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Clint, that's something that I agree with you 110% on.
This type of attitude is not productive, and does nothing to further the cause of the hobby. Hoping that BPL will destroy Amateur Radio to spite the 'no coders' is a nonsensical position to take. Sour grapes, I believe, is the term for this type of thinking! 73, Leo On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:12:44 -0500, "Clint" rattlehead at computron dot net wrote: " Your EXACTLY right, those are my true feelings. I think its just perfect for all the No-Coders. Not only will they be able to get there No-Code Extra, and all of HF, but the beauty of it is, they will have so much noise to deal with, they will not have any one to talk to. What a just reward for all there WHINNING. I cant wait. And the PCTA crowd wonders why they aren't being met with a warmer reception from the newbies wanting to enter the hobby. -- -- Get in touch with your soul: www.glennbeck.com OR, if you're a liberal, maybe you can FIND one |
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"Leo" wrote in message
... Clint, that's something that I agree with you 110% on. This type of attitude is not productive, and does nothing to further the cause of the hobby. Hoping that BPL will destroy Amateur Radio to spite the 'no coders' is a nonsensical position to take. Sour grapes, I believe, is the term for this type of thinking! 73, Leo It's like taking off your nose to spite your face... I love this hobby, it's a blast; it has so many avenues to pursue and so many different ways to enjoy it. I even like it because it adds to my shortwave listening pleasure! Why wish it destroyed? How horrible! The very reason I state the feelings I have to the controversial issues that are posted is because I feel, ultimately, that I would like to see as many potential hams come into this hobby as possible. I think a lot of people are constantly worried about the low calibur class of people that would flood the hobby; some, I think, are people that simply don't want just anybody coming into the hobby, but would rather see a small slice of the population that meets thier criteria join and nobody else. Both are negative for ham radio, because i'm sad to say, the first group I mentioned still wouldn't be willing to try to pass a written test and probably wouldn't be able to; as for the second group of potential hams I listed, well, there just won't be enough of them to keep ham alive. What do you have if you allow ham radio to stagnate? And leo, of this i'm serious.... you have a hobby that loses what little clout it has with the FCC because of DROPPING membership, and thus, we'll see MORE of our bands taken away that are above 30 megs (I am STILL ****ed off that we lost 220! And I understand that the U.P.S., that petitioned successfully to steal 220-222 megaherts away from the hams, don't even use it anymore!) God, let's work together and keep this going. You and I and many people in here may have our differences, but we're both ham operators and enjoy our hobby. Hell, leo, meet me on HF sometime and we'll have a ball. Clint KB5ZHT |
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On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:40:02 -0500, "Clint" rattlehead at computron
dot net wrote: "Leo" wrote in message .. . Clint, that's something that I agree with you 110% on. This type of attitude is not productive, and does nothing to further the cause of the hobby. Hoping that BPL will destroy Amateur Radio to spite the 'no coders' is a nonsensical position to take. Sour grapes, I believe, is the term for this type of thinking! 73, Leo It's like taking off your nose to spite your face... I love this hobby, it's a blast; it has so many avenues to pursue and so many different ways to enjoy it. I even like it because it adds to my shortwave listening pleasure! Same here - I started out listening to shortwave too, and had this urge to go further with it, to talk back to the DX...it still amazes me! Why wish it destroyed? How horrible! The very reason I state the feelings I have to the controversial issues that are posted is because I feel, ultimately, that I would like to see as many potential hams come into this hobby as possible. Thinking such as our WA8 friend displays is not going to do the hobby any good at all. If the regulators get the idea that this isn't important to us, and with the pressure that the power companies are putting on them, it might just happen... I think a lot of people are constantly worried about the low calibur class of people that would flood the hobby; some, I think, are people that simply don't want just anybody coming into the hobby, but would rather see a small slice of the population that meets thier criteria join and nobody else. Both are negative for ham radio, because i'm sad to say, the first group I mentioned still wouldn't be willing to try to pass a written test and probably wouldn't be able to; as for the second group of potential hams I listed, well, there just won't be enough of them to keep ham alive. Both sides of the argument seem to share the desire to bring in new people to the hobby. Quality of the new operator, though, is a major concern - I really don't believe that the standards up here are tight enough right now (theoretical testing, forgetting the Code part for a moment...) - as I mentioned, I had a licence, a bunch of radio stuff that I bought at hamfests and hooked up - and no real idea what to do next. Some feel that CW is the answer - some want to see more theory. All (with some exceptions ![]() more, and want to preserve and protect it. Explains why some of the discussions are so - uh - passionate.... What do you have if you allow ham radio to stagnate? And leo, of this i'm serious.... you have a hobby that loses what little clout it has with the FCC because of DROPPING membership, and thus, we'll see MORE of our bands taken away that are above 30 megs (I am STILL ****ed off that we lost 220! And I understand that the U.P.S., that petitioned successfully to steal 220-222 megaherts away from the hams, don't even use it anymore!) That is unfortunate indeed, and demonstrates the power of industry. We still have the 220 MHz band up here, Amateur exclusive - not sure if that will change, but it does highlight what can happen if we don;t work together as a team. Big business has great influence over government up here - and I suspect there too! So, if you still have your 220 rig, come on up and visit - it's still good here! God, let's work together and keep this going. You and I and many people in here may have our differences, but we're both ham operators and enjoy our hobby. Fully agreed - we got off to a bit of a bad start (!), but it ends here...... Hell, leo, meet me on HF sometime and we'll have a ball. Deal. You know, if we can work things out this calmly, there just might be hope yet! ![]() coming from the same place! Now, if we can all just focus on some of the things that threaten the hobby...there's a hell of a lot of work to do! 55, 73 Leo Clint KB5ZHT |
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