I think a lot depends on how corrections are made.  I cringe whenever I hear
someone eat another ham's lunch for saying something that sounds like it's
right out of CB or an old war movie as in some of the things we've been
chatting about today.  I think corrections can be made diplomatically even
going as far as taking the new ham off frequency if possible or a simple
phone call to say "we enjoy having you on the repeater but let me put a bug
in your ear about how things are usually done in ham radio."  We can teach
without humiliating and that should be our goal as a community who says it
welcomes new members.

Take care everyone and very 73.


Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX
Navy Marine Corps MARS:  NNN0SHS




-----Original Message-----
From: Blind-Hams For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 18:11
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: I have to comment on the use of 73

I had the right idea I guess, when I first got in the hobby, I knew ahead of
time I'd be on 2 meters first so I listened on my scanner while I was
studying, I was able to hold my own, had to learn a couple things but didn't
do too bad, then same on HF, friends let me get on their radios and find out
how it was done. I was lucky, luckily though, around here people don't get
yelled at too bad about not saying the right things. It depends on who's on,
but for the most part people let it go or just tell them nicely, like
recently we had someone on a local repeater I monitor ask his friend what
his 20 was, I laughed at that one but later in a QSO with the self appointed
new trustee of the repeater, he was corrected.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: I have to comment on the use of 73


> Good points, Richard.  Since I work out of my home and monitor a
> couple of frequencies most of the day and evening, I am often bumping
> into brand new hams roaming the bands and trying out their new radio
> on all the repeaters to see which ones they can hit.  I had a guy, new
> ham he was, call me one day on the repeater and as we talked, he said,
> I want to ask you a wquestion.  I held my breath in case it was a
> technical question I no longer remembered how to answer.  Instead, he
> said, Is it wrong for me to say QSL when I reply to what someone has
> said?  I laughed.