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March 5th 05, 05:08 AM

woke up from a long winter's nap and wrote:

On Thurs, Mar 3 2005 11:04 pm, "Dee Flint" (calmed down from a previous
hissy fit) jumped into a so-called conversation and shouted out:

"Alun L. Palmer" wrote in message
. ..
wrote in
oups.com:

[snip]

Are there
thousands of hams that could pass the General or Extra theory
trapped
above 30 MHz? Yes.

There are no hams "trapped above 30Mhz.

Riiiiight, Mama Dee. Nobody is trapped. No-coders are NOBODIES.
:-)

Incorrect, grizzled ancient one. No coders have the same opportunity to
pass the piddling, easy 5 wpm code test as anyone else. :-) :-)

Riiiight, Dee, the "only" purpose of HF is "to work DX with CW."
:-)

Nobody is peddling that claim except for you and you aren't involved
with DX or CW.

They may not stick with it until conditions improve since they won't
have
the skills to participate in the second most used mode of shortwave
communications.

Wow, all that struggle just to be "second best!" Such "incentive!"

Gots to "work DX on HF with CW." On "shortwave!"

Those of us who care to will. How are you involved?

BTW, the rest of the radio world uses the term "shortwave" to refer
to small wavelengths measured in centimeters.

That's simply incorrect. The term has been defined and understood for
many, many decades. If some Johnny-come-lately wants to act as if he
has just invented the terms "shortwave" or "wireless" let him join you
in looking like a complete boob.

It's in all the trade
magazines. Oops, I forgot. Real hams don't read industry trades.
The only approved publications about radio come from the ARRL.

Real hams may read anything they choose and even a non-ham like yourself
may look at QST.

Work, struggle with all one's might to become "second best." :-)
Mediocre is the word.

You whine and whine over a measly five wpm morse code test and you dare
write of mediocrity? :-) :-)

Or, to keep the "CW" bandplan open as an
olde-tymer's playground/sandbox to keep their righteousnesses
happy. "Real" radio operators do "CW." All important, vital,
necessities, righteous. Get and keep federal LAW to TEST all
hobbyists operating below 30 MHz or the sky will fall!

Seems as if you're really swinging from the chandelier today, Leonard.

Dave K8MN