...until you have some HF miles under your
>>>> belt, stay away from the abject buffoonery known as 75 meters."
>>>> Is there a problem with one of our bands?
>>> 
>>> There is in much of the United States. And there has been since I was
>> first
>>> licensed in 1955. 75M Phone (then it was AM) has long been a sewer.
>>> 
>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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