Dee Flint wrote:
"Dave Heil" wrote in message
...
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
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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.
Fortunately I only see Len's idiotic comments when someone replies to them.
That's likely a good thing.
Notice how he has inserted material that wasn't even there.
That happens frequently. He often goes off on a diversionary rant.
I've worked
plenty of non-DX stations on HF.
Same here--domestic rag chews, section nets, contests. Plenty of them
were done using modes other than CW too.
He ignores the fact that the same
propagation principles apply to domestic and international communications.
It doesn't suit his agenda.
I am also amazed at how he keeps flattering me by using the term "Mama Dee",
since this is the most important job in the world for any woman with
children. He probably intends for it to be derogatory but has failed
miserably in that regard.
Len finds it quite difficult to use someone's given name.
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?
Notice how he cannot distiguish between 2nd best and 2nd most used. These
two phrases have entirely different meanings.
Again, it doesn't suit his agenda.
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? :-) :-)
Again he is totally fuzzy on the difference between 2nd best and 2nd most
used.
Len really doesn't believe that morse code comes in second in either
category. It wouldn't appear that whatever he believes has effected
radio amateurs at all. He isn't involved.
Dave K8MN