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 in a unique privileged position in that
they can construct and operate their own equipment! No-one
else has this privilege. Users, such as broadcasters,
the po lice and armed farces, CBers and mobile phone
users have to purchase ready-made gear. Manufacturers
are not licensed to operate their gear. 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. This is a privilege well worth the effort
to gain, and one to be jealously guarded.

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.

-----OOOOO----

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!

-----ooooo-----

One infallible way to disambiguate the CB Radio Hobbyist
from the _REAL_ Radio Ham is to solicit their view of the
difference between CB Radio and Ham Radio. A Radio Ham will
perceive Ham Radio to be a technical pursuit and will
perceive CB Radio to be a social communications facility
no different in essence to a land-line telephone or a
GSM mobile in the hands of a 6-year-old. Thus a Radio Ham
could also hold a CB licence safe in the knowledge that
such a licence says no more about him than having a land-line
telephone, whilst continuing to regard Ham Radio as a separate
technical pursuit.

A CB Radio hobbyist, on the other hand, sees no difference between
a Ham Radio licence and a CB Radio licence. To him, they are
sisters-under-the-skin. Wrongly, the CB Radio Hobbyist then
tries to classify himself as the equal of the Radio
Ham when, in fact, he is nothing of the kind. A sure sign of
a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds, or has ever held, a licence
issued under the gangrenous degeneration that is the
M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme.

-----ooooo-----

One group of people who claim to be of the standard of
Radio Hams but who are in reality nothing more than an
apology for the failure of a CBer are those class B
licensees who falsely proclaimed that they were against
the use of a Morse Test to control access to the HF
bands, until, that is, a test was introduced at their
intellectual level, the intellectual level of 6-year-olds.

6 year-olds simply lack the mathematical tool kit to
enable them to handle even the simplest algebraic manipulation
for Ohm's Law and thus, the disgraceful Class Ber's in
the aforementioned category are not Radio Hams by any stretch
of the imagination!

Remember - A sure sign of a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds,
or has ever held, a licence issued under the gangrenous
degeneration that is the M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme!

"Polymath" wrote in message
oups.com...
What is Ham Radio?

snip

Why do you always repeat this stuff Gareth? You need to move on. You are
living in the past.

deBaser

deBaser wrote:


"Polymouth" wrote:

What is Ham Radio?

snip

Why do you always repeat this stuff?
You need to move on. You are living in the past.


Many questions have been raised by the technical and other postings
made in the past by Polymouth and other - similar-sounding, probably
sock-puppets - proponents of 'ham radio'. They have meant that the
errors so made have had to be corrected, sometimes in a long thread,
or spread over several threads, or merely involving a considerable
spread in time. Should anyone require enlightenment, a Frequently
Posed Responses (FPR) is appended.

New items added. This is Version V. It replaces all other Versions.

[ ] In the UK, no repeat no licence of any kind is necessary to
specify, design, construct, modify, repair, own, or (under some
circumstances) test an Amateur transmitter.

[ ] A pass in a current examination for a UK Amateur Licence qualifies
the successful candidate for the issue of a UK Licence. Holders of the
appropriate levels of licence are permitted to operate transmitting
equipment that is not subject to a formal approvals procedure, and to
carry out technical investigations. A qualification for a Licence, or
the Licence itself, is not, repeat not, a qualification to specify,
design, construct, modify, repair, or own transmitting equipment.
See above.

[ ] Before sunrise on Friday, September 1st, 1939, Germany attacked
Poland at 4:45am, when the Battleship "Schleswig-Holstein", on a
so-called goodwill visit, opened fire on the Polish naval depot and
garrison at Westeplatte. World War II had begun. An hour later, first
German units crossed the Polish border. Britain entered the war two
days later. She did not repeat not start WWII.

[ ] Because the 'dimensions' of both sides of the Radar Range
Equation need a term having the units of square metres in order to
balance, references to ratios of these terms expressed in terms of
decibels does not repeat not imply that they are in themselves a ratio
of powers.

[ ] FM can be demodulated by an AM receiver using the 'Slope
Detection' method. Placing an NBFM signal entirely within a channel in
a channelised AM receiver is not repeat not Slope Detection.

[ ] A company's Returns Policy is not repeat not an admission that it
deliberately produces shoddy goods, no matter how well wrapped at the
time of purchase.

[ ] An IP Address in the headers of one's posts is not repeat not
Secret Information.

[ ] An exemplary driver is not repeat not one who makes an obscene
gesture to show that the other driver is an idiot.

[ ] An exemplary driver is not repeat not one who repeats an obscene
gesture to confirm that the other driver is an idiot.

[ ] XRC is not repeat not a suitable method of differentiating
between the 80 percent of metals that have FCC crystal structure.

[ ] Millimetre-waves are not repeat not generated by 'nuclear
emissions'.

[ ] The length of the day on this planet is not repeat not 23H20.

[ ] A spring/damper model is not repeat not a mechanical analogue of
a capacitor/inductor.

[ ] Dehumidifiers do not repeat not work by absorbing heat.

[ ] Gas Company piping is not repeat not blue in colour.

[ ] 1 deciBel is not repeat not equal to 10 Bels.


from
Aero Spike

Polymath pressed Control + V on the keyboard and pasted this crap



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 in a unique privileged position in that
they can construct and operate their own equipment! No-one
else has this privilege. Users, such as broadcasters,
the po lice and armed farces, CBers and mobile phone
users have to purchase ready-made gear. Manufacturers
are not licensed to operate their gear. 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. This is a privilege well worth the effort
to gain, and one to be jealously guarded.


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.


-----OOOOO----


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!


-----ooooo-----


One infallible way to disambiguate the CB Radio Hobbyist
from the _REAL_ Radio Ham is to solicit their view of the
difference between CB Radio and Ham Radio. A Radio Ham will
perceive Ham Radio to be a technical pursuit and will
perceive CB Radio to be a social communications facility
no different in essence to a land-line telephone or a
GSM mobile in the hands of a 6-year-old. Thus a Radio Ham
could also hold a CB licence safe in the knowledge that
such a licence says no more about him than having a land-line
telephone, whilst continuing to regard Ham Radio as a separate
technical pursuit.


A CB Radio hobbyist, on the other hand, sees no difference between
a Ham Radio licence and a CB Radio licence. To him, they are
sisters-under-the-skin. Wrongly, the CB Radio Hobbyist then
tries to classify himself as the equal of the Radio
Ham when, in fact, he is nothing of the kind. A sure sign of
a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds, or has ever held, a licence
issued under the gangrenous degeneration that is the
M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme.


-----ooooo-----


One group of people who claim to be of the standard of
Radio Hams but who are in reality nothing more than an
apology for the failure of a CBer are those class B
licensees who falsely proclaimed that they were against
the use of a Morse Test to control access to the HF
bands, until, that is, a test was introduced at their
intellectual level, the intellectual level of 6-year-olds.


6 year-olds simply lack the mathematical tool kit to
enable them to handle even the simplest algebraic manipulation
for Ohm's Law and thus, the disgraceful Class Ber's in
the aforementioned category are not Radio Hams by any stretch
of the imagination!


Remember - A sure sign of a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds,
or has ever held, a licence issued under the gangrenous
degeneration that is the M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme!

Gareth, Get a grip, you really want to move on........................

On 9 Oct 2005 14:05:39 -0700, wrote:

Polymath pressed Control + V on the keyboard and pasted this crap


And you copied the WHOLE message to (top) post a one line reply. Grow
up and stop bitching about what the polymouth spends his time posting.
What, are you paying your ISP by the electron? If you stop feeding
the trolls, they will go away.

R

Russ, If you cannot see the point I am making to Gareth, you should
just stay away !

If your grasp of the subject matter is such that you
regard it as a troll, then it is unlikely that you
yourself are a _REAL_ Radio Ham.

Russ wrote:
On 9 Oct 2005 14:05:39 -0700, wrote:
Polymath pressed Control + V on the keyboard and pasted this crap
And you copied the WHOLE message to (top) post a one line reply. Grow
up and stop bitching about what the polymouth spends his time posting.
What, are you paying your ISP by the electron? If you stop feeding
the trolls, they will go away.