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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: oly1959 on September 24, 2016, 0027 UTC
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Been listening for awhile on 7200 LSB to a bunch of Hams going at each other with music being played and lots of name calling. Also chatting about a bust of a Ham OP and going after the Pirates. Great entertainment, have a listen! Signals are very strong here! Wow!
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Is KI4THY Captain Daayyve among them?
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How much do you want to bet the ham op was a pirate?
I've never understood why a pirate would be a ham and visa-versa? The minute you get your license you give the FCC permission to inspect your station at any time.
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7200LSB can be prone to ridiculous ops at times. I've heard a bunch of swearing thrown around before, which is a ham no no, people yakking over each other, basically CB band chatter on a ham frequency. Frankly it made me a little nervous of going near said frequency if operating on 40... Which I don't generally, as I'm currently a tech, but still. Club station multi-op operation does happen.
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On the ham forums they talk about several frequencies on 40, a couple on 80, and one in particular on 20 meters where there is a lot of trash talk, QRMing, music playing, etc. going on.
They always ponder over why it's that way, but I just think it's the temper of the times. Internet "dialogue" often turns into little more than spamming and name calling, and the same mindset is drifting over into ham radio.
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The beauty of 14313 and 7200 and the rest is it gives those inclined a place to congregate, leaving the rest of the bands alone for the most part. This is a good thing.
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Amen Josh, Amen!