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On 06 Jan 2026, Daryl Stout said the following...
 
 DS>  RR> What is your current list of Amateur Radio pet peeves?
 DS> 
 DS> 1) Stations not using ITU phonetics at checkin on nets.

I forgot about how annoying that was. "I'm sorry, Never Getting Three Meals A
Day, I can't copy your callsign." *eyeroll*

 DS> 2) Stations not following directions of net control.

This one is probably the one that makes me want to turn the rig off most. And
it's ALWAYS the same repeat offenders. Kills any momentum you have going.

 DS> 4) Stations saying "you're not a ham if you don't do CW".
 DS> 6) Stations saying "internet radio is not ham radio".

This ties into your commentary below, and I'll get to it (eventually).

 DS> "We are communicators FIRST, and hams SECOND".

I just recently saw this for the first time about a week ago. I instantly fell
in love with it.

 DS>   I personally don't care if they are a Novice, Technician, General,
 DS> Advanced, or Amateur Extra Class licensee...whether or not they took
 DS> and passed a Morse Code exam...whether they got licensed in the last
 DS> week, or before World War II...or how much they do in the hobby (on
 DS> the air and otherwise). If they are licensed, that's all that matters 
 DS> to me.

I couldn't have put this any better myself. Amateur radio is a collection of
hobbies that make a bigger hobby. There's absolutely something in it for
everyone, and not everything amateur radio is "radio." There's nothing wrong
with being a "purist" (whatever that might mean), but calculating the best way
to dull someone else's shine isn't a test question I remember.

Cheers, and 73!
Randall
WZ8Q

... Famous last words: "I'll be there in just a minute, honey."

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