Mad as a March Hare!

(Tuesday March 2 2009)

Well today the repeater was alive and buzzing with activity but sadly not the favourable type of activity.

Some buffoon started it all off relentlessly screaming and was soon joined on frequency. It quickly degraded into mayhem with swearing, whistling, strange laughter, all kinds of squeaking and bizarre noises filling the airwaves. One could be forgiven for looking around and double-checking they had not somehow stumbled their way into a mental institution. The bedlam continued for a while and sanity rapidly diminished when an unidentified voice claimed to be a representative from Ofcom working in the area! A great shame their claim was likely tongue-in-cheek. A squeaky threatened to knock him out and the playground antics persisted with ever-decreasing intelligence.

As the insanity persisted Mark M0MTH called out for a contact. He ought to have listened for a few moments to become aware of what was going on as he would have surely had second thoughts. Instantly a noise-making nincompoop jumped on and screamed at him. He quickly started to get the better of Mark who sounded particularly annoyed and sensitive today and preferably should have ignored the abuse. He seized his chance and attacked M0MTH, repeatedly screaming. Mark appeared to be genuinely distressed by the experience, clearly expressing his annoyance whilst the onslaught continued.

Later on Alan G6RBM and Paul G8JGF were in QSO. The same friendly fellow graced the repeater with his presence again, attempting a similar technique to earlier with the intention of agitating Paul. The QRM continued and each time there was a gap he would dive in and splutter some hoarsely spoken drivel. M0MTH returned just as Paul and Alan were signing and was targeted again, but could have quite easily avoided more abuse by staying clear of the repeater until the QRM had ceased.

Later still Sore Throat Man made an appearance while another muttonhead was transmitting 1750hz tone bursts. Obviously a glutton for punishment today Mark M0MTH could be heard with a weakened signal telling them to "stop jamming the repeater". Not surprisingly the jamming went on. Mark remarked that he was switching off as he couldn't be bothered with the abuse. This was much to the delight of Sore Throat Man who roared with laughter and growled at the top of his larynx!

Listen Here:

The Squeakies pop out of the woodwork.

http://soundcloud.com/theobserver/march-2-09-1

M0MTH overwhelmed

http://soundcloud.com/theobserver/march-2-09-2

G8JGF bombarded

http://soundcloud.com/theobserver/march-2-09-3

Glutton for Punishment

http://soundcloud.com/theobserver/march-2-09-4