Leaving the ham hobby.

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Originally Posted by Jeffhs

I do hope you will reconsider

I am trying very hard to find a reason to reconsider. One reason to stay is the fact that I have in fact met great people, and Orlando's Hamcation was an amazing place, to find not just ham gear, but other awesome electronics stuff to mess around with or just to have because I thought it was cool (and learn how it worked and what it did as a mental exercise and appreciation). Another reason I'd want to stay, is if there is an emergency, that I can still help. I was fairly proud of passing and getting my general class license, I even got a plate for my car with my callsign and pay the price for it every year.

I'm sure after a calm down period I probably won't, but it's these experiences which make me feel honestly down about it and feeling like I wasted money only to be picked on either for one thing or the other. The stuttering is the worst, and I feel it gets the most complaints, as if I could control it. My turrets isn't the type that causes swearing, just ticks, and that does come out as noises or a stutter for me.

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Oh hey, this is like the people who take the ATC simulator jobs WAY too seriously.

Nooo! You can't just informal radio talk. This is a controlled frequency!
(there's a few good youtube videos on this)
Believe me, ham bands are not the only places filled with people so to the book. Normally I just say that someone's got an interference issue because I can't filter out this autistic screeching. Then they either engage nun-mode and get even more anal than a 20something on BangBros (reference joke, please don't google that) or ragequit.

Edited: also it's youtube, so expect a lot of armchair ham-ops. You can just hide/remove comments and save yourself having to get into a sissyfight.