To Hell with PHONETICS....LEARN YOUR NUMBERS

It is amazing that we have turned into a hobby where you can get a FEDERAL LICENSE just form MEMORIZING answers to questions...WORD FOR WORD mind you! Ridiculous!!! What the FCC should be ensuring is that every ham knows what the numbers from ZERO to NINE are....

I am listening to 8Q7VR on 75M SSB (PIG FARMER TERRITORY..BTW)... and the DX station is going by numbers......
Asks for ONES ...and every HAM with ANY number in his/her call sign is calling!

What in the HELL are you people smokin', thinkin', expectin'...etc.....
If you have never had an Elmer or if you have one and perhaps you don't give a damn..... DON'T FREAKIN' call IF YOUR VERY OWN CALL SIGN DOES NOT CONTAIN THE ONE AND ONLY NUMBER the DX STATION IS ASKING FOR!!!!!!

Is this so hard to understand? I have started recording these YAHOOS....and I am going to post them on a n4baa.com (coming soon)...so everyone can listen to both sides of what is going on..... and THEN they will have to recognize that it isn't JOSE, N4BAA bitchin' about their operating style.

This is not a matter of doing it MY way (WHICH IS THE CORRECT WAY BTW)...it is about being courteous and polite and all those things your PARENTS should have taught you when you were growing up.... So you either did not have a parent that gave a crap....OR....get this idea....... YOU JUST DON'T GIVE A DAMN! If you are in the latter group...then the FCC should SWIPE your license and put your sorry ass in life's penalty box for ...oh...I don't know...... FOREVER!!! That would be appropriate!

SO, as I step down from my PLATINUM SOAP BOX...... LEARN your damn numbers and call ONLY when you are suppose to!

ZERO
NINE
EIGHT
SEVEN
SIX
FIVE
FOUR
THREE
TWO
ONE

Stepping DOWN.......

73 and God bless!
Jose "Chief Elmer"

P.S. Here is a link to the DX CODE
http://www.dx-code.org/

If you can't play by the rules....don't play!