[Elecraft] OT: 6M proceedure

[Wes Stewart]

Interesting conversation.  As one those old farts, age 76 and a ham for 60 of 
them, I do still have all of my teeth, most of my hair and a 59-year-old 
fiancee. I guess I fail to understand the heartburn about calling frequencies.

First, they aren't FCC assigned frequencies.  It is completely legal to operate 
on them on a first-come-first-served basis.  No one owns a frequency.  Now while 
it might be reasonably argued that it is bad form to occupy one continuously, it 
certainly isn't the end of the world. Regularly scheduled "nets" should 
certainly use a different frequency but if someone calls CQ and is answered by a 
distant station I fail to see a need to immediately QSY and risk losing the QSO, 
especially if it is MS.

Wes  N7WS


On 6/2/2018 12:51 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> Absolutely correct!  These old farts, gum beaters and false teeth clackers, 
> are usually running 100 watts or so to outside non-directional antennas and 
> are often no more than 20 miles apart.   If challenged one will be told that 
> "we were hear first and you should move on".   They do not recognize the 
> national calling frequency by gentleman's agreement.    Seems like hours and 
> hours of QSO's takes place as "members" of the group come in and out during 
> the evenings.
>
> I've often heard stations in the distant calling CQ and I've answered them on 
> the calling frequency and asked the distant station to QSY up or down 5.  Then 
> I hear about me QRM'm their QSO.    Crap  such as this is one reason I stopped 
> contesting on VHF.
>
> 73
>
> Bob, K4TAX