Posted: 10/18/2013 10:58:23 AM EDT
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Okay guys, I know this is not quite in the good spirit of Ham radio, but I decided to make a QRM card to share with the forum for all those times when someone pisses you off.
Next time you are on 14.313, trying to work a pile-up full of idiots, or have someone completely wipe out your waterfall on a digi mode, just print up a card and send it out! 
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Would you mind if I use this? We have a problem person linking to our repeater. He has managed to p!$$ off everyone in all his surrounding counties. You're actually thinking of sending one out? Ha! For me, I'd only send these out to friends. Do what ever you want with it. I just made and posted it here for giggles. I didn't do any specific sizing on it, so I am not sure if it is anywhere near standard QSL card size. |
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Okay guys, I know this is not quite in the good spirit of Ham radio, but I decided to make a QRM card to share with the forum for all those times when someone pisses you off. Next time you are on 14.313, trying to work a pile-up full of idiots, or have someone completely wipe out your waterfall on a digi mode, just print up a card and send it out!
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3795/10349800483_c2c9fbe45a_z.jpg http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2833/10349608084_07712f5655_z.jpg That's hilarious! 
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I can size it 4x6 and print both sides to card stock. Easy.
There is a ham in the next town over that without authorization from anyone else links the repeater there, of which he is NOT the Trustee, to our repeater and other repeaters in his surrounding counties. Doing this, he has interfered with our local ARES net a number of times, and more recently, an event where our club provided communications, forcing us to get off the air and use cell phones due to making our local repeater unusable for us due to chatter from other repeaters. 
He has misrepresented himself as the Trustee of the repeater in his town, gained access to the repeater, which owned by the county and located at the courthouse. He took it to a radio service company several counties away instead of the local outfit that services all of the city police and sheriffs office cars and other gear. He said it was not working right, check it out and while they were at it, put his call sign as the ID. The current Trustee is an elderly and now inactive ham in that town. That situation is now taken care of and he will no longer have any physical access to that repeater. It is now ID'd with the club call, as directed by county officials. This card would be perfect for him. 
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I can size it 4x6 and print both sides to card stock. Easy. There is a ham in the next town over that without authorization from anyone else links the repeater there, of which he is NOT the Trustee, to our repeater and other repeaters in his surrounding counties. Doing this, he has interfered with our local ARES net a number of times, and more recently, an event where our club provided communications, forcing us to get off the air and use cell phones due to making our local repeater unusable for us due to chatter from other repeaters.
He has misrepresented himself as the Trustee of the repeater in his town, gained access to the repeater, which owned by the county and located at the courthouse. He took it to a radio service company several counties away instead of the local outfit that services all of the city police and sheriffs office cars and other gear. He said it was not working right, check it out and while they were at it, put his call sign as the ID. The current Trustee is an elderly and now inactive ham in that town. That situation is now taken care of and he will no longer have any physical access to that repeater. It is now ID'd with the club call, as directed by county officials. This card would be perfect for him.
Wow! That is a hell of a story! That guy has one hell of a big sense of entitlement. |
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I'm not sure anyone who is part of a pile-up has any right to send out a QRM Card. If you are obeying the DXCC and have to deal with someone repeating their call sign constantly with no break you sure as hell DO have the right. I have sent a couple of copies of the DXCC to stateside hams along with a SWL report telling them to mind their manners. One guy had been a ham since the 50s and I said in my note that longevity don't mean shit and if he kept it up the next time I was in his area I'd pin his coax. I do not think the FCC would put a lot of effort into finding out who did something like that because they generally let us police ourselves. QRZ dot com is a fine tool. |
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Don't. This is not in the spirit of the amateur service at all, it's childish, and it won't solve anything. If I received one of these, I'd be tempted to QRM you on purpose. I wouldn't, for the same reasons I just mentioned, but that doesn't mean other folks wouldn't. Come bitch at us when this happens, don't send a nastygram.
If you have an actual QRM problem, notify your nearest OO, otherwise just change frequency. There are lids. There will always be lids. Just like online trolls, inform where necessary, and ignore. Consider also that a lot of QRM is unintentional. |
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Wow! That is a hell of a story! That guy has one hell of a big sense of entitlement. Quoted:
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There is a ham in the next town over that without authorization from anyone else links the repeater there, of which he is NOT the Trustee, to our repeater and other repeaters in his surrounding counties. Doing this, he has interfered with our local ARES net a number of times, (trimmed) This card would be perfect for him.
Wow! That is a hell of a story! That guy has one hell of a big sense of entitlement. It is now in the ARRL division and OO's hands. He still needs one of these cards.
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Don't. This is not in the spirit of the amateur service at all, it's childish, and it won't solve anything. If I received one of these, I'd be tempted to QRM you on purpose. I wouldn't, for the same reasons I just mentioned, but that doesn't mean other folks wouldn't. Come bitch at us when this happens, don't send a nastygram. If you have an actual QRM problem, notify your nearest OO, otherwise just change frequency. There are lids. There will always be lids. Just like online trolls, inform where necessary, and ignore. Consider also that a lot of QRM is unintentional. 95% of the time I'd agree with you as I'm sure I've stepped on someone before. We all have. My peeve and a lot of us share it is a steady , QR2S..QR2S..QR2S..QR2S...QR2S...QR2S ad nauseum during a pileup in a sing-song little voice like a spoiled little kid having a temper tantrum and walking all over everyone else. The few little pileups I've had to deal with there was often one jerk. I tell him he is QRM and I am NOT going to put him in my log. Try later when you start following the DXCC. Funny how it brings the rest into line. I am NOT a prick. I have had my moments but I try and at least stay civil. Hell, I'm the guy that broke through a pileup on a Navy memorial ship by calling in for naval gunfire but that wasn't acting like a spoiled little brat. There simply comes a time when enough is enough. |
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Hell, I'm the guy that broke through a pileup on a Navy memorial ship by calling in for naval gunfire but that wasn't acting like a spoiled little brat. NOT having this happen to my special event station this year is a top 5 reason the event WILL happen again! Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Would you mind if I use this? We have a problem person linking to our repeater. He has managed to p!$$ off everyone in all his surrounding counties. The control operator has the right to ask them to use the repeater. If they refuse after being asked nicely, the FCC will surely explain it to them. |
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There is a ham in the next town over that without authorization from anyone else links the repeater there, of which he is NOT the Trustee, to our repeater and other repeaters in his surrounding counties. Doing this, he has interfered with our local ARES net a number of times, and more recently, an event where our club provided communications, forcing us to get off the air and use cell phones due to making our local repeater unusable for us due to chatter from other repeaters.
He has misrepresented himself as the Trustee of the repeater in his town, gained access to the repeater, which owned by the county and located at the courthouse. He took it to a radio service company several counties away instead of the local outfit that services all of the city police and sheriffs office cars and other gear. He said it was not working right, check it out and while they were at it, put his call sign as the ID. The current Trustee is an elderly and now inactive ham in that town. That situation is now taken care of and he will no longer have any physical access to that repeater. It is now ID'd with the club call, as directed by county officials. This card would be perfect for him. Sounds like he deserves a lot more than a card. |