[PPRAANet] PPRAANet Digest, Vol 84, Issue 2

[W. Harris]

Oh I forgot, happy April 1 to you too. Good one!

Bill - K5MIL

> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Rick W?RIC
>   To: Telepresence Forum
>   Cc: Al Reeves ; mhdxa at mhdxa.com ; OB-MJ ; tonyandginger D'Ercole ; Rich 
> W9RG ; Grand Mesa Contest Club ; Hank W0CZE ; Larry ; Richie W1STT ; John 
> Ayres ; chris&chantal ; raymond ; Don K2DC ; ARS K?KE Keith ; William 
> Sawders ; Walt K1QS
>   Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 9:08 AM
>   Subject: [MHDXA] This was the last straw!
> 
> 
>   Yesterday I received not one but two Official Observer cards. Both 
> basically said I was "out-of-band".
> 
>   The first one was from the WPX contest saying that on 14.225 I was 
> "transmitting out of band". WTF? My General licence says I can TX from 
> 14.225-14.350
> 
>   The second Official Observer notice came from a CW DX contact on 14.025 
> saying I was sending CW too close to the "BAND EDGE" of my licence.
> 
>   CW on the band edge? WTF???? Are you kidding me?
> 
>   OK, so explain to me why is it when we call CQ DX on 14.240 and stateside 
> stations QRM we don't hear about these great Official Observers sending 
> cards to them?
> 
>   Also, what about the stations who call over the DX, don't run split and 
> don't hear the DX and actually call the DX on the wrong frequency? What are 
> these great OO's doing?
> 
>   So I was up all night thinking about all this. I've decided to give it all 
> up.
> 
>   I am in the process of listing everything on eBay & eham. Tower, 
> antenna's, radio's, amp's, mobile etc. It all goes.
> 
>   Its been fun knowing all of you and maybe in a decade I'll reconsider the 
> hobby like my good friend Wayne, N0UN did but for now, I AM DONE!
> 
>   All the best to all my friends and I hope we remain good friends.
> 
> 
>   73
>   Rick
>   W?RIC
>   www.w0ric.com
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