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   -=> Rug Rat wrote to Jason Brady <=-   
      
    RR> They are out there (Just like there are stations that will try to stop   
    RR> and rag chew during a contest..).. It is just not the norm.  I give   
    RR> warning because you hear people all the time how they were put off from   
    RR> ham radio after getting their license and feeling that nobody really   
    RR> wanted to talk to them.   
      
    RR> My response to that may sound a bit odd, but I feel that those people   
    RR> just toss away the hobby because it was not what they expected, are the   
    RR> ones that either got into it for the prepper aspect or like the example   
    RR> above not only believed the marketing but like all endevors had a   
    RR> starry eyed vision that they where going to get their ticket and   
    RR> everyone on on the air would want to talk to them for hours on end and   
    RR> instead of taking the time to find their niche either found the "sad   
    RR> ham theory promoting YouTube channels" and to save themselves the   
    RR> bruised ego belived the probelm is "those old timers.." or put their   
    RR> license aside..   
      
   Same with local repeaters on 2m/440. There are more repeaters than   
   there are people on the air. :-) But I've learned that a lot of them   
   are on HF, which I'm working toward getting set up.   
      
   But yeah - I'll put the radio on scan when I'm in the truck and a    
   lot of time it's dead. I'll call out, but sometimes I'm listening   
   to a podcast and don't take time to call, but will listen and/or   
   answer when someone does. :-)    
      
      
      
      
      
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