Down on the corner….

At the corner of Lids and Idiots, stands a man that represents the tens of thousands of amateur radio operators trying to make a contact with someone, anyone, with an ounce of intelligence. In the background, we see a building with 4387 antennas, doing everything in it’s power to stop the QSO from taking place, this building represents a small and usually insignificant portion of the amateur radio community, which on a normal day, would go completely unnoticed. Today is not that day.

Today, competent ham radio operators are attempting to contact a team that’s on THE MOST REMOTE UNINHABITED ISLAND on the planet, and the Lids and Idiots are jamming the airwaves with garbage. It’s not just a lack of intelligence causing issues, it’s also the intelligent causing issues with their human crafted DQRM. Both are causing disruption in their own way. One group can be corrected (maybe) and the other group, we cannot even come to terms with why they do what they do.

Lids and Idiots should simply RTFM (read the fucking manual).

The intentional jammers should GO STRAIGHT TO HELL.

It’s not “just” the digital modes, it’s not “just” the phone operators, and it’s not “just” the CW operators, it’s everywhere. On every band, on every mode, there’s low information operators doing something wrong that disrupts those of us staying within the parameters of said modes of operation and paying attention to the Bouvet Island Band Plan (3Y0K).

I feel there’s also another sub-group of Lids and Idiots that have decide to join the fray, those operators that have decided to take up FT8 on the spur of the moment, because they’re having no luck making contacts with 3Y0K on phone or CW. These new operators don’t know their asses from a hole in the ground and they’re jumping into digital modes thinking they can do it, because they are who they are. They have a ticket! They’re Amateur Radio Operators, they’re Extras! They’re extra alright, they’re extra special. Most of them are a cross between a Boomer and an empty pickle jar.

You may think it’s not that big of a deal for Lids to be transmitting their CQ below 1000hz on FT8. What if they’re doing so on the same part of the cycle as 3Y0K and on the same portion of the spectrum? They’re COVERING UP 3Y0K, which an already handicapped operation, with their 1200w of rock-n-roll power on a weak signal mode. Calling their CQ below 1000hz while 3Y0K is operating F/H mode gets them nowhere. 3Y0K won’t answer their call because 3Y0K is only listening for calls above 1000hz AND if the Lid is calling on the same part of the cycle as 3Y0K, they’re covering up 3Y0K to the world. RTFM!

On phone, you have Lid operators that have probably been operating for a very long time, jumping right on 3Y0K’s calling frequency and trying to return the call without even considering working a split. These are not only Lids, they’re also idiots. If you’re into DX’ing and you don’t consider a super rare entity such as Bouvet operating a split, you’re as dumb as a bag of hammers. If you’re new to DX’ing and just key the mic without considering anything of the above, you’re an idiot for not considering the nuances of the hobby in general. “Not knowing” is the perfect opportunity to stop yourself and read something to inform yourself of how things are suppose to be done.

Those that intentionally jam? Go fuck yourselves. You’re garbage. Human fucking garbage that should hold onto their antenna while transmitting and burn out ever last brain cell in your heads.