I don't know Brett. They must have very tight filters if they zero beat a contact in progress and call CQ. Those are the ones that give the nice guys a bad name. If they want to have fun that is fine, but when they become a irritant on purpose that is too much.
And they did that tonight. Jim/W5JO ----- Original Message ----- >I heard many fine qso's on 80 today, in spite of the contest. > > I have no use at all for contests but if lots of other people enjoy > them, I > can find something else to do and let them have their fun. > > While I was listening, I noticed the contesters seemed to be polite > and stay > somewhat clear of the AM qso's, they have much tighter filters... > I also heard them ask if the frequency was in use and move off if > someone > said it was. > They did not move far off, but they did move. > > It sure does not seem like a lot of fun to me, but there are plenty of > people involved, so it must be fun for them. > > Brett ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html