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From: bender@oobleck.Eng.Sun.COM (Michael Bender)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Herb et. al.
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Date: 20 Dec 90 22:52:24 GMT
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In article <41397@ut-emx.uucp> kipper@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kip Ingram) writes:
->I almost hate to ask about this, but would someone please e-mail me a rundown
->of the "Herbie" situation?  I listened in yesterday on 14.313.  I heard Herb
->loud and clear; he seems to have a magnificent station.  However, what I heard
->was a rational, reasonable man trying to enjoying chatting with other hams.
->He and his buddies were polite about letting other people join in.
->
->What I also heard was hundreds of absolute jerks trying to shut Herb down via
->massive QRM (a violation of FCC regulations).  Some of them were singing (which
->is also a violation of the regs).  Many used foul language (yet another 
->violation of the regs).
->
->Then I tuned up a few kHz and heard an equally rational and reasonable sounding
->gentleman telling someone else that Herb had long since worn out his welcome.
->Unfortunately, he didn't elaborate enough for me to figure the situation out.
->
->Please, I'm terribly curious.  Obviously there are a lot of hams out there 
->that ABSOLUTELY DESPISE Herb.  I heard them myself.  What is Herb supposed to
->have done to P.O. these people so much?  I didn't hear anything bad.  I don't
->understand why the people that don't like to listen to him can't just tune
->over to another frequency.  After all, there's plenty of room for all of us.
->I thought we worried about not having enough hams, right?
->
->Any elucidation will be greatly appreciated.

Could someone post the Herbie story?  I missed it if it was posted the first
time, and it sounds very intriguing.

thanks,
mike
bender@Eng.Sun.COM
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