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Polar Bear:
I have been licensed since 2011 - have been a Amateur Extra Class ham - all but 3 months of that period of time.
Was talking the other day on QRZdotcom and someone told me that I had no right to say anything - that I did not know anything, since I have only been licensed for 11 1/2 years.
I have been shortwave / amateur radio listening since about 1969 / 70

They know nothing about my educational background or what I even did for a living for 40 years.

I was just wondering if any of you had a similar event happen to you like that?

ps - I have never been treated that way on this chat forum!

Traveling Wave:
QRZ.com has a Code Of Conduct for the forums, any unacceptable behavior can be reported under #7 Reporting Guidelines...https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?pages/QRZ_Forums_Code_of_Conduct/

osiris:
It is what it is, no matter what subject or hobby. Don't take resenments personally. Smile and move on.

BoomboxDX:
Yes, I've experienced it as an SWL, not on QRZ dot com as I am not a member there, but on some other ham / radio forums some of the hams can get cantankerous, even towards each other.

On more than one occasion a ham has said I probably don't know enough because I'm just an SWL, even though I've been monitoring the ham bands as well as SWBC bands for over 40 years, which indicates I must know at least a bit about radio, antennas, and propagation.

When they toss out some vitriol, I counter it with fact, and then let it go. There's not much else you can do. Sometimes they might lighten up after a bit. People are people -- there are awesome ham guys and some that maybe have a bit too much attitude, but just hold your own and move on.

ThaDood:
Oh yeah... Iīve especially run into these folks on 160M. Even, on 75M, especially AM mode. If you are not putting out at least an S+20/9 signal, with broadcast quality 100% modulation, thereīs stations that may ignore you completely. A lot of QRPīers seem to get ignored as well, like those folks that worked with those DIY 5W Pine Board Projects. If I heard their 5W signal, then I knew that they could hear my barefoot 20W signal. Makes me wonder if a lot of these stations run their RF Gains down, and just canīt hear ya. One band that I believe youīd love is that newer 60M band. Pretty much, a nice bunch of folks there, that have that 100W limit, and being channelized, you donīt have to worry about someone just 1, or 2, kHz from you blasting over. Oh.. The other thing that Iīve run into is Big-Gun snobbery. Ya know... Those folks with several Icom IC-7851īs, +100ft towers, multi-acreage arrays, broadcast quality audio processing, legal 1.5kW power all the time, etc. Iīve had that attitude towards me upon, ĻIf I can get all that going, why donīt you?Ļ Well, like me, a lot of us take years to acquire what we have, let along being able to afford to maintain all this gear. Itīs the same deal of some of those people that you might meet that feel broke, if they donīt carry around at least $10k at all times. So, I guess we all have to find the folks that seem like our perks, and just avoid the jerks. 

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