Having just finished a QSO party contest this weekend....I need to RANT & RAVE...
Again, there are NOT enough ELMERS these days...when a station signs his call WITHOUT USING PHONETICS.... it is WRONG! Not MY opinion...but wrong.... OR even worse, you get a ham who will sign, "Willy Billy FIVE, MIlly, Dilly, Willy"..WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING???
Use STANDARD PHONETICS and EVERYONE will benefit...
ALSO, if a station requires just a YEAR and STATE....PLEASE DO NOT GIVE OUR RIG, CITY, and or UNDERWEAR SIZE....we are NOT being RUDE..we just don't NEED it and we are in a CONTEST for that purpose.... Contests are not a time to rag chew! Never will be!
And no matter where you are from...no matter what country you are FROM or how COUNTRY you ARE.....USE GOOD DICTION....that means, go out of your way to say every syllable, every word, every sound that comes out of your mouth CORRECTLY...so the WHOLE WORLD understands you... THERE is NOTHING WORSE than having to ask someone to repeat and repeat and repeat when all it takes is a little effort on their part to SAY THE WORDS CORRECTLY.....
If this blog today seems rude...it is not intended to be... But again....hams today, especially the SSB guys are OUT OF CONTROL...... its about time WE as a community put operating ethics and good will back in radio.....
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