good operators vs. bad operators

This is actually from a preverious reply I made further down the list, but I wanted to bring it to the top. It was in response to a post concerning the suposed deterioration of Ham Radio with the advent of the No Coders.

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Hi!



A lot of what you say is true, but not all that came in through the no code route fit into that mold. Of course, I am sure you would agree with that. The other side of the coin is that there are plenty of guys who obviously passed tons of code tests (i.e. they hold extra tickets) yet get out on 75meters and are the worst LIDS of the bunch. You have identified one of the big problems of Ham Radio today, however: Poor Operators. Sadly there are poor operators of every class liscense and every code skill (from 0-40wpm). I have read a lot of the FCC posts concerning disciplinary actions taken. It seems that the LIDs run the spectrum from No Code all the way up to Extra, with some of the very worst offenses being sometimes perpetrated by the highest class liscense holders.

My point? Bad CBers can, and do, ofter learn CW and continue their Bad ways on HF. I am on VHF much of the time, where the vast majority of no coders live, and don't hear the pollution of the air waves near like I do on HF. Who is operating on HF? Well, people like me and you who did actually pass a code test! :-))

I hear bad and good operating practices on all bands - code and no code bands. This has proved to me beyond the shadow of a doubt that the code has nothing to do with being a good or bad operator. A person being diligent enough to learn to copy 40wpm does not in any way garantee that that person won't be a Bad CBer when the switches over to SSB.

That all being said, the issue is not about code or no code. The issue is poor operating practice regardless of liscense class. Don't blame "no coders" for poor operating practices when the worst practice are heard on the bands where they are not operating.

Again, Bad CBers [or those with that mentality] (not all CBers, because I have actually heard some guys on CB who are better operators than some Hams) can and do learn code just as readily as anyone else. They are the ones who trash out HF, often by uttering the words "CQ Contest" without checking frequency first or by operating to close in the band to others who where there first. Others by starting nets on top of legitimate QSO's. Others by cursing like saliors. In other words, behaving like drunk truck drivers on CB.

A pox on any Amateur radio operator who operates that way, whether he is 0wpm or 40wpm. A blessing upon all good Amateur radio operators, whether he is 0wpm or 40wpm!



73
kc5adf
Bill Allen
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