[Hallicrafters] Re: Idiot Contesters R' Us

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Granted, there are good and bad operators regardless of the country.

I am not listening to the anecdotes you refer to, I have heard the comments 
on the air by overseas operators for years. Mostly the UK. Based on what I 
hear from my listening post, there are a lot of American Hams who behave 
like they were participating in a Shark feeding frenzy. However, there are 
also a lot of European stations with signals of +20, so strong that they 
splatter 5 KHZ either side of the frequency being occupied. Isn't there a 
200 watt power limitation in some parts of the UK? Maybe it is just a real 
good dipole! (chuckle)

Ever notice how everyone is "5/9"? Just once I would like to hear: "You are 
4/4 and your audio stinks!" (LOL!)
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Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: Idiot Contesters R' Us


> At 11:44 PM 3/4/2006, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
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>>Jim, tell me why the Hams in the rest of the world think so badly of we 
>>American Hams?
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> Because it's always easier than pointing at ones self?
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> This is a straw horse....there's no facts to support this claim and it's 
> anecdotal at best.  There's good and bad Ops in every country.
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> John K5MO
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