[Elecraft] QSLs & cheating

[greenacres113 at charter.net]

	This is a hobby or it's supposed to be. To cheat in contests or Dxing
or some other aspect of the hobby is really a mute point. What do you
gain? I guess if you get praise or false respect it boils down to
what's in your heart. As a DXer I can't bring myself to cheat. To me
what's the point. No matter who knows my results it boils down to if I
feel I've done it the correct honorable way.

	As to QSLs, old guys like me often prefer the paper card over the
bits on a computer screen. Everyone goes their own way.

	Unfortunately, there is a monster in the mix. The jammers. Whether
it's trying to prevent others from enjoying the hobby or some kind of
demented fun I don't know. Especially on CW. The crazies are more
hidden. But when jammers try to converse with the freq. cops [ another
mutation] at high speed CW it's one of two things. Either they are
very good CW Ops which tends to say they are hams or ex-hams or they
have really great code reading software! 

	When my K line is on I just want to enjoy the hobby. I have no ax to
grind. Sad that everyone doesn't feel that way. They should find a new
hobby. That's what QSY or QRT means.

	K9IL