HF EARS

Those who would suggest that they can "bone up" on traffic handling apparently have never handled traffic on an HF Net when conditions are BAD. When you are in the middle of a triple or quadriple relay of a Radiogram, trying to accurately pick a station up out of the QRMary or QRNancy... or when it band conditions make it sound like the station is on Jupiter... it is then that the only people passing traffic are those who have spent the hours it takes to develop HF EARS! And I can testify from experience... HF EARS are a developed skill!!! Those who think they can wait for the schummer to hit the fan and then just sit down and pass a couple pieces of traffic better hope that they are on a local 2 meter Repeater Net and all stations are located within 10 miles of the Repeater.