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LibertyCave WS7PB:
New to this forum, first post. QRZ is well known for being unfriendly. I find the Youtube Hams, like the guys at Coffee and Ham Radio have good forums, most on The Discord, where everyone is respected.

There is a lot of interesting content here.

Rizla:
For some reason some of the most obnoxious people in the hobby (outside drunk zones of 80m) seem to post on QRZ. The vast majority of people I've met on air have been helpful and friendly.

I just had a casual QSO on 10m with a guy across the country, and the general courtesy level of the old timers in this field is quite a throwback to very different times.

The hobby seems pretty healthy on air, qrz forums not so much. [QST magazine is another weird stagnant pool with a few bright spots IMO]

tybee:
You shouldnt say Hams are snotty, It's just that you met up with a snotty Ham. People in general can be snotty regardless of their expertise or hobby.

By the way, @Rizla, this may be an ignorant question on my part, but what are "drunk zones of 80m"?

Pigmeat:
"Drunk zones of 80 meters?" Why on 75 meters, of course! Tune in during the Holidays and you'll find flocks of them on 75 meters quacking away in SSB all night long. My pal Fansome thought they were poorly raised penguins, but I favored the train of thought they were puffins that picked up bad habits like drinking and cigar smoking from cod fishermen. They're so rude and loud you would swear you were in Boston for a Celtics-Lakers game at tha' Gawdan back in '69, when Russell played and coached. Thick with smoke, the place reeked like Ol' Man McGillicuddy, himself.  Gawd's own team, they were!

For a guy who uses the name of an island off the coast of Georgia as a handle, you sure ask a lot of questions? You're going to rile Pat Murphy's ghost if you keep that up. He was weird enough the first time around.

Rizla:
 7200 kHz right now is full of people talking over each other about how drunk they are,  this activity has been around since the dawn of the hobby. Pigmeat got it right, & it helps to have a sense of humor to appreciate (?) how "bad" things can get late at night on LSB. The 3840 guys a few years ago were (are?) legends to each other. 7200 seems to be the "new reliable".

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