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G8PZT > PACKET 29.12.13 08:14l 32 Lines 1012 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 000165362PZT
Read: GUEST
Subj: RE: Not enough USERS
Path: IZ3LSV<IR1UAW<IW2OHX<IQ2LB<VE3UIL<VE3TRA<GB7PZT
Sent: 131229/0711Z @:GB7PZT.#24.GBR.EU [Kidderminster] #:16500 XSERV500f
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 07:11:28 +0000
From: g8pzt@gb7pzt.#24.gbr.eu (Paula)
To: packet@ww
In-Reply-To: <490221VK2AWZ>
Subject: RE: Not enough USERS
On 29/12/13 in a bulletin to PACKET @ WW VK2AWZ wrote:
> Of course as I pointed out in my last bulletin, having worked over 100
>different stations on the local repeaters in earlier years, one wonders
>where they have all gone?
> It is a puzzlement!
The situation is the same in the UK Dave. At least 150 stations emerge from
the shadows for 2 hours on the SSB activity nights, then disappear without
trace until the next one a month later.
You can call your head off on any UK repeater and never get a QSO, even
during lift conditions. Yet when you meet them down the pub they tell you
that they heard your CQ's!
You can spend all evening repeater hopping on Echolink. Thousands of
repeaters, all silent.
It seems that most hams are "Licensed listeners", happy to consume, but
unwilling to contribute.
I haven't a clue why..
73, Paula
G8PZT @ GB7PZT
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