Doesn't it say in the licence conditions that the licence is for the self
learning of the licensee?
or are you saying that everybody should know absolutely everything about
radio before you can even get a licence?
Didn't you also learn about radio!
"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
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What is Ham Radio?

Ham Radio is a technical pursuit for those who
are interested in the science of radio wave
propagation and who are also interested in the
way that their radios function. It has a long-standing
tradition of providing a source of engineers who
are born naturals.

Ham Radio awakens in its aficionados a whole-life
fascination with all things technical and gives
an all-abiding curiosity to improve one's scientific
knowledge. It's a great swimming pool, please dive in!

This excitement causes a wish to share the experience
with ones fellow man, and shows itself in the
gentlemanly traditions of Ham Radio.

Radio Hams are qualified to design, build and then
operate their own pieces of equipment. They do this
with gusto, and also repair and modify their own
equipment.

The excitement that drives a Radio Ham starts with
relatively simple technologies at first, perhaps making
his own Wimshurst machine and primary cells. Small pieces
of test equipment follow, possibly multimeters and signal
generators. Then comes receivers and transmitters. It is with
the latter that communication with like-minded technically
motivated people takes off. The scope for technical
development grows with the years
and now encompasses DSP and DDS. There is also a great deal
of excitement in the areas of computer programming to
be learnt and applied.

The technical excitement motivates Radio Hams to compete
with each other to determine who has designed and manufactured
the best-quality station. This competitiveness is found in DXing,
competitions and fox-hunts.

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However, beware! A Ham Radio licence is such a
desirable thing to have that there are large
numbers of people who wish to be thought of
as Radio Hams when, in fact, they are nothing
of the kind! Usually such people are a
variation of the CB Radio hobbyist; they buy their
radios off the shelf and send them back to be
repaired; they are not interested in technical discussion
and sneer at those who are; they have no idea how
their radios work inside and have no wish to find out;
they are free with rather silly personal insults;
they have not satisfied any technical qualification
and their licences prevent the use of
self-designed-and-built equipment.

These CB types engage in the competitive activities
with their Cheque-Book-purchased off-the-shelf radios
in a forlorn effort to prove that they are Radio Hams.

No _REAL_ Radio Hams are deceived by such people!

Sussed it 'They' like to be thought of as 'special. I am a radio amateur. I
am special.
Then loads of other people realise, there not so special after all, anyone
can do it!
As there are now a 'new' breed of sharing radio amateurs, who after years of
secrecy are willing to break ranks and tell the less fortunate, the radio
secrets. Show them how easy it is to start on the path, to be a radio
amateur. The new interested party's take some 'tests' and find them so easy,
that they all pass. They are 'baby' radio amateurs, the idea is they learn
as they go, pass exams and eventually become full licence radio amateurs.

The old school will never accept it.
Who likes to work and pay for something, then see some one else get it for
less?
No one its not human nature.

The Masons will never think the Buffaloes are up to being Masons.
If they dropped all the secrets and made it easy for them to get in.
There would always be a section who moaned about it.
Even if the Buffaloes brought in loads of funds, did loads of good work.
They would always be 2'nd class Masons.
(To the Masons)

The rest of the world don't give a fig!

The older radio amateurs would like to stay special, the elite.
Then someone decided they had been top of the class long enough.
The Ofcom and RSGB are both business, businesses can't afford to be choosy
with there clients, can they?
If radio amateur numbers had not increased and they had not received more
revenue.
It wouldn't have paid its way, eventually they could have sold it off.
The CB 'licence holders' carried it for years, there numbers paid for the
rest of the 'hobby' radio spectrum.
Now that's going, this is another way of getting the hobby radio users
paying for our bit of the radio spectrum. If we cant pay for it they will
sell it some one else, because to them, its not personal, its only business.

wrote in message
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Sussed it 'They' like to be thought of as 'special. I am a radio amateur.
I
am special.
Then loads of other people realise, there not so special after all, anyone
can do it!
As there are now a 'new' breed of sharing radio amateurs, who after years
of
secrecy are willing to break ranks and tell the less fortunate, the radio
secrets. Show them how easy it is to start on the path, to be a radio
amateur. The new interested party's take some 'tests' and find them so
easy,
that they all pass. They are 'baby' radio amateurs, the idea is they learn
as they go, pass exams and eventually become full licence radio amateurs.


Good description. The bit you missed is that those who always seem to rant
about how hard it used to be are usually the least technically able.


The old school will never accept it.
Who likes to work and pay for something, then see some one else get it for
less?
No one its not human nature.

The Masons will never think the Buffaloes are up to being Masons.
If they dropped all the secrets and made it easy for them to get in.
There would always be a section who moaned about it.
Even if the Buffaloes brought in loads of funds, did loads of good work.
They would always be 2'nd class Masons.
(To the Masons)

First time I've heard that expressed. There are actually a whole range of
such organisations, Round Table, Rotary, Loins, Odd Fellows, Ancient Order
of Forresters, Masons (mainstream, female, and mixed), ........ All no
doubt some members each of will think 'their's is the best', truth is,
most are much the same and many have surprisingly similar aims. At the end
of the day, if you find one you enjoy then it is the best for you.

The rest of the world don't give a fig!

But some decide to make an issue of it.

--
Brian Reay
www.g8osn.org.uk
www.amateurradiotraining.org.uk
FP#898

Well, you used to rant on about the 12WPM Morse test, and just
consider the areas in which you are not technically able.....

You suggested that resistors were polarised,..... that
motion was possible without power transmission,..... that e^(-jwt)
was a function that decreased with increasing t,..... that ever larger
negative numbers were decreasing in size,..... that Reg Varney the comic
actor was G5RV,..... referred to the posited Pederson Rays as, "Peterson
Rays",..... displayed amazing ignorance about Eddystone receivers,.....
spent 15 months in this NG promoting your sexual perversion
with sheep shagging,..... were too lazy or too stupid, or both, to be able
to tackle and pass a 12 WPM Morse Test that otherwise-unqualified
self-taught 14-year-olds were taking in their stride,..... despite
_TWO DEGREES_, one of them in _ELECTRONICS_, didn't know how to
design a common collector stage to give a power gain..... don't
know what a woodpecker is..... doesn't understand vectors.....
finds it hard to fit an N-plug.....


"Brian Reay" wrote in message
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Good description. The bit you missed is that those who always seem to rant
about how hard it used to be are usually the least technically able.

"Brian Reay" wrote:

: Good description. The bit you missed is that those who always seem to rant
: about how hard it used to be are usually the least technically able.


do i have to re-post all your own howlings+moanings about the morse test ?