In article .net, "Dwight
Stewart" writes:

"Dee D. Flint" wrote:

None of the other modes requires any skill
at all beyond connecting the pieces per the
diagrams and typing on the keyboard or
pushing a mike button. (snip)


Really? You mean all those things I did to get a properly operating
station (putting coax and connectors together, waterproofing, antenna
tuning, SWR tests, ground radials, masts, guy wires, wiring a microphone,
equipment grounding, lightning protection, RF exposure level estimates, and
so on) wasn't really needed and didn't really require any skills to do
properly?

Not at all. Just that all those things (except RF exposure estimate) were
optional and your choice, determined by the technologies you decided to use.

And most of them were not on your license tests. You figured out how to do them
as a matter of practical necessity, not to pass a test.

Well, I guess I'll just forget about all that stuff in the future.

(snip) Virtually anyone can put set up & run in
an afternoon once they have acquired the
equipment. (snip)

In an afternoon? You mean I wasted all those days it took to get
everything in my station working just right, not counting all the time I've
spent fiddling around to get even better performance since then. Well,
you're obviously a much more gifted operator than I am.

I've set up a complete Field Day station in much less than an afternoon. Again,
almost none of the skills needed were on the license tests.

73 de Jim, N2EY