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.

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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!

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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.

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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!

"Pierian Spring" wrote in message
ups.com...
What is Ham Radio?


You really are a 44 carat plonker!

You really are the infantile fool, "Poxic Waste" who is incapable
of passing even the simple farce of the exam that is set for
6-year-olds.

The laughing stock, in fact, amongst all _REAL_ Radio Hams.

Stupid boy.

Peckham Spring wrote:
"Pierian Spring" wrote in message
ups.com...
What is Ham Radio?


You really are a 44 carat plonker!

"Pierian Spring" wrote in message
oups.com...

Are you back on the dole again, Gareth?

offspring

"Usually such people are a
variation of the CB Radio hobbyist; .....
they are free with rather silly personal insults;"



offspring wrote:
"Pierian Spring" wrote in message
oups.com...

Are you back on the dole again, Gareth?

offspring

"offspring" wrote in message
...

"Pierian Spring" wrote in message
oups.com...

Are you back on the dole again, Gareth?

offspring
No I'm cleaning windows actually.......



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73deG1LVN(M0WWS)
Xmas Lights de G1LVN QTH:
http://www.g1lvn.org.uk/xmas

"Pierian Spring" wrote in message
oups.com...
"Usually such people are a
variation of the CB Radio hobbyist; .....
they are free with rather silly personal insults;"


You really should take the time to read some of your own postings!

Main Spring

"G1LVN (for it is he)" wrote in message
...

"offspring" wrote in message
...

"Pierian Spring" wrote in message
oups.com...

Are you back on the dole again, Gareth?

offspring
No I'm cleaning windows actually.......



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73deG1LVN(M0WWS)
Xmas Lights de G1LVN QTH:
http://www.g1lvn.org.uk/xmas

Pierian Spring wrote:

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.

Ever since you were 'outed' as a CBer, you've been engaged in this
damage limitation exercise which, to be quite honest, smacks of effort.
Nobody really gives a toss whether you own a CB-set or not...its your
'holier than thou' attitude which people find 'old'.

However, at least I *can* criticise you without fear of having my door
smashed down by the police and being arrested for intimidating you. You
can also be sure that, should you criticise me, which you are equally
entitled to do, I will take it on the chin like a decent chap and not
get all stroppy about it at the local lodge.

10-10, high and low numbers, etc etc

Poos

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vy 73 de Conrad Poos

"Ich bin ein radio amateur"

After replacing Conrad Poos with a small shell script on Friday 02 Dec 2005
22:35, the following appeared on stdout:

However, at least I can criticise you without fear of having my door
smashed down by the police and being arrested for intimidating you. You
can also be sure that, should you criticise me, which you are equally
entitled to do, I will take it on the chin like a decent chap and not
get all stroppy about it at the local lodge.

Spoken like a gent, Poos. You're probably Jim's hero tonight.
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Seasonal radio wishes #13
To be able to say "Christmas radio wishes" again without some half-wit
taking offence at the simple terminology that has served this country well
for centuries.