yeah curtesy on the air is almost dead  sounds pretty bad when you get more respect on cb these days than you do on alot of hambands

On Jan 30, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Michael Ryan wrote:

> Hi all:=20
> 
> It was the 1A0KM I did work. In my excitement, I must have mixed up the =
> A with a 1. Once I looked up the correct callsign, I felt a little =
> ripped off as I can generally work Italy with 100W in my sleep! LOL=20
> But: as long as its a rare one and not active vary often, now I =
> understand the reasoning behind our throat ripping madness last night! =
> LOL I still don't like the CB mentality that's happening around these =
> stations! LOL Like Father's having they're kids man the mic while they =
> take a smoke break! LOL Plus the Good Buddies trying to proclaim how =
> rood we are with F bombs thrown in, when the station changed from split =
> to simplex, all the while the Good Buddies yelling at us that the =
> station is working split when they just came out of split! LOL=20
> I actually even relaid for a couple of stations before I made my =
> successful contact but the roodness continued! LOL and not even a thanks =
> when I told a K4 and an N2 that the 1A0 was calling them! LOL =20
> Oh well, does this happen allot in CW, which I'm working on? I haven't =
> been cut to pieces yet, although a couple of Pacific DXs wouldn't slow =
> down for me last week! LOL=20
> 
> 73:=20
> 
> Michael DE VO1RYN=20