"There is a time for every thing, turn, turn, turn. There is a season
for every purpose under Heaven" Those words of Pete Seeger ring in my head.
It is the same on the hambands. There is a time for ragchews and there
is a time for contests, and there is a time for DX contacts which are
looking for the maximum number of QSOs.
On contest weekends, do not expect ragchew QSOs with those who are
contesting.
For DX contacts who are trying to maximize their contacts, the will not
be willing to ragchew.
If you want to ragchew, then do it with stations that are also willing.
Send them a bit of personal information and see if they respond. If
not, they are not willing to ragchew.
Bottom line - it all depends. It takes two to make a conversation.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 3/15/2017 8:44 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote:
I was told that basically there was no place for ragchewing in Amateur
Radio -- no place at all.
97.1(e) says there is a place for a good ragchew. Not sure where
contesting comes in, but I'll stipulate that it can be fit into 97.1
somewhere.
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