Subj : Re: Pet peves
To   : Rug Rat
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Jan 06 2026 05:26 pm

 RR> What is your current list of Amateur Radio pet peeves?

1) Stations not using ITU phonetics at checkin on nets.

2) Stations not following directions of net control.

3) Stations claiming their club is the best.

4) Stations saying "you're not a ham if you don't do CW".

5) Stations who feel that the Part 97 Rules don't apply to them.

6) Stations saying "internet radio is not ham radio". Years ago, an
FCC official noted "We are communicators FIRST, and hams SECOND".
With more and more hams having to go into HOA's, CC&R's, assisted
living or medical facilities...or they have things like a heart
condition..."internet radio" still allows them to be a part in a 
life long hobby.

  I personally don't care if they are a Novice, Technician, General,
Advanced, or Amateur Extra Class licensee...whether or not they took
and passed a Morse Code exam...whether they got licensed in the last
week, or before World War II...or how much they do in the hobby (on
the air and otherwise). If they are licensed, that's all that matters 
to me.

  All of us were beginners at one time, and we should be Elmering those
new to the hobby. Elmering is the highest compliment that an amateur
radio operator can receive...and it's part of "giving back to the hobby".

  I give back to the hobby by doing several traffic nets per week, doing
the audio transcript of the monthly Quarter Century Wireless Association
(QCWA) Journal for visually impaired/blind folks, overseeing amateur
radio license exams as a Volunteer Examiner Team Leader, doing programs
for amateur radio clubs or hamfest forums, and overall promotion of the
hobby. As a Volunteer Examiner Team Leader, my job is to get folks
licensed or upgraded. What they do after they get into the hobby, is
their business.

  Ham Radio is a HOBBY, and it should NEVER take priority over things
such as church, health, family, job, honey-do's, and honey-dont's...
even though you, Ham, took Radio, to be your lawfully wedded spouse
(hi hi). Life does get in the way of our hobbies...and without your
health, you have nothing.

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

.... "I was married by a Judge. I should've asked for a Jury". - Groucho Marx
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