Re: [IRCA] KOHI Still Atop 1600 Long After LSS

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Craig Healy <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> When a station does the final ID after a football game and then
> promptly
> disappears, the cheating term probably fits.  The HSFB STA term
> coined is a
> more pleasant way to put it, but still has the same meaning.
> 
> As someone who has worked in radio since 1970, I am not offended when
> I read
> that term.  The people who would be offended are the ones whose
> stations are
> running their legal power, and propagation has made them more audible
> than
> usual.  I have a couple of low night power semi-locals on 650 and
> 740.
> Neither would be very likely to intentionally cheat, but now and
> again I can
> hear them after dark.
> 
> So, labeling the one that dropped out of sight after the game should
> be
> called a cheater.  A daytimer heard after dark could also be called
> that,
> even if it's a technical glitch.  The failure of someone to notice
> that they
> are still on puts the blame squarely on them anyhow.  And, even a
> fulltimer
> that didn't drop due to a control problem likewise should have
> someone to
> check.  The Burk remote control does have a powerful scripting
> ability to
> check these things and call someone.  It's their fault.
> 
> Looks to me where the only time the "cheater" term is misapplied is
> when
> propagation enhances someone's flea power.  We should be careful
> then.
> 


While I agree with what Craig has said, it seems that HSFB STA is an
effective euphemism which could be substituted instead. So is "on past
bedtime" or similar.

But the most important part of what Craig said above is the single
factor which causes me to support not using the term, namely that there
are still people on this and other lists who insist on overusing it any
time they hear a station which they don't think they should be hearing.
Since this has been debated for some time without changing that type of
behavior, then I have to agree with wording things differently, even
though some see it as excessive political correctness.

The discussion persist precisely because in many cases it's either an
accident or propagation but some folks still want to call it all that
one same word regarldless.



Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop


       
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