[SixClub] 4U1WB on the air yesterday

[Tom Ziko]

Jerry and the multitude,

That is what happens when you make getting a Amateur Radio license too easy 
by dropping requirements and createing a "no code" license class. This gives 
poor operators, LID's, and people that have no business being on the air the 
ability to get a Ham Radio license. I have been a Ham with a general ticket 
since 1975 and over the last 10-15 years Amateur Radio has been slowly 
declining, going to S#@&........ If I didn't love the hobby as much as I do 
I would have sold all my equipment and got more involved into my first love 
of photography.

That was my two cents worth.

It will be interesting to see how many people disagree with me. I would like 
that think that the majority agree.

Tom Ziko - K4NAM
Tallahassee, FL.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Gault" <jgault at nc.rr.com>
To: "'SixClub'" <SixClub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 11:00 AM
Subject: [SixClub] 4U1WB on the air yesterday


>
> Hope many of had the opportunity to work that nice band opening last
> evening. On 50.150 station 4U1WB (World Bank) was on the air, a very large
> pileup started as would be expected. One station lucky enough to make
> contact with a very powerful signal kept calling for the QSL route on top 
> of
> many stations trying to make contact. Maybe this station thought they made 
> a
> foreign contact and didn't realize that it was really in DC at the World
> Bank or maybe they didn't realize that their communication with 4U1WB had
> already ended and 4U1WB  were talking with other stations, or maybe they
> were just rude. I don't know, but this obviously powerful station knocked 
> my
> 100 watts on a PAR omni out of the ring along with others that just gave 
> up
> and went after other stations elsewhere. This asking for a qsl route went 
> on
> for 5 minutes or so. A simple search on QRZ for the call sign has the QSL
> route. Lesson I learned from this was if you need further information ask
> for it when you have the operators attention and not after you confirm the
> contact, all this operator did was interfere with others.
>
> 73
> Jerry
>
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