its a real tough one.i dont dig of the way some newbies inc myself have been dissed but its like a dog realising a persons fear of it.once over the nerves and fear of being bollocked (i no longer give a toss)and sound a fair decent op on air which adds up to now being treated as equall.
as a hobby/passtime ,one would have thought it sholuld be way more chilled than it is but the double edged sword is that because many ops treat it so seriously,a lot can be learned about operating practices especially in working massive pile ups.
Be yourself,tell the bad uns to worry about their own practices and use as much of the speccy as you can cause theres always good dx to be had.
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