Subj : Re: Ham Radio Courtesy
To : Daryl Stout
From : Vk3jed
Date : Thu Apr 20 2017 08:20 am
-=> Daryl Stout wrote to Vk3jed <=-
V@> Agree totally.
DS> Sounds like what one needs to do with their spouse or significant
DS> other... or they may not get that new HF rig they have their eyes on.
LOL yep. :)
DS> Unfortunately, there are always some "bad apples" who think that "the
DS> rules of the hobby don't apply to them". Yet, here in the U.S., when
DS> they signed the NCVEC Form 605 at the license exam session, they are
DS> "agreeing to abide by Part 97 of the FCC Rules". So much for it being
DS> worth the paper it's written on (sigh!).
Yeah, you get them everywhere. Seem to have more issues over there, but we do
have our share down here.
DS> I've even had some stations who feel like it is a "heinous crime" if
DS> they don't check into a net, aren't the first checkin on the log (net
DS> control is always going to be #1), etc. To me, if I have to miss a net
Sure, I've done the checkin race (often win it), usually for pragmatic reasons,
as my time is often limited, not because I want to be at the top of the list or
anything trivial like that. On some nets, waiting until the end is the best
way to save time, if you're able to listen in while doing something else. :)
DS> where I'm set as Net Control...due to weather (we're in our tornado
DS> season now), or health issues, (recovering from kidney/bladder stone
DS> surgery), I try to get a replacement. Unfortunately, the internet can
DS> do down with little or no warning. But, if it's a "regular net" where I
DS> just checkin for the numbers, and I have to miss it, it's no big deal.
These days, I usually don't even make those that far, too many other things to
do, but nets I have followed for years, I will check in, just to let them know
I'm still alive and kicking. :) The VoIP WX Net has become a good example.
When it was established, its timeslot was one I was always free. Life's
changed, now I'm permanently double booked, sometimes more, so it's unusual
circumstances when I can check in, and often I'm only around long enough to say
"hi".
V@> ... The truth will set you free. But first it'll piss you off.
DS> Never mind the truth hurts...just like a urinary catheter (I know
DS> that well from this past week). In that regard, "it's better to be
DS> pissed off than pissed on". One of the area hams was doing a net
DS> several years ago, and holding his infant son with one arm, and the mic
DS> with the other. Well, his harmonic didn't like the fact that his OM
DS> wasn't devoting all his attention to him...and promptly proceeded to
DS> urinate all down Daddy's arm!! To which, he had to call his XYL for
DS> assistance. Laughingly, he said that "I'll bet no other net control
DS> operator has had that experience". :P
LOL, now that's an attention grabber! :D
... Transporter room, beam that Tagline up immediately!
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