[Fists] CQ ALL Fists

[W2AGN]

On Saturday 25 September 2004 10:26, YoDoc at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/25/04 3:58:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> fists-request at mailman.qth.net writes:
> I wonder if anyone can instruct FISTS members in how to contact on "058"
> and then move off frequency to continue their contact.
>
>
> 73
>
> David Ring
> N1EA
> David:
>
> This is a pipe dream.  The problem is, there are too many geezers in their
> 70's and 80's on the FISTS frequencies, who have never "moved" to work a
> station answering their call in their whole lives, and who aren't about to
> start doing so now.  Getting them to QSY after calling CQ and being
> answered would be about as difficult as getting them to stop driving their
> Buick Roadmasters in the left lane at  9 MPH below the speed limit! 

Well, junior, with your attitude it's no wonder those "geezers" step on you. 
Interesting stereotyping, though. Shows how a small mind is usually also a 
prejudiced one.

> Until
> the people who do things the same way they've always done things "just
> because that's the way we always did it" are finally SK, we will have to
> put up with things like that certain YL FISTS member in Florida who "runs"
> 14.058 all day long.  The last time I heard that was pretty much the last
> time I was active in FISTS.  I've been enjoying PSK-31 ever since. 

We owe her a debt of gratitude, then!

If you are so down on FISTS, why do you feel it necessary to come vent on the 
FISTS Reflector, and sign  with your FISTS number. Go play on PSK31 and leave 
the adults alone.

> But
> don't feel bad -- the antics of the 10-10 group are what put me off HF
> phone, and that was 10 years before I ever heard of FISTS! FISTS members,
> with their VFO knobs welded on the .058's, their sloppy, run-together,
> indecipherable sending, and their incessant number-crunching have had
> pretty much the same effect on me as all the ex-CB'ers on 10-10.

Obviously they don't have enough effect to make you go away.

>
> Does anyone out there know of a group of REAL hams interested in preserving
> CW and also capable of something resembling good radio operation while
> on-the-air?
>
> Not so fast, FISTS -- I wasn't talking about you!


I for one, am proud to be a member of FISTS, and would feel better about it if 
there were less bigoted, misogynist whiners like you in it.

-- 
John W2AGN
http://w2agn.net