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Honestly it depends a lot on the club, some hams are great to work with, others are way out there on the whacker scale.

The hobby has a shitton of gatekeeping and people stuck in their ways. My last club was pretty good but it really varies region to region.

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We've had a lot of drama with our radio enthusiasts, especially after club schisms when someone starts continuously broadcasting an offensive song on the shared bands.

I’ve never heard this happen on US ham bands. I’m sure it has but the FCC takes violations seriously and will track down offenders.

This tends to be a thing with fan-run groups. I've been involved (at various points) with SFF, comics, furries (yes...) and hams. The drama is not unique to any of them, it's often the same drama with subtle twists.

And anyone saying "we should be better" gets hounded out.

Homeowners associations seem to be similar from the reports I've read.. power play on top of power play.

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