Sell the Wouff Hong.....become a member with the money and vote them out or
run for their offices

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"Disgusted" wrote in message
...

I'd take it to the next ARRL Board of Directors meeting and beat the ****
out of them!

Disgusted wrote:

I'd take it to the next ARRL Board of Directors meeting and beat the ****
out of them!






IIRC the only Wouff Hong in existence is in the ARRL's museum. I doubt
that they'd
let you borrow it......

Robert Casey wrote in message ...
Disgusted wrote:

I'd take it to the next ARRL Board of Directors meeting and beat the ****
out of them!






IIRC the only Wouff Hong in existence is in the ARRL's museum. I doubt
that they'd
let you borrow it......

One could easily be fabricated from a piece of old wood. "Old plow
handles" etc.. I would not sand the device. It's much more effective
when the splinters are functional. I've heard tell fleet brand enemas
are based on the original Wouff Hong design. Not as glamorous as
machine gun design, but useful none the less. MK

"Disgusted" wrote in message
...

I'd take it to the next ARRL Board of Directors meeting and beat the ****
out of them!

It's MUCH more effective if you DO NOT subscribe
to QST, support their advertisers, and discourage any
potential membersfrom joining. Deprive them of their
dues paying members and watch em' scream. Make sure
you tell the ham stores that you will not patronize them
if they appear in QST or support ARRL, and tell them
why. The days of the Wouff Hong are LONG GONE.
Denying them their primary sources of revenue is FAR
MORE EFFECTIVE!

"Hiram's Wingnut" wrote in message
...

"Disgusted" wrote in message
...

I'd take it to the next ARRL Board of Directors meeting and beat the
****
out of them!

It's MUCH more effective if you DO NOT subscribe
to QST, support their advertisers, and discourage any
potential membersfrom joining. Deprive them of their
dues paying members and watch em' scream. Make sure
you tell the ham stores that you will not patronize them
if they appear in QST or support ARRL, and tell them
why. The days of the Wouff Hong are LONG GONE.
Denying them their primary sources of revenue is FAR
MORE EFFECTIVE!


And while you are at it, don't forget to return your liscense to the FCC!
THAT will teach 'em!

;-)

Charles, N5PVL

In article , Disgusted wrote:

I'd take it to the next ARRL Board of Directors meeting and beat the ****
out of them!



I have a baseball bat, can I join you? HA

I bailed out of the ARRL 14 years ago when it started to become clear that the
Leagues agenda was tending more toward a policy of supporting lower licensing
stardards (CB'er Ham). A pool of trained, capable radio operators means
something to me and I could no longer stand to be a part of an organization
that was moving to disregard that section of Part 97.


It was a life membership too.

I bailed out of the ARRL 14 years ago when it started to become clear that the
Leagues agenda was tending more toward a policy of supporting lower licensing
stardards (CB'er Ham). A pool of trained, capable radio operators means
something to me and I could no longer stand to be a part of an organization
that was moving to disregard that section of Part 97.


It was a life membership too.


I thought the only way to cancel a life membership was to electrocute
yourself
on the power supply of your linear amplifier....... ;-)

(Real Ham) wrote in :

I bailed out of the ARRL 14 years ago when it started to become clear
that the Leagues agenda was tending more toward a policy of supporting
lower licensing stardards (CB'er Ham). A pool of trained, capable
radio operators means something to me and I could no longer stand to
be a part of an organization that was moving to disregard that section
of Part 97.


It was a life membership too.



You beat me by 10 years. I bailed out about four years ago. Mine wasn't a
life membership, but you didn't loose much considering what the ARRL has
become. Still, I miss the technical articles in QST. Now days the
technical articles are probably geared to the new style ham like, how to
hook an antenna to a rig, or which side of a microphone you should talk
into. I was hoping the ghost of Hiram Percy Maxim was still hanging around
ol Newington guiding the League in some small secret way. But the ghost is
dead.

"Real Ham" wrote in message ...
In article , Disgusted wrote:

I bailed out of the ARRL 14 years ago when it started to become clear
that the
Leagues agenda was tending more toward a policy of supporting lower
licensing
stardards (CB'er Ham). A pool of trained, capable radio operators
means
something to me and I could no longer stand to be a part of an
organization
that was moving to disregard that section of Part 97.

It was a life membership too.

Ham radio started going into the toilet shortly
after Dick Bash published his infamous "study
guides". Later after the ARRL went crying to the
FCC to publish the question pools (to put Dick Bash
out of business because *his books* were out-selling
the ARRL study guides 10 to 1 at hamfests and mail
order) it sealed the "initial cycle of dumbing down" for
Amateur Radio - and we are now where we are today
as a DIRECT result of the same.

All because *one ham* in Alaska managed to singlehandedly
'step on the proverbial toes of a publishing company' in Newington
Conn. and in their response, they decided to not only throw out
the baby with the bathwater, but also rip the tub out of the wall
and toss it out the 2nd story window...

These are the true facts of the matter.

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 1:04:40 -0500, mezmerized cows wrote
(in message ):

Ham radio started going into the toilet shortly
after Dick Bash published his infamous "study
guides". Later after the ARRL went crying to the
FCC to publish the question pools (to put Dick Bash
out of business because *his books* were out-selling
the ARRL study guides 10 to 1 at hamfests and mail
order) it sealed the "initial cycle of dumbing down" for
Amateur Radio - and we are now where we are today
as a DIRECT result of the same.

All because *one ham* in Alaska managed to singlehandedly
'step on the proverbial toes of a publishing company' in Newington
Conn. and in their response, they decided to not only throw out
the baby with the bathwater, but also rip the tub out of the wall
and toss it out the 2nd story window...

These are the true facts of the matter.


That's very sweet but exactly what does it have to do with shortwave
/listening/?

A lot of hams seem to think that SWLers are - automatically - interested in
ham stuff.

I doubt that the hams that crosspost into rec.radio.shortwave realize how
badly they make hams look.



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