"N2EY" wrote


First off, nobody with any sense says "first personal" in normal
conversation.


Nope, nobody I ever heard.

That's cb slang, pure and simple,

Yup, that's where "Jim" learned it.

and it has no place in amateur radio. Period.

Why not? They use borrowed ham slang like "handle" on CB.

Q signals on voice aren't as bad, but they're
usually not good operating practice.

Why are they not "good operating practice"? Everyone understands them,
even if "nobody with any sense" uses them in normal conversation.


The moral of Hans' story seems to be "Don't ever tell anybody how to
operate, no matter how nicely, because they might be driven off." The
implication seems to be that we should accept any sort of behavior
on-air, rather than risk offending anybody.


As a KVG fan, I'd have thought you'd be the one person here to see the
moral of the story, because it echos the theme of almost all of his
work, which boils down to "BE NICE, DAMN-IT!"

"Pretend to be good always,
and even God will be fooled."

- God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

73, de Hans, K0HB