[Elecraft] abject buffoonery

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Folks - We're drifting a bit far OT from our usual focus. As this is a repeating 
topic in many other forums,it is best covered there or in private emails.

Let's end this thread at this time to reduce list email overload for our readers.

73,

Eric
/elecraft.com/

On 2/15/2016 6:34 AM, w7aqk wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This is a major reason why I have almost totally abdicated usage of SSB, and 
> stick to CW, which is my preferred mode anyway.  There I can participate in 
> relatively nonsense free and enjoyable rag chews with others.  About the only 
> time we get substantial craziness on that mode is when there is some sort of 
> DXpedition going on.
>
> For the most part, I don't think that, for the most part, these clowns (I 
> actually have a much stronger, more profane term for them!) can even copy CW.  
> So, it's not much "fun" for them to jam conversations they can't even 
> understand.  I also think that alcohol has a great deal to do with what you 
> hear on 75 meters. Sometimes it is completely obvious!
>
> I don't know about the rest of you, but I would be willing to pay a 
> significant additional fee, and every year if necessary, if FCC could then do 
> serious enforcement on the bands.  I know right now they don't have any real 
> staff to do it.  You wouldn't even need a particularly high percentage of 
> successful enforcement situations to generate substantially beneficial 
> results.  Just having a real threat that such actions might be successfully 
> captured could be enough to put "the fear of God" into a significant number of 
> perpetrators.  Right now, there is little, if any, risk of being caught. So, 
> it is like having speed limits, but no enforcement whatsoever!
>
> A lot of people say "just ignore" the incidents.  I tend to agree with that, 
> since confrontation only excites the perpetrator--particularly if alcohol is 
> involved!!!!  You can't argue or reason with a drunk!  I do think recordings 
> could be helpful, and if you have the capability, a little "DFing" might add 
> some useful info if there was any place such info could be collected for 
> further analysis.
>
> I think every ham radio club in the country should take this issue seriously.  
> Not only should members "pledge" to avoid such conduct, they should also agree 
> to be actively involved in identifying it.  It's hard to believe that a number 
> of these perpetrators aren't close enough to someone else that they couldn't 
> be better identified.  We need to take some responsibility ourselves for 
> trying to reduce such infractions. That doesn't mean direct confrontation, but 
> serious information could be useful to authorities.
>
> Just my thoughts.
>
> Dave W7AQK
>
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