Where else can you find so many folks eager to be counted?
Its kind of funny that some people spend thousands of dollars for radios and antennas only to check in on nets saying, “I’m just in for the numbers.
On nightly round table nets, its kind of funny that some hams say the exact same thing, night after night, without fail.
I’m not complaining, mind you, but after a while those folks could come on saying, “remember what I said last night? … then we’re good, 73’s”.
On traffic nets, it is amusing to hear inexperienced hams trying their hand at the net control position. Don’t get me wrong, I applaud anyone who gives this important function a try but it’s sometimes painful to hear new net controls as they get hammered with an unusually high number of check-ins, comming at once. I’ve been in this position before and let me tell you, even though my chair is directly in front of the air-conditioned vent, I was perspiring profusely (sweating).
Nets are fun because of all the different personalities that check in.
Personalities range from reserved and friendly or funny to loud and obnoxious. That said, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
It’s interesting that some people in nets have an uncanny knack of doubling. Well meaning hams often advise these doublers on how to avoid the situation, and only serve to increase its manifestation.
I scratched my head when I heard one ‘net preamble’ suggestions to avoid doubling: it instructed stations to “wait before transmitting to try to avoid doubling”. I thought, If everyone waits, then transmits, won’t there still be a lot of doubling?
Ham radio wouldn’t be as fun for me if there weren’t any nets to participate in. Until my next post, 73s.
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