Oh, Lord what I want is to become a Masters Degree in obsessive compulsive QSL collecting.
Some of you old timers may recall when amateur radio was like a box of chocolates. You never knew what you'd get when you called CQ. Why it might have been Walter Cronkite or Barry Goldwater.. or gosh just a kid with the things on his mind you had.
But, wait those days are over, and why struggle to talk when all you have to do is check into the 3905CC club and wait your turn. By Crackie maybe one of those rare personages might check in and you could actually give him a 3 by 3 report although you never really heard him at all.
Just imagine the excitement when that next big group of QSLs has a K7UGA, with you 2 by 2
signal report. You could be happier than a second grader who just won all those rare marbles.
Well, this net I think was well intended when it started more than 30 years ago, but as with all things what is a guy to do when he has worked all his states and some foreign countries.
Do you just give up on the net?
No, of course not because this crazy group meets seven days a week, talking on top of each other and procrastinating the nets lift off by silly preambles, lists, favored Masters degree holders and so much baggage it takes it at least an hour to start, if you consider the pre-net calls ins as well.
That I suppose is just these strange howdy doos and koo-koos are just plummage in old peacocks, with nothing better to do, such as improve their minds.
The problem with amateur radio and there are many, is that to any intelligent person it is a colossal BORE.
I won't tell you more about this group except to say they have so many spin off nets now, your head will go dizzy, just trying to keep up with the action. A dual watch radio would help and reduce your chances of missing that big call and QSL.
But, wait those days are over, and why struggle to talk when all you have to do is check into the 3905CC club and wait your turn. By Crackie maybe one of those rare personages might check in and you could actually give him a 3 by 3 report although you never really heard him at all.
Just imagine the excitement when that next big group of QSLs has a K7UGA, with you 2 by 2
signal report. You could be happier than a second grader who just won all those rare marbles.
Well, this net I think was well intended when it started more than 30 years ago, but as with all things what is a guy to do when he has worked all his states and some foreign countries.
Do you just give up on the net?
No, of course not because this crazy group meets seven days a week, talking on top of each other and procrastinating the nets lift off by silly preambles, lists, favored Masters degree holders and so much baggage it takes it at least an hour to start, if you consider the pre-net calls ins as well.
That I suppose is just these strange howdy doos and koo-koos are just plummage in old peacocks, with nothing better to do, such as improve their minds.
The problem with amateur radio and there are many, is that to any intelligent person it is a colossal BORE.
I won't tell you more about this group except to say they have so many spin off nets now, your head will go dizzy, just trying to keep up with the action. A dual watch radio would help and reduce your chances of missing that big call and QSL.
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