"COLIN LAMB" wrote in message
nk.net...
" The new transceivers can be operated by an imbecile monkey."

Golly - I have trouble figuring out how to use them, with all the menus
that I have trouble reading. I lose interest before I accomplish the
goal.

So, I have less ability than an imbecile monkey. Sure hope my wife does
not hear that.

I have a lot of bugs. They are nice to look at. But, my sending is
crappy on one.

Stupider than an imbecile monkey and unable to use a bug very well, I
still enjoy this hobby and have for almost 50 years.

K7FM



I'm not much of a code enthusiast - but I don't hate it either.... I mean
some guys love it - "I" just haven't gotten to "that" point. I'm not where
near using a bug being I don't use code often enough to be that fast to need
one. I still have an older fashioned key on my Kenwood for when I "do"
choose to do a CW contact. It works well enough for me. However - those who
have enough practice or experience to use a "bug" proficiently - well......
I've seen and heard some of those guys make them sing....... I give them
credit for taking the time to gain that speed and "fist". I could too - if I
did it often enough, but I don't. As it is, though I love ham, my operating
hours have diminished some - due to demands of life. Maybe with my newly
acquired mobile rig, I can do "some" operating on the road.

As to the new radios - the menus suck. I find that it is easier to look at
the manual - see what the buttons control - put the book down and never look
at it again. I hate those books which keep bouncing you back and forth to
try to figure out something. I've had more people bring rigs to me to
program and I tell them just forget the manual - you'll learn faster by
playing....... From a friend of mine who did Yaesu manuals for a while -
they're pretty much "canned" manuals. I told him, they have a lot to be
desired.

The one thing I do love is to create projects out of nothing - taking parts
even from scrap items and creating working items. I've built numerous items
for my test bench which has saved me oodles of time after the fact. Time is
money, and the little time it took to make them and little investment - has
helped me save more time in the long run and make more money. I owe "part"
of my career to Ham Radio. Many have gotten jobs from the Ham Radio
spectrum.

Of course - all the above is my own 2 cents. Everyone has their own and
entitled to it.