Wait right there, on 20 meters. As soon as CW hits the bucket, I think
I will be able to supply you with students from my night class,
soon...

John

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
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"John Smith"

This particular group of misfits with licenses do NOT represent ham
radio. Real hams can be found on 20 meters.

And that is where I am right now, BTW.

Dan/W4NTI
"John Smith" wrote in message
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Dee:

I am quite serious. Look over all the posts here. I see where
most here are rather anti-social, they don't have much ability to
get along well with "other children."

Frankly, I would be hard pressed to present the group here as a
good reason to enter the hobby of amateur radio and to enjoy an
exchange of spoken and mental ideas with others... I include
myself in that appraisal also, as I have been direct and to the
point also... to do less would seem a waste of time, both theirs
and mine...

Indeed, some may even be able to see why the Chicken Band is
preferable some of the time... still, I am hoping the right people
can and will change all that--that is what we are really talking
about, and these guys know it, and fear it!

John

"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
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wrote:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-05-143A1.doc

Ugly. Really ugly. But who of us in the PCTA camp,
realistically,
actually had themselves deluded into thinking the FCC would take
any
other path?

This "NPRM" is not "an opportunity to comment", it's an
announcement
about the way it's absolutely gonna be. Period. They'll go thru
the
NPRM motions only because the law sez they have to and they'll
patiently tap their fingers on the table until the deluge of
desparate
commnents is over then declare the POS they published today a
done
deal.

I agree with Dee, the only visible impact this latest
"restructing"
will be is another quickie bubble of upgrades and nothing more
then
back then the bands as usual.

I could care less about any of it at this late date because none
of it
has any effect at all on me. I've been allowed to beep, yak and
PSK my
buns off everywhere band edge to band edge ever since I did 13
wpm fast
enough for the examiner to make me a General over a half century
ago.
With an annoying side trip in 1968 to do 20 wpm to reconfirm my
abilty
to beep good enough to retain my privs under that particular FCC
"restructuring" brainfart.

Game over, I'm opting out of any further participation in any of
this
BS. Seeya in the pileups on 14.020. Ya dunno how to do 14.020?
Good:
Less QRM for me. Eat yer heart out.


73 de Jim, N2EY

w3rv


Rest assured the FCC is going to do whatever is easiest for THEM.

There may be a upward surge of new "Ultra Lite Extra's" (Did I
really say that???).....and in a short time the bands will still
sound deserted.

There is a lot more at work here then just dropping CW.

Check out the bands lately? Where are all those new "light"
hams anyway? Danged if I can find them.

All you that gloat over losing one of the glues that hold/held
ham radio together will rue this day. And no I'm not a stuck in
the mud, cw only operator, I just see the hand writing on the
wall.

Lennie is happy now. He can sneak over to a test session and get
his General......

Dan/W4NTI

Dollars to donuts that he comes up with another excuse not to.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE