Len Over 21 wrote:

In article , Dave Heil
writes:

You are an amateur extra, a shining role model for the amateur
community.

And you are not. You're not a Novice. Your'e not a Tech. You're not a
General. You're not an Advanced. You aren't a participant.

I am an electronics engineer, working for pecuniary interest, but no
longer at regular hours. I am also a hobbyist without pecuniary
compensation.

Right. There you go back into your professional background. That isn't
amateur radio. Lots of us are hobbyists in any number of fields.
You're some kind of hobbyist. You aren't a radio amateur.

I've been involved with radio and electronics, both with and without
pecuniary interest since 1947.

Bully for you. You haven't been involved in amateur radio at all.

I am not a ham. I have a beef with certain U.S. government laws.

....and I'm certain that the FCC and all of hamdom are just sick over
that.
I guess you really showed us, huh?

You keep fishing for trolls and aren't taking your meds.

I keep fishing and I keep getting bites. You, after all, seem to be the
"Big Fish".

Shrug. Not good for the amateur image to make others be like you.

How would you know? You aren't involved.

I returned your snipped line to its rightful place. We wouldn't want
you to mislead others now, would we?

Right. U.S. amateur radio is a SECRET, classified service which NO
outsider can possibly know about, therefore no one can comment
unless they have an amateur license.

You can read up on it in "Now You're Talking".

Right. NOBODY can become involved unless they are already involved.

Wrong. NOBODY can become unvolved until they take steps to do so.
You can read up on astronomy. That alone does not make you an
astronomer.
You can peruse magazines and books on auto repair. Those things alone
do not make you a car mechanic.

Right. In order to "show interest in radio," everyone has to learn morse
code and get a ham license.

Wrong. You've been corrected on this same mis-statement of yours on a
number of occasions. It is "interest in AMATEUR radio", Leonard.
Neither your decades-long "interest" nor your "Extra right out of the
box" boast of several years ago have resulted in your having taken a
single step toward obtaining even the most basic level of amateur radio
license.


It is impossible to have any "interest" in
radio through a working career in radio or electronics. The ham license
is absolutely mandatory "to show interest in radio." Right.

Wrong. See my comments above.

Right. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution states
that no citizen can comment about any amateur radio regulations unless
they already possess an amateur radio license. Right.

You've commented. End of involvement.

I am so glad you "explained" all of those things. [it's like LOTR code]

Has the ARRL approached you for more hints in generating interest in
getting "interested in radio" as you've outlined in here?

A number of them did merit explanation after you attempted to twist them
into something else. It is "interested in AMATEUR radio". Why do you
persist in deleting that very important word?

No? That's so interesting.

You've misdefined your interest. You have interest in internet
newsgroup posting. You have interest in outlining your past
professional glories.
You aren't involved in amateur radio.

Dave K8MN