The problem is that there is nothing to prevent someone from using YOUR call, making a complete ass of himself on the air and thus trashing your reputation.
73, Roger On 2/25/2012 8:06 AM, Eddy Swynar wrote: > Hi Guys, > > A look back through my late 1920's issues of QST magazine reveals a monthly > column entitled, I believe, "PREHISTORIC SIGNALS". Therein, for all to > behold, were the specific call signs of stations heard during the previous > month that had not pulled-up their bootstraps on the eve of newer, more > stringent regulations from the then FCC regarding signal quality... > > These offenders were guilty of such things listed as "raw AC on signal", > "extreme drift", "excessive chirp", etc. etc. etc. The idea, obviously, was > that offenders so "outed" would be inspired (shamed is more like it!) to > re-vamp their transmitters, bringing them up to the then "modern" standards. > > I wonder if a similar such list of "PREHISTORIC OPERATING STANDARDS" might be > in order to-day? > > DX-pedition operators know the repeated callers, the out-of-turn callers, > etc. only too well---as do those of us on this side of the pile-up. Does > working these offenders not, effectively, REWARD their "prehistoric operating > standards"? Would it, perhaps, be better for the organizers of such DX treks > to publish the call signs of REPEAT offenders on their web site, for all to > see (including, hopefully, the offenders themselves)...? > > I don't know what general consensus might be on such an idea, but it's > apparent that whatever excellent codes of DX conduct exist in the printed > form on-line, in the various Amateur publications, etc., they are completely& > utterly lost upon a GROWING cadre of so-called "DX'ers". Perhaps the time is > nigh to stop relying upon the "honour system" to elevate standards, and to > instead, cite poor operating standards& etiquette in a public way...because > things are hardly improving on the air, such as they are. > > ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ > > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > -- Remember the Liberty (AGTR-5) http://www.usslibertyveterans.org/ http://www.gtr5.com/ _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK