The stuffed shirts are few and far between, probably just as many in CB,just
scan this newsgroup and tell me how fun they are. Great time to get into ham
radio, the morse code requirements have been totally dropped.

They are not mutually exclusive, I do both and a lot of other things too.

"Spirittalk" wrote in message
ups.com...
I am interested in returning to this hobby after many years out.

In this time I have tried to get interested in taking the ham ticket
but too many of the attitudes are stuffy and I find the contacts I used
to make on SSB on 11 meters a lot more enjoyable.

I might add that some of the 11 meter dxer operators could teach a
thing or two to the hams about operating and general friendliness and
basic politeness.

I am off restricted space for aerials and I am thinking of a loft
dipole.

Are there any other aerials, loft mounted new on the market that give
good performance on 11 meter SSB , I am not aware of.

I was last on the air at the end of 1986 on 11 meters and wish to
rejoin.

I have been disillusioned with wanting to become a radio amateur due to
attitudes amongst the stuffed shirts !!!

There are never any decent QSO's as I had back in the day.