Oh, the joys of weekend radio operating!
Out goes the gentlemanly operating of the weekdays, in comes the truly idiotic, slow-witted operating of the weekend part-timer.
'Click and Collect' digital working has now reached quite intolerable levels. Many operators seem to think that all they need do is call me with a signal report, not bothering to wait for theirs or continue the QSO to its standard end on JT modes. No, just call once and clear off!
Here's the news: none of you who try this type of pointless operating get a confirmed QSO. You just get a nice straight line through the QSO in the paper log. You will never hear from me again.
More than this is the failure of some to keep up with what's going on. If you find a station you're in contact with suddenly appear ten or twenty Herz up the JT waterfall, do you:
(1) Notice this, do nothing and keep transmitting in the original spot
or
(2) Notice this, realise it's the other end experiencing QRM, and shift to the new TX spot?
Well, it seems the overwhelming majority of those I am trying to keep a QSO going with opt for the former - which means they, too, will get no confirmation because they're too dim-witted to adapt.
Rant over. For now...
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