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July 16th 04, 11:02 PM

In article , (Steve
Robeson K4CAP) writes:

Subject: FCC Morse testing at 16 and 20 WPM
From: PAMNO (N2EY)
Date: 7/16/2004 6:07 AM Central Standard Time
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In article ,
(Len Over 21) writes:

AMATEUR radio is a hobby, not a national service, not an arm of the
United States Navy or the rest of the military, and not a public safety
organization. Just a hobby involving radio.

It's not "just a hobby".

Unfortuantely for Lennie the FACTS are that Amateur Radio DOES provide a
service to the nation, that service does, incidentally, benefit the Armed
Forces, and is an ever-increasing presence in public service plans at all
levels, local to federal.

Wow! Da gunnery nurse DID put on his best Class As and pose
for another recruiting poster!

"The Amateur Corps wants YOU! unca sam pointing finger "

"The Few, the Very Proud, the United States Amateur Corps!"

Riiiiight. All over America the recruiters are attending ham club
meetings, shaking hands with members and urging them to fill a
vital need in their military branches with Mighty Macho Morsemen
from the 5th service branch, hum raddio. Salute!

But even if it were, what's the difference? If something is "just a hobby",
does that mean there should be no standards, no training, no rules?

Only if you're a night-school trained ex radio technician on a mission to
berate anyone else who even hints at an interest in radio you deem inferior to
your own.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Da gunnery nurse is spitting and spluttering again.

Foam at the mouth. Seizures next? Not a pretty sight.

AMATEUR radio long ago CEASED to be a "pool of experienced morse
operators" for any national need.

When did it cease, Len?

There's a dozen of us in this forum alone who hold current licensure and
who are proficient in Morse Code.

Wow! I'll bet NO ONE has as pretty a set of dress blues as da
gunnery nurse dill sergeant of the Amateur Corps!

Must wear white gloves when busy beeping.

Seems like it "ain't over yet" to me...

Any time now... :-)

And here's a fun fact: The Basis and Purpose never used the phrase
"experienced
morse operators". Just "experienced operators" - no mention of modes.

That's a LennieRant issue, Jim. Even when the current context DOESN'T
include Morse Code, he'll interject it and then claim we (licensees) are the
ones obsessed with it.

You are. QED. :-)

The nation does NOT need morse operators, haven't for a long time.

How long?

And who said?

Was there a Presidential Executive Order? Did Congress ammend the
Constitution? Did the FCC and NTIA prohibit the use of Morse Code for thier
respective services?

Poor nursie still living in his fantasy world. Tsk, tsk.

He doesn't get out beyond checking out "paid services," I guess.

Even maritime radio has gone over to SSB voice and data modes for
open-ocean communications. That and satellite relay.

NO other radio service besides amateur radio uses any morse code
modes for communications.

Most rewards in the real world have little relationship to the work
requested.

More spin crappola.

Well, at least you're honest about your content ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

I get the feeling there's a LOT of crappola in the Anderson residence.

Which residence? :-)

The influential morsemen at the League
managed to carve out a separate little morse playground for
themselves with all sorts of fatuous phrases of "national need" and
"importance of a pool of trained operators" and the FCC caved in
to their demands.

When was this? And in what alternate universe?

"Morse playground"...?!?!

There's only two slices of Morse-only spectrum, both are in the VHF
range,
and were lobbied for by weak signal operators anxious to see a part of the
spectrum protected for thier work...Mostly EME and meteor scatter techniques,
but the sues are growing.

"Sues?" There's litigation about VHF and up?

Oh, my! Those lawyers are into everything, aren't they?

So, the League is a surrogate parent?!? I don't think so.

How many kids have you raised, Len?

Including himself?

Ham radio is all about raising children? Good heavens, I thought
ham radio was all about preserving the morse modes forever and
ever!

One learns something every day!

Ham radio is all about Raising Children!

Are all the Amateur Extras surrogate parents now? I don't think so.

You aren't.

But that's what he perceives himself as...

Dee, quit this infernal nattering about "parentage" and ham radio.

Why, Len? Because it's really quite an accurate analogy?

It makes Lennie nervous.

He shot blanks all his life, and now any discussion of kids get's him
wound up. That's why he wanted to exert some "parental control" over younger
licensees with that age limit crap.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. I didn't "shoot blanks all my life."

My children are not a subject of discussion in here. They are all
physically and mentally normal.

Quit trying to sound off like you've got an influential pair.

Pair of what, Len?

What ever they are, I bet Lennie doesn't have a pair of them...Maybe a
pair of slippers or glasses...Nothing else.

Tsk, tsk. No humor among the PCTA.

[cut to scene of military post and assembly after reveille...female first-
soldier starts calling roll, shouts "sound off like you got a pair!"]

Nursie thinks licentiousness (not licensure) is an okay side for hams.
[see other posting of his, the one where he gets angry about "Neil"
and Dubya]

If you're an example of "professional communicator", than I'm glad to be an
amateur.

So V E R Y glad!

Tsk. The less-than-half-a-year "electronics purchasing agent" couldn't
cut it. Only civilian "electronics job" he ever had. Poor guy.

Well, there's always night school for nursie. :-)

LHA / WMD