Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

["Les Rayburn" <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick is much more diplomatic than I. But I completely agree with the
statements he's making. In the three or four years that I've been involved 
in
arranging DX tests, I'd say that "negative situations" have arisen on 
average
about once every six months.

In every case, it involved a DX'er who was attempting to "play cop", provide
correctional instruction to a station regarding their operations, or 
otherwise
inject themselves into someone else's business.

As a business owner myself, I can tell you that if someone forwarded an 
e-mail to
me that had the subject line, "High Noon Film should be subject to a fine
or license revocation", I wouldn't be too pleased to hear from anyone 
connected
with that group again.





Les Rayburn, director
High Noon Film
100 Centerview Drive Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
205.824.8930
205.824.8960 Fax
205.253.4867 Cell
http://www.highnoonfilm.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Martin" <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica" 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)


> Charlie,
>
> I hate to be hardnosed on this, but then we should not complain when we
> get nasty feedback from stations. Maybe we should just DX, forget about
> QSLs, station tours, and anything connected with a relationship between
> the DXer and the station. You know as much as I like e mail. The great
> things it has brought us, it sure has a negative side to it too.   As
> one CE told me, one negative comment, gets out to dozens of engineers.
> Does the good outweigh the bad in this case?  We have wonderful people
> out there like Les Rayburn and others that break their necks trying to
> get DX tests that we all enjoy. Do we want to do something that
> negatively affects them? I think not. We have a tendacy to speak our
> minds in e mail often to the point where we upset the apple cart and do
> more damage. Does complaining about a certain station change things
> regarding that station? No, of course not. If anything the word gets
> back to that station and they get angry with the DX community. They may
> not want to have anything to do with us any longer. Is venting really
> worth it? I don't think it is.
>
> 73,
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
> KAVT Reception Manager
>
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