Do you want a word with >>>>>> He's in >>>>> m1xxx (the distant station) can you hear m1xxx ?
m1xxx yeh he's giving me 5 & 9 here.
m1xxx m1xxx you are also 5 & 9 here also, would you like to QSL via the bureau ?
Not one of the stations involved were M3's, so no inexperience excuse or it's down to lack of training excuses.
These idiots were really QSL'ing via a repeater, giving signal reports & seeing who could hear who
I will admit to having sent & received the odd email, confirmation of a QSO via a repeater where either I or the other operator have had a long distance link into a repeater, I have also sent a special event QSL card clearly marked as conformation of working the above call sign via XYZ repeater, where it was the ONLY way this guy could make contact with us, but to add insult to stupidity these guy's were QSL'ing on a slightly above average distance link into a repeater.
I would personally expect any semi intelligent amateur to realise that it is the same output, from the same transmitter, that everyone in a group is listening to, so comments like can you hear, when that signal is fully quietening is moronic.
Even my 10 year old M3 licenced daughter understands that you do not give signal reports or QSL via repeaters.
OK I will admit this kind of behaviour is better than the dead heads who spend hours keying repeaters, but is the way we should expect trained licenced amateur to use repeaters ?
[Call signs edited to be fair to people who aren't on the website to answer back. - Jon]
