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August 31st 04, 12:45 AM
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In article , PAMNO
(N2EY) writes: In article , Dave Heil writes: Oh, I won't. I don't expect Leonard (despite often writing of "getting into" amateur radio) to actually obtain a license during his present incarnation. The license is the least of it. Setting up a station and actually operating it, without government or corporate backing is the bigger challenge these days. His "big time" operations always had government or corporate backing. Except they weren't "his" operations. Len did not design, build, or pay for ADA, for example. Nor did he "operate" the transmitters there, in the sense that hams "operate" their stations. Broadcast engineers don't "operate" their stations like hams do. Commercial communications people don't "operate" their stations like hams do. Former USN radio operators didn't "operate" their stations like hams do. Government employees, such as those with Department of State, don't "operate" their stations like hams do. Sunnuvagun! If you read his exploits carefully, you begin to realize that in most situations he was one of a large group, not an independent operator. Not that there's anything wrong with either. False. In here, nothing can escape the Glory and Majesty and Nobility of Operating Like Hams Do in amateur radio! Such as walking into an HRO with a credit card, then walking out with everything and doing the plug-and-play at home...doing it as Hams Do! :-) Tsk. Right, I've never been an "independent operator," not even with a PLMRS business radio. As a partner in a business I wasn't the sole "owner" of that radio. How sad... :-) I wonder at Steve/K4YZ's repeated challenges for Len to get a ham license. Would Steve rather have Len on the ham bands or here? Tsk. Wrong handle. QUITEFINE is supposed to ask the leading questions. Anonymouses do that. I remember that one and Cutey Boy's memorable statement. They are, you'll have to admit, quite similar in outcome. You mean neither has yet made good on what they said they'd do. Precisely. So why get all upset? I sure don't. Yes you do. The Quitefine pseudonym is a sure sign of that. :-) Len's not going to show up on the ham bands. Already been on those bands. Legal and not as an amateur. :-) He's not going to write any new technical articles of any consequence for amateur radio publications. True. They sure as heck don't pay enough. :-) He's not going to show up on 7037 kHz CW, nor best any of us in a contest or DXCC. Absolutely no one could beat the PCTA at CW contests. Why would they? :-) What's interesting, too, is that back in those pre-ECFS times, FCC got more than twice as many comments, even though there were far fewer hams and far fewer Americans than today. Tsk. Still in the past. Try looking back just a half year. :-) 18 Petitions up for Comment at FCC and easily overwhelming the old docket 98-143 comments. :-) So Len does, indeed, promulgate myths. The League is your shepherd...you shall not want. You are not led into temptation. Now lay face down on the floor in the sign of the cross and take your Vows for life... |
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#113
August 31st 04, 12:45 AM
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In article , PAMNO
(Quitfine) writes: In article , Dave Heil writes: N2EY wrote: In article , Dave Heil writes: Len Over 21 wrote: Things are changing with more and more citizens able to lobby the FCC without having to join special interest groups. Changes are coming.... You've lobbied. I don't see any changes in your status vis a vis amateur radio. Don't hold yer breath, Dave! Oh, I won't. I don't expect Leonard (despite often writing of "getting into" amateur radio) to actually obtain a license during his present incarnation. The license is the least of it. Setting up a station and actually operating it, without government or corporate backing is the bigger challenge these days. Lots of "challenge" walking into an HRO, presenting a plastic card, taking home everything ready-built, following hook-up instructions... :-) About as "challenging" as setting up a CB base station. About as "challenging" as setting up a new personal computer. About as "challenging" as installing a home music system stereo receiver. Ho hum. You're still not a participant after decades of self-declared interest. You're still not involved despite a boast of getting an "Extra right out of the box" years back. January 19, 2000, to be exact. Right in this-here newsgroup. Of course he was "Lenof21" then. I remember that one and Cutey Boy's memorable statement. They are, you'll have to admit, quite similar in outcome. You mean neither has yet made good on what they said they'd do. Ah, so one "takes vows" in newsgroups?!? :-) Tsk. Allow a response used frequently by nursie: "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Some changes must come very slowly. Fun facts: - Despite his claims of being online since dirt was new, Len could not get ECFS to work for him back in early 1999. Couldn't keep up with the times, I suspect. Most of us poor old backward hams got ECFS to work for us, though. He wound up submitting his 98-143 comments by US mail, on disk and paper. He's been a busy wordsmith since then, though, deluging the FCC with commentary. Most of it is obvious cut-and-paste. Poor Bill Cross. It'd be interesting to see if our resident r.r.a.p. g.o.m. (grumpy old man) is the most prolific of commenters. In sheer volume, he's probably pretty close to the top for an induhvidual commenter. But James P. Miccolis, with or without the "Quitefine" anonymouse pseudonum is up to the task of DOING MORE! He is Extra. He is PCTA! Hear him roar! :-) Poor Bill Cross. FCC salaries are low? - FCC got about 2500 comments on 98-143, the last big restructuring. Back in the mid-1960s, FCC got over 6000 comments on "incentive licensing", most of them from individuals, even though there was no ECFS back then and all commentary was plain old words-on-paper. Did Leonard comment on incentive licensing? I don't know. His recall of that regulatory proceeding is quite innaccurate. Tsk. Quitefine not know! Terrible. Quitefine, er, Jimmie know EVERYTHING! He never "innaccurate!" :-) His declared interest in amateur radio would have taken him back to that era. I "have an interest" in learning Japanese. I know about a half-dozen words in that language. Jimmie want jo-san? :-) - ARRL lobbied to increase the code test speed from 10 to 12.5 wpm in 1936. That was the last time ARRL lobbied for an increase in code test speeds. Indeed, the 1963 ARRL incentive licensing proposal called for no increase in code test speeds (full privileges would have been allowed to Advanceds under that plan) and ARRL *opposed* the FCC idea of a new 16 wpm test for "Amateur First Class" which FCC wanted in 1965. So the mythical "Church of St. Hiram" isn't at all as Len has attempted to portray it? If you mean the ARRL, its policy and operations are quite different than what Len portrays. The League is your shepherd, you shall not want... - No class of US amateur radio license has required more than 5 wpm code test since 2000. No class of US amateur radio license has required more than 5 wpm code test since 1990 (with an easily-obtained medical waiver, and a long list of possible accomodations). Yet Len's sole involvement is the harangue of an outsider. Kibitzer. Sidewalk superintendent. I've pointed that out to him on numerous occasions. Len could have easily passed a no code exam. I feel sure that, despite the enormous obstacle of a 5 wpm code test, he could have met the qualifications of at least one of the HF license classes. He hasn't. If his intention is to wait until there is no code test for an HF amateur radio license, fine. He's really showing us. Tsk. More imaginative rambling. :-) My "case" in here was simply to argue against a morse code test. Since so many PCTA extras inhabited this din of inequity, that was all but impossible in the torrent of personal abuse rendered against all NCTA. The PCTA extras could never, ever make their case for maintenance of the morse code test...but they cannot ever lose any argument so the personal abuse levelled against NCTA continues...and continues. |
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#114
August 31st 04, 12:45 AM
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(William) writes: (Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ... Subject: ARRL to propose subband-by-bandwidth regulation From: (William) Date: 8/28/2004 7:47 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: (Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ... I dare say I know more about the USAF, past and present, than you ever did while in it, Brain. Whaaa, whaaa, whaaa! Simply impossible!!! You are an OUTSIDER looking in. Nope. Yep. Apparently, physics are different inside the U.S.A.F. Nope. You're getting warmer. Too bad for you. Nope. Yep. Sorry. Yes, you are VERY sorry. Yet I was amember of the U.S.A.F.; an INSIDER! So have I been, Brain. No, you have not. Nursie thinks so. That is sufficient for her version of "truth." Not only as a member of CAP, Don't make me laff you little jelly belly imposter. but as a member of the USMC attached to the USAF at one time. I was attached to the US Army in the ROK. I was not in the Army. I was attached to the US Navy in the Pacific. I was not in the Navy. And you have never been in the US Air Force. But...but...nursie has been a PILOT IN COMMAND!!! [of a two-seater, single engine light general av aircraft...] Oddly enough, for all that claimed PILOT IN COMMAND experience, nursie never was a pilot in command in USMC. Not in 18 years or whatever it was for the military "career." (Before you go off on a tirade about how the CAP is not "part of the USAF", you'd better read CAP's Constitutional Charter and see waht SecAF has to say about it...) Too bad. Tsk. In nursies mind is the equation: CAP.GT.USAF [CAP greater than USAF] Ergo, the CAP is far more important to the National Defense than USAF ever was. In her mind. Sucks to be you, Brain. Yet, I am not Brain. Must suck to not be able to spell. Oh, you are NOT "A" Brain to be sure. Hi, hi! But I "spell" just fine. I get my point across. Without yelling, even. Nefarious Yell DMC is notorious for yelling. ...and lying. Gunnery nurse consistently makes typos. He make more spells than a coven of witches. Amateur ones. But he does keep the cauldron (the pot) boiling... :-) Wanna try for another 12 hours of being a man again, or did the other day scare you off? Steve, I've been a man all of my adult life. No, you've been a MALE all of your adult life. Your fixation on my genatalia is noted. Again and again. It's the Macho in the Mighty Macho Morsemen. Too much "test" in the CW "test-osterone." Overdose. The societal obligations of "being a man" require one to be truthful, trustworty and honest. That would make you a woman. Your conduct herein has been far from that. A crazy woman at that. Witch? You unwillingness to act like one even furhter distances you from the crowd. You just keep your distance from me. [I wonder how far a "fuhrter" distance is?] He say he spell real fine. ? You are a mere shell of a man. Between your seven hostile actions and personal tragedy, you are barely recognizable as human. Uh huh. Right. Good. Recognizing that you have a problem is the first step. That's about as far as it gets... Go get yourself fixed. Really irks you to keep getting backed into the corner with your own newsgroup cowpies, doesn't it, Brain? You try to Cow everyone into believing your lies. He try for "bull-y" but is an udder failure. Maybe if you stopped dropping them, you'd stop stepping in them... Steve, K4YZ I've neither dropped them nor stepped in them. Just more of your lies. Does it ever stop? Seemingly, not. Nursie fantasyland social mores are quite different than in reality. Despite an issue worth discussing ("ARRL to propose subband-by- bandwidth regulation"), everything seems to wind up with nursie insulting everyone she doesn't agree with. Nearly every thread gets like that. No wonder Robert Casey, among others, is irritated. |
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#115
August 31st 04, 12:46 AM
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Dave Heil wrote in message ...
N2EY wrote: I wonder at Steve/K4YZ's repeated challenges for Len to get a ham license. Would Steve rather have Len on the ham bands or here? Len's lucky it doesn't come down to a vote on either. Is Steve as lucky? |
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#116
August 31st 04, 05:20 PM
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(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ...
Subject: ARRL to propose subband-by-bandwidth regulation From: (William) Date: 8/29/2004 3:20 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: (Steve Robeson, K4CAP) wrote in message .com... Brain is the kid who always picked his nose just to see if he could "gross" someone out regardless of what it did to his own reputation. He's still doing it. Well, at least you aren't focused on my genitalia per usual. What's to focus on? Only you can answer that question. I just don't feel comfortable with guys constantly referring to my penis. That is all. Steve was the kind of kid who might set fire to a doghouse (with a dog in it) just to see if he could scare and intimidate the other kids. He wasn't big enough to physically bully them. He desperately needed a reputation. Actually Steve was involved with volunteer SAR, learning to fly and Amateur Radio stuff as a kid rather than getting busted for weed and other socially detrimental behaviour that was popular in the 70's, Brain. Stil sucks to be you. Steve, K4YZ Did the dog live? |
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#117
August 31st 04, 05:39 PM
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(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...
In article , (William) writes: (Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ... Subject: ARRL to propose subband-by-bandwidth regulation From: (William) Date: 8/28/2004 7:47 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: (Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ... I dare say I know more about the USAF, past and present, than you ever did while in it, Brain. Whaaa, whaaa, whaaa! Simply impossible!!! You are an OUTSIDER looking in. Nope. Yep. Apparently, physics are different inside the U.S.A.F. Nope. You're getting warmer. Too bad for you. Nope. Yep. Sorry. Yes, you are VERY sorry. Yet I was amember of the U.S.A.F.; an INSIDER! So have I been, Brain. No, you have not. Nursie thinks so. That is sufficient for her version of "truth." Maybe he can get together with Kelly and compare "real Air Force" experience! Hi, hi! Not only as a member of CAP, Don't make me laff you little jelly belly imposter. but as a member of the USMC attached to the USAF at one time. I was attached to the US Army in the ROK. I was not in the Army. I was attached to the US Navy in the Pacific. I was not in the Navy. And you have never been in the US Air Force. But...but...nursie has been a PILOT IN COMMAND!!! [of a two-seater, single engine light general av aircraft...] Oddly enough, for all that claimed PILOT IN COMMAND experience, nursie never was a pilot in command in USMC. Not in 18 years or whatever it was for the military "career." He only does great things outside of his occupation. Hmmmm? (Before you go off on a tirade about how the CAP is not "part of the USAF", you'd better read CAP's Constitutional Charter and see waht SecAF has to say about it...) Too bad. Tsk. In nursies mind is the equation: CAP.GT.USAF [CAP greater than USAF] Ergo, the CAP is far more important to the National Defense than USAF ever was. In her mind. Apparently he didn't read those 1950's "This is the Air Force" phamplets during CAP training. Hi, hi! Sucks to be you, Brain. Yet, I am not Brain. Must suck to not be able to spell. Oh, you are NOT "A" Brain to be sure. Hi, hi! But I "spell" just fine. I get my point across. Without yelling, even. Nefarious Yell DMC is notorious for yelling. ...and lying. Gunnery nurse consistently makes typos. He make more spells than a coven of witches. Amateur ones. But he does keep the cauldron (the pot) boiling... :-) Maybe he should lance it. Wanna try for another 12 hours of being a man again, or did the other day scare you off? Steve, I've been a man all of my adult life. No, you've been a MALE all of your adult life. Your fixation on my genatalia is noted. Again and again. It's the Macho in the Mighty Macho Morsemen. Too much "test" in the CW "test-osterone." Overdose. I've noticed a drastic reduction in his use of the Yiddish word for penis. Jimmy Who must have faxed out a white paper on it. The question is, "Can Jimmy Who control Nefarious Yell DMC?" The societal obligations of "being a man" require one to be truthful, trustworty and honest. That would make you a woman. Your conduct herein has been far from that. A crazy woman at that. Witch? What? You unwillingness to act like one even furhter distances you from the crowd. You just keep your distance from me. [I wonder how far a "fuhrter" distance is?] He say he spell real fine. ? It's about the distance of a "frank fuhrter." You are a mere shell of a man. Between your seven hostile actions and personal tragedy, you are barely recognizable as human. Uh huh. Right. Good. Recognizing that you have a problem is the first step. That's about as far as it gets... Yep - force field keeping him back. The force of light and goodness. Go get yourself fixed. Really irks you to keep getting backed into the corner with your own newsgroup cowpies, doesn't it, Brain? You try to Cow everyone into believing your lies. He try for "bull-y" but is an udder failure. Back up to his definition of being a man. Maybe if you stopped dropping them, you'd stop stepping in them... Steve, K4YZ I've neither dropped them nor stepped in them. Just more of your lies. Does it ever stop? Seemingly, not. Nursie fantasyland social mores are quite different than in reality. Despite an issue worth discussing ("ARRL to propose subband-by- bandwidth regulation"), everything seems to wind up with nursie insulting everyone she doesn't agree with. Nearly every thread gets like that. No wonder Robert Casey, among others, is irritated. I would like to oblige Robert Casey. Steve should leave this group. |
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#118
August 31st 04, 11:12 PM
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In article ,
(William) writes: (Len Over 21) wrote in message ... In article , (William) writes: (Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ... Subject: ARRL to propose subband-by-bandwidth regulation From: (William) Date: 8/28/2004 7:47 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: (Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ... I dare say I know more about the USAF, past and present, than you ever did while in it, Brain. Whaaa, whaaa, whaaa! Simply impossible!!! You are an OUTSIDER looking in. Nope. Yep. Apparently, physics are different inside the U.S.A.F. Nope. You're getting warmer. Too bad for you. Nope. Yep. Sorry. Yes, you are VERY sorry. Yet I was amember of the U.S.A.F.; an INSIDER! So have I been, Brain. No, you have not. Nursie thinks so. That is sufficient for her version of "truth." Maybe he can get together with Kelly and compare "real Air Force" experience! Hi, hi! Katapult King Kellie was doing intel photo work for the USN, not the USAF...and dining with the Captain, leaving all the "drudge" work to the enlisted folk. Nursie really needs to consult with Rev. Jim since Jimmie read all the "Jane's" books on military things and probably is as "renowned" on that history as he is on all of radio. That's a natural since Jimmie had all this military service experience, worked military comms, even became an expert gury on Space from his years in aerospace! Error! Error! Jimmie did not. No matter, Jimmie will say anyone talking against him is in "error" anyway... :-) Not only as a member of CAP, Don't make me laff you little jelly belly imposter. but as a member of the USMC attached to the USAF at one time. I was attached to the US Army in the ROK. I was not in the Army. I was attached to the US Navy in the Pacific. I was not in the Navy. And you have never been in the US Air Force. But...but...nursie has been a PILOT IN COMMAND!!! [of a two-seater, single engine light general av aircraft...] Oddly enough, for all that claimed PILOT IN COMMAND experience, nursie never was a pilot in command in USMC. Not in 18 years or whatever it was for the military "career." He only does great things outside of his occupation. Hmmmm? Whatever nursie does is "great!" :-) Remember, he became a PILOT IN COMMAND as a civilian! Probably got a set of wings with the laurel wreath around the star above the shield to denote "COMMAND PILOT!" :-) Somehow that (in his imagining) makes him an ichiban Hero in ham radio? Hai, hai! :-) (Before you go off on a tirade about how the CAP is not "part of the USAF", you'd better read CAP's Constitutional Charter and see waht SecAF has to say about it...) Too bad. Tsk. In nursies mind is the equation: CAP.GT.USAF [CAP greater than USAF] Ergo, the CAP is far more important to the National Defense than USAF ever was. In her mind. Apparently he didn't read those 1950's "This is the Air Force" phamplets during CAP training. Hi, hi! The ink on the pamphlets might have faded in a quarter century before he had someone read them to him. Long time to sit around waiting for a PILOT IN COMMAND to get them. :-) Sucks to be you, Brain. Yet, I am not Brain. Must suck to not be able to spell. Oh, you are NOT "A" Brain to be sure. Hi, hi! But I "spell" just fine. I get my point across. Without yelling, even. Nefarious Yell DMC is notorious for yelling. ...and lying. Gunnery nurse consistently makes typos. He make more spells than a coven of witches. Amateur ones. But he does keep the cauldron (the pot) boiling... :-) Maybe he should lance it. Would that make him the "little lance corporal?" :-) Wanna try for another 12 hours of being a man again, or did the other day scare you off? Steve, I've been a man all of my adult life. No, you've been a MALE all of your adult life. Your fixation on my genatalia is noted. Again and again. It's the Macho in the Mighty Macho Morsemen. Too much "test" in the CW "test-osterone." Overdose. I've noticed a drastic reduction in his use of the Yiddish word for penis. Nursie seems adamant on requiring all entering ham radio to get a sperm count and have that passed in order to complete a license application. Nursie is always into matters of SEX. Strange. Jimmy Who must have faxed out a white paper on it. Jimmie "sned" him a copy... The question is, "Can Jimmy Who control Nefarious Yell DMC?" Impossible! Jimmie heartily approves of such behavior as done by nursie. Saves him having to step down from posing as Mother Superior in here under his real callsign. Doesn't stop him from joining in as an anonymousie with haiku-like spacing...that anonymousie approves of gunnery nurse Yell-yell's behavior and gives him high- fives verbally. Hypocritical, but such is life in the newsgroup. The societal obligations of "being a man" require one to be truthful, trustworty and honest. That would make you a woman. Your conduct herein has been far from that. A crazy woman at that. Witch? What? Who? You unwillingness to act like one even furhter distances you from the crowd. You just keep your distance from me. [I wonder how far a "fuhrter" distance is?] He say he spell real fine. ? It's about the distance of a "frank fuhrter." He wasn't "frank" about it... You are a mere shell of a man. Between your seven hostile actions and personal tragedy, you are barely recognizable as human. Uh huh. Right. Good. Recognizing that you have a problem is the first step. That's about as far as it gets... Yep - force field keeping him back. The force of light and goodness. That force didn't come from his family joules... [Erg! such a bad pun... :-) ] Go get yourself fixed. Really irks you to keep getting backed into the corner with your own newsgroup cowpies, doesn't it, Brain? You try to Cow everyone into believing your lies. He try for "bull-y" but is an udder failure. Back up to his definition of being a man. He didn't make one. Leastways, he doesn't act like those words. Maybe if you stopped dropping them, you'd stop stepping in them... Steve, K4YZ I've neither dropped them nor stepped in them. Just more of your lies. Does it ever stop? Seemingly, not. Nursie fantasyland social mores are quite different than in reality. Despite an issue worth discussing ("ARRL to propose subband-by- bandwidth regulation"), everything seems to wind up with nursie insulting everyone she doesn't agree with. Nearly every thread gets like that. No wonder Robert Casey, among others, is irritated. I would like to oblige Robert Casey. Steve should leave this group. I'll second that. Nursie just doesn't present a good image for U.S. amateur radio of today. Amateur radio can be a fun hobby and enjoyed by thousands. But, unlike what the PCTA extras contend, it is not a job, not a profession, not a guild, not a craft, not a union, and certainly not some kind of boot camp or basic training. Amateur radio is a civilian hobby, not a military one. U.S. amateur radio does not require anyone to be employed as a nurse. U.S. amateur radio does not require anyone to have a pilot's license (with or without being a "pilot in command"). U.S. amateur radio operates by the very same physical laws as do all othe radio services. Prior experience in other radio services is helpful in understanding that physical law and theory but no more essential to the hobby than nursing as a profession or having civilian pilot licenses. U.S. amateur radio is regulated by the FCC, an agency chartered to regulate all U.S. civil radio. Absolutely no FCC commissioner or staffer is required to hold any amateur radio license in order to regulate U.S. amateur radio. Morse code proficiency is NO LONGER any indicator of "qualification" to operate on any HF bands. For most radio services it was NEVER a requirement. While that is heretical in terms of worship of the Church of St. Hiram, it is nevertheless true. Having a valid U.S. amateur radio license does NOT automatically make anyone any kind of "expert" on any subject outside of U.S. amateur radio. In fact, it is not a guarantor of expertise within U.S. amateur radio. |
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#119
August 31st 04, 11:12 PM
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In article ,
(William) writes: (Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ... Subject: ARRL to propose subband-by-bandwidth regulation From: (William) Date: 8/29/2004 3:20 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: (Steve Robeson, K4CAP) wrote in message .com... Brain is the kid who always picked his nose just to see if he could "gross" someone out regardless of what it did to his own reputation. He's still doing it. Well, at least you aren't focused on my genitalia per usual. What's to focus on? Only you can answer that question. I just don't feel comfortable with guys constantly referring to my penis. That is all. Steve was the kind of kid who might set fire to a doghouse (with a dog in it) just to see if he could scare and intimidate the other kids. He wasn't big enough to physically bully them. He desperately needed a reputation. Actually Steve was involved with volunteer SAR, learning to fly and Amateur Radio stuff as a kid rather than getting busted for weed and other socially detrimental behaviour that was popular in the 70's, Brain. Stil sucks to be you. Steve, K4YZ Did the dog live? But the rabbit died... :-) |
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#120
September 1st 04, 04:21 PM
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(Len Over 21) wrote in message ...
In article , (William) writes: I would like to oblige Robert Casey. Steve should leave this group. I'll second that. Nursie just doesn't present a good image for U.S. amateur radio of today. Amateur radio can be a fun hobby and enjoyed by thousands. But, unlike what the PCTA extras contend, it is not a job, not a profession, not a guild, not a craft, not a union, and certainly not some kind of boot camp or basic training. Amateur radio is a civilian hobby, not a military one. U.S. amateur radio does not require anyone to be employed as a nurse. U.S. amateur radio does not require anyone to have a pilot's license (with or without being a "pilot in command"). U.S. amateur radio operates by the very same physical laws as do all othe radio services. Prior experience in other radio services is helpful in understanding that physical law and theory but no more essential to the hobby than nursing as a profession or having civilian pilot licenses. U.S. amateur radio is regulated by the FCC, an agency chartered to regulate all U.S. civil radio. Absolutely no FCC commissioner or staffer is required to hold any amateur radio license in order to regulate U.S. amateur radio. Morse code proficiency is NO LONGER any indicator of "qualification" to operate on any HF bands. For most radio services it was NEVER a requirement. While that is heretical in terms of worship of the Church of St. Hiram, it is nevertheless true. Having a valid U.S. amateur radio license does NOT automatically make anyone any kind of "expert" on any subject outside of U.S. amateur radio. In fact, it is not a guarantor of expertise within U.S. amateur radio. Agree on all points. Steve is a bad ambasador for the world's best hobby. When will Steve be daparting? I would like to get a "farewell and good luck" card and have everyone sign it. bb |
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