[Hallicrafters] Re: Idiot Contesters R' Us

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Scott,

We do our best to punch a hole an dkeep it open but it is a constant battle. 
I too do not object to contesting, in the proper sense of the term, but it 
seems to degrade rapidly from an event into total devestation of the entire 
band. No manners, no consideration for other stations - fellow contesters, 
Net in operation or individual QSO's. Anything to get that contact. In my 
opinion, it is Ham Radio at its absolute worst. However, it does not have to 
be like that! But to change the conduct it will take some rulings and 
enforcement of said rulings, the former is not apt to happen and the latter 
is not going to happen as there is not enough funding as it is.

I use three antenna systems and run just under the legal limit at 1.4 Kw I 
use every function or feature I can to increase adjacent frequency 
rejection, minimize the splatter etc. But when a station running a Kw parks 
25 Hz up or down from me, hearing is a thing of the past!

I have suggested an alternative plan to the ARRL twice, it got nowhere. 
There are solutions, but nobody will even give them an ear. Got to keep 
those subscriptions coming in, so those big buck advertisers will spend 
money for more frequent and larger ads. So money talks and nobody at the 
ARRL cares about anything else nowadays.

It was very disquieting to me when I heard that American Hams have the worst 
on the air courtesy, least respect for and adherence to the rules and 
terrible mannors. This from overseas Hams, as that is how they view we 
American Hams. Listening to the conduct during contests, all I can think of 
is those days when Citizens Band went down the sewer and turned into the 
incredible cesspool of filth it became.

There are those who do not want any enforcement of rules, as they believe 
that violates their Civil Rights, First Amendment rights and so forth. There 
must be some structure in place and all who have a license must adhere to 
it, whether they agree with it in totality or not. It is quite obvious that 
without any enforcement what will happen, Citizens Band! If Hams would 
follow the rules that already exist, then the problems of contesting would 
no longer be problems. There is NO simple or quick solution. Until the ARRL, 
who only represents about a fourth of all licensed Hams in the USA, is 
willing to tackle the issue, there will be no resolution.

It is a pity that humans can not control themselves, maybe the animals 
should have us in those cages!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Ka9p at aol.com>
To: <johnmb at nc.rr.com>; <amfone at sbcglobal.net>; 
<hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: Idiot Contesters R' Us


> Its good to see that good natured contest/casual op nonsense sucking up
> bandwidth here this weekend as well.
>
> Have you tried listening to the net on any of a whole lot of contest
> weekends?  Do you think people ask if the frequency is in use before 
> dumping a KW on
> for the challenge of working a G or a DL with a KW and 12 db of gain 
> antenna,
> or a stateside QSO on other weekends?
>
> I'm as tolerant as the next guy, but when people suggest the entire phone
> band might not need to be wiped out 10 or 15 weekends a year for such
> festivities, it doesn't seem like all that outrageous a proposition.  If 
> guys want to
> compete with each other that badly, maybe it could be all that much more
> competitive in "narrow" 100 kc slice of 20 meters, couldn't it?
>
> Back to recapping the SX96, in hopes it will magically transform the net
> frequency into useable condition sometime soon.
>
> 73 Scott
> ______________________________________________________________
> Hallicrafters mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hallicrafters
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html
> Post: mailto:Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> ----
> List Administrator: Duane Fischer, W8DBF **for assistance**
> dfischer at usol.com
> ----
> Hallicrafters Collectors International: http://www.w9wze.org
>
>
>
> -- 
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/272 - Release Date: 3/1/2006
>
>