Hello All,

I though you all might get a kick out of this.  This is a static page on my 
blog...

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- Stateside stations asking for SASEs for paper QSL cards: It is a pet peeve 
of mine to see stateside hams insisting on you paying for their hobby even 
though they have this expensive ham radio equipment on their desk but they 
won't spring for a fourty-nine cent stamp.  I figure that if you're going to 
have paper QSL cards, you should be prepared to spend the few cents to send it 
off in the States.  DX stations, however, are different and I can understand 
that their country's postal service postage isn't cheap like here in the 
States. I'll happily confirm a DX QSO with LotW for DXCC if a paper QSL card 
isn't possible.

- Using the term "73" incorrectly: "73" means "best regards".  Using "very 73" 
is fine.  Using "73s" is not.  You don't say "best regardses", do you?  So you 
shouldn't use "73s".   There is also "best 73s".  "Best best regardses" 
doesn't make any sense . . . but you should.

- Using "Q codes" or "10 codes" on a VHF/UHF repeater: As with the above "73", 
you don't go around saying to your boss, "I gotta get to the home QTH to go 
10-100!"  "Q codes" are acceptable on HF with SSB and CW (with the possibility 
of computer digital modes but that's another story), but when using nearly 
crystal-clear FM, you can use proper English and speak like a functioning 
human being.

- Saying "for ID" when using your callsign on a repeater: For God's sake, 
people, your callsign IS your ID!  Just giving your callsign identifies 
yourself.  When you say "for ID", you sound like an idiot.  Please, only your 
callsign.  You don't hear the repeater add "for ID" after it identifies 
itself, do you?

- Using only the suffix of your callsign to identify yourself while working a 
DX pileup: That's not only really impolite, it's illegal in the US.  Many a 
ham in the US really should read the DX Code of Conduct and live by it.

- Using an amplifier to make a short-distance contact: The US rules state that 
an amateur radio operator should use the minimum power necessary to maintain a 
contact.  Sometimes, I wonder if these guys are making up for other 
shortcomings in their life by doing this.
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Later,
Sean

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