Subj : Re: Repost from FB - Ham
To   : Rug Rat
From : jimmy anderson
Date : Tue Nov 25 2025 20:37:23

-=> Rug Rat wrote to Jason Brady <=-

 RR> They are out there (Just like there are stations that will try to stop
 RR> and rag chew during a contest..).. It is just not the norm.  I give
 RR> warning because you hear people all the time how they were put off from
 RR> ham radio after getting their license and feeling that nobody really
 RR> wanted to talk to them.

 RR> My response to that may sound a bit odd, but I feel that those people
 RR> just toss away the hobby because it was not what they expected, are the
 RR> ones that either got into it for the prepper aspect or like the example
 RR> above not only believed the marketing but like all endevors had a
 RR> starry eyed vision that they where going to get their ticket and
 RR> everyone on on the air would want to talk to them for hours on end and
 RR> instead of taking the time to find their niche either found the "sad
 RR> ham theory promoting YouTube channels" and to save themselves the
 RR> bruised ego belived the probelm is "those old timers.." or put their
 RR> license aside..

Same with local repeaters on 2m/440. There are more repeaters than
there are people on the air. :-) But I've learned that a lot of them
are on HF, which I'm working toward getting set up.

But yeah - I'll put the radio on scan when I'm in the truck and a 
lot of time it's dead. I'll call out, but sometimes I'm listening
to a podcast and don't take time to call, but will listen and/or
answer when someone does. :-) 





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