Rumors of their demise . . .
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| source 4-22-2022: https://www.kenwood.com/usa/com/amateur/ |
I was listening to a net yesterday. A ham was telling how Kenwood did him wrong on a rig repair job. And then he repeated a rumor that Kenwood was out of the Amateur Radio business. Another ham on the net told the first ham that he actually worked for Kenwood and that Kenwood was still very much in the ham business. The first ham then responded that he had heard something from someone in Japan and basically stood by his assertion that Kenwood was no longer a supplier to hams. Well the second ham didn't press the point, he seemed a little worried about the conversation turning commercial and just let it drop.
How should hams respond to this kind of rumor ? I think that most hams are unlikely to want to get into a big argument, especially on the air, so it doesn't get challenged. But this wasn't politics or religion - it was a simple matter of fact.
On this particular net they recently lost a net control because he blew a gasket on the air and started shouting his politics and stopped checking in from then on. In subsequent nets after the net control tirade the first ham (from above) repeated yet another rumor that the net control was deceased !
It never ends.
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY