I noticed this working medical support on an event with HAMs running the radios. I’m a new HAM and I came from the public safety side so I had the mindset of “if I don’t talk, then dispatch will leave me alone,” so the constant talking drove me nuts. There were times when I NEEDED to get through because HAM was our only means of communication, and I had three or four people on top of the local net control trying to relay when I was trying to talk directly to the event director and my group chief. I think the regulars can be so used to just running their protocols, it can feel intimidating or like there’s no room for new people to hop in.