Ever get tired of reading QRZ, eHam or QTH??

The number of keyboard jockeys has surpassed the number of licensed hams and is getting worse every day. We are RADIO operators, I can't understand this fixation with spending more time on the internet than on the air. Hopefully it is just a propagation thing and as propagation picks back up, there will be more QSO's on the air than on the internet.
I agree, the trash you read on the chat rooms and discussion boards drives me crazy. I sure don't point prospective hams to those type of sites for information.
NG9R

If you look closely at those sites you will notice that the people who get into those arguments are genrally the same select few individuals who are always arguing there and have tens of thousands of posts - pretty much they have no life and spend too much time on internet forums.

Don't worry about them. They're so busy fighting on the web that they're not spending any time on the air.

A bit late for my reply, but had to add my agreement regarding the "big two" amateur radio sites and the nasty, mean-spirited postings on them.

I haven't browsed QRZ in several years. That was the lowest of them all. E-ham was half-way decent but has now sunk to the same level.

Best thing to do is restrict one's self to sites that are directed to preferred amateur activity or equipment. I am a QRP nut so joined a couple QRP organizations that have web sites and are operated in a courteous manner. Two sites dedicated to my specific radio gear, also courteously managed. And, SKCC that maintains web sites. Yahoo groups are, usually, very helpful, informative, and monitored. There is a reason for their existance, and it isn't to provide a forum to shoot one's mouth off on.

As I said, go to specific interest groups, usually on Yahoo, and join.

73
Dick
N2UGB