Hi Eric,

I don't know how good it was in the old days. There have always been 
poor operators, but since the ham community has more than quadrupled in 
the past 40 years, I am sure there are more LIDS proportionately.  
Twenty meters is legend for bad behavior.  The area above 14.300 in 
particular is a good example of bad operators. Also 75 meters was for a 
long time the bastion of some of the worst operators: 3950, 3898, 3853, 
and so on.


On 5/16/2014 11:51 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
> Has anyone noticed the level of intentional QRM on the ham bands lately? =
> I just heard some interesting stuff on 14.278. It appears that the 11 =
> meter crowd is starting to play the old games on 20 now. Recordings, =
> noise makers, fowl (and not as a bird) language, etc. I long for a =
> return to the older days of HF when lids like this were tracked down and =
> dealt with promptly.
>
> -eric
>