[SixClub] EL79

[Roger (K8RI)]

Agreed.
Only difference is I also operate a lot of HF, both CW and SSB.


On 6/16/2010 10:35 AM, KB0NLY wrote:
> I agree on the website, their older version was faster and easier to
> navigate..
>
>    
Yup! and my degree is CS. I've been a sys admin, developmental analyst 
(fancy name for programmer, and retired as a project manager).  Far too 
many of today's sites try to incorporate motion and pretty, but useless 
features.
> I however totally disagree with the comment that your not a "real" ham if
> you don't participate on HF.  I have met the nicest people on 6m, we call it
> the magic band but I think some days it should be called the gentleman's
> band in place of 160m, which all I hear on there these days is old farts
> fighting over a frequency.
>
>    
That's nothing new on 160. In the "old day" when it was a very small 
band, that went on all the time.
> I hold an Extra class license and I hardly use HF.
I collect grid squares on six and chase DC on HF, but also get into some 
long winded "rag chews"
>   SSTV on 20m, a little
> PSK on 80 or 40, and checking into the local nets on 80.  That's the extent
> of my operation on HF.  Just sick of the bickering, loud mouth, foul, and
> otherwise sickening behavior on the HF bands.
>    
Although I know it's there I haven't heard any of it in a very long 
time. I know where they hang out and avoid those frequencies.
When six is really open, you'll hear the bickering over the frequency on 
there as well. Like 20, it's possible for some one to not hear either 
end of a conversation and end up blasting a third party.
> And don't go blaming the No-Code generation of HF operators.  The worst
> behaved ones I have heard on the air have been licensed since before the
> No-Code license, how do I know this?
Just listen on 3.930-3.935, or 3.895 that was where they used to hang out.
>    Do a callsign lookup on ULS, not that
> hard....
>
> Back to 6m and up, where the determined hams work on weak signal SSB which
> is far more challenging that HF.
>    
Oh, working DX on 40 and 75 with all the QRN AND QRM can be challenging 
as well. A couple days ago, 40 was as quiet as 6 with lots of DX. Last 
winter is was open world wide nearly every night.  It's been a great 
band and I view it as one of our newest since they got rid of the 
foreign broadcast.

OTOH working aurora with stations that only make a change in the 
background noise is a real challenge.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> 73,
>
> Scott
>
>
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> From:<donroden at hiwaay.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 8:14 AM
> To: "World Wide Six Meter Club"<sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] EL79
>
>    
>> 45 year ARRL lifer and I agree on everything said ...
>>
>> ( 1 ) Clunky Website
>> ( whatever happened to "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" ? )
>>
>> ( 2 )  LOTW    plain and simple .... catering to their largest program
>>         ( you aren't a "real" amateur if all you do is six and above )
>>
>>
>> Don WA4NPL
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting "Howard Bingham"<ke5apj at earthlink.net>:
>>
>>      
>>> I concur with Joey on the ARRL web page>  73
>>>
>>> Howard Bingham
>>> KE5APJ   -   EL29gq
>>>        
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Joey
>>      
>>>>   1st off,  I have complained to the ARRL about this issue with LOTW for
>>>> YRS
>>>> now !
>>>>
>>>>   they were to  BUSY building there NEW WEB page to deal with it.
>>>>
>>>>   there NEW web site, is in my opinion a FLOP.  and STILL they dont fix
>>>> LOTW
>>>> !
>>>>          
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