Subject: These EXTRA'S, Steve::: WHICH Extras, Brain?
From: (William)
Date: 10/21/2004 7:01 AM Central Standard Time
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(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message
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Subject: These EXTRA'S, Steve::: WHICH Extras, Brain?

Yessir, It's 2004 and it's **still** out there. Guy was up late last
year for the vote on approving his membership application into The
Group (the 43rd & Kingsessing "Group" we're both familair with yes?)

You mean the one where the attendance sheet looks like the DXCC Honor
Roll?

and somebody asked "what license class does he have?" His sponser:
"Uhhh . . Advanced." Then he ducked. Immediate 180dBA noise level from
the Back Benchers, "what the hell is this guy's problem?"

Well, what IS his problem?

That group is heavily focused on DX and contesting - particularly DX
contesting.
They're "a bit competitive"....

Anything less than an Extra is a big competitive disadvantage in DX
contesting.
Like not being able to work split. So why doesn't the guy get one? Even if
he
only works 'phone, all he need do is pass element 4. And he's had almost 4
years.

No, wait, that's not a good reason. Those writtens are really tough. More
than
4 years ago, (Jan 19, 2000, to be exact) a certain verbose nonham here
said
he
was going for Extra "right out of the box". But no ham license of any
class
yet.
And this nonham says he's a "radio PROFESSIONAL"....

Maybe he should apply to The Group. I'd like to attend that meeting....

Then as now, they were few - but noisy.

Maybe it was different where you were, Dan.

It's all just cycles Dan and the 1968 maneuver was not the first cycle
by any means and welcome to the current cycle. There will be others.

Circle Game.

Dit-dit!

Still nothing from one of "us"

It STILL does not answer your suggestion about "several Extras" in
RRAP
suggesting that anything less than an Extra Class is "a problem".

The story relates the telling of some club some time ago wherein some
other group of people may have acted stupidly.

You have yet to quote Brian (W3RV), Hans, Jim, the other Jim, or
myself,
among others, as having said anything close to "what's his problem" over
not
being an Extra class licensee.

Where's the quotes, Brain?

You are blind.

If you mean the suggestion about slamming Lennie over HIS asertion that
he'd get an "Extra lite out of the box", those were HIS words, you idiot.

And in ANY case, you STILL don't make a case for your "several Extras on
RRAP" assertion.

So..............You're STILL shy of some facts here, Brain.

Try again.

Steve, K4YZ