[SOC] no more OO's

[Joe Pontek Sr]

I was an OO as well as holding other appointments and became an SCM, 
predecessor to today's SM.

As an OO, I set out notices to help someone who may not have known they 
had a problem.  That was
in the days of some pretty obnoxious and obscene operating on 75 
meters.  Those operators knew
what they were doing, so it would do no good to waste he time and money 
to send them an OO report.
I often received thank you notes from operators, even requesting help to 
solve a problem which I
gave, particularly as I was in the technical profession and might be 
able guide them.

I was in no way a Radio Cop.  I believe some operators are so 
embarrassed, they think they have to
strike out to redeem the character.  I think I got two such responses 
during my tenure.  These, I
responded in a kind manner explaining, I was trying to help and 
informing them what I observed
in the case that they were not aware of the problem.  I wished them well 
and told them I meant
no ill will.

I have over my 61 years of operating received two or three OO reports.  
Only one did I question,
but still investigated with help from fellow operators.  I suspected the 
OO in that case had a blanker
in his receiver turned on and caused him to hear key clicks that were 
not there.  I had acquired a
used FT-990 and one friend told me about hearing key clicks from it.  I 
promptly did some searches
and found Tom's, W8JI, had a cure.  I installed the mods and we checked. 
Problem solved!

With most of today's modern radios, such problems are much less common, 
but....

73, Joe, K8JP - V31JP


On 8/2/2018 12:07 AM, Jim Larsen wrote:
> A second opinion:
> If I had a chirp on my signal and did not know about it, I would appreciate
> the OO notice.  Notices are only advisory and intended to help. That said,
> I am sure some OOs went too far at times (I am pretty sure they did).  In
> general, I do not consider OO notices useless.
>
> My two cents worth.
>
> Jim, AL7FS
> Alaska Section Manager-ARRL, 2008-2015
> SOC #003
>
> Jim Larsen
> 1-907-223-3548
>
> . Os the same way someone making sure our second harmonic is not too high,
>> which we might not know, and our chirp level (which we do know, thank you)
>>
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