In article , Dave Heil
writes:

Len Over 21 wrote:

In article ,

(N2EY) writes:

We've already seen how you react to others who have served our country in
both military and nonmilitary government service.

Right...for making lots of brags and claims and implied "combat
experience" as in "seven hostile actions." :-)

Or those who were "in Vietnam" yet can't be specific about what
they did or where.

Can't be or won't be, Leonard? Fact is, I did a tour in Viet Nam in the
USAF, 1970-1971.

Wow! A whole year! See any "action?" :-)

What EXACTLY did you do? (you never mentioned that in detail)

You made insulting remarks about it.

I ran out of medals and pretty certificates (suitable for framing).

Or those who "served the country" by being a minor civilian sort for a
defense contractor on a USN aircraft carrier. [I tend to dismiss
the claims of "taking photographs for naval intelligence" as having
any importance]

When does a defense contractors work aboard a USN aircraft carrier
become a "minor civilian sort". You say it all when you add the
parenthetical material. You seem to have difficulty making a statement
about someone's work or military service without insulting them. This
has long been your method.

Tsk. I'm just copying the style of the PCTA...all "heroes" if from
their glowing self-styled words. Any NCTA never "really" served
their country.

"Dave" wants his State experiences enobled as wonderful radio
acts for the nation or something.

When was that ever claimed by me?

It's in between just about every line you write... :-)

By the way, Dave is my name. It needs no quotes. "William's" name
isn't William.

I thought you were "K8MN." Apparently that is the formal name
that other PCTA use in referring to you.

"Dave" is your legal signature? It isn't "David?" Tsk. My bad.

State Department just doesn't
have the size or scope to compete with the U.S. military commo
facilities.

...or it could just be that needs of the Department of State aren't the
same as those of the U.S. military.

The DSN has taken over the day-to-day task for that
and the U.S. Army Signal Corps has long served State for the
vital sensitive communications means (which "Dave" will
immediately argue since he is most sensitive to any sort of
negativism to "Dave").

Dave will argue because there are no facts to support your silly claim.
The U.S. Army Signal Corps not only hasn't "long served State", it plays
absolutely no role in providing the U.S. Department of State with
communications.

Tsk. For years the U.S. Army Signal Corps has been assigned
the task of providing communications for the President of the
United States. When the "hotline" was operational (I don't know
if it still is), it was manned by Signal Corps personnel at the
Washington end. [public references are available for that
information]

The DSN is now the main communications means for all government
communications, military and civilian alike. The DSN is maintained
by military personnel, usually by USA or USAF units depending on
the territory.

Once again, you make a statement of supposed fact with
the truth omitted. Do you ever get anything correct?

Well, "Dave without the quote marks," last time I looked, the
President of the United States is rather OVER the State
Department. [see any government organization chart]

The "hotline' (continuous TTY circuit, Washington to Moscow)
served for at least three decades, all that time run at this end
of the circuit by U.S. Army Signal Corps people. [one can see
a couple photos of that in David Kahn's "The Codebreakers,"
NYT best-seller listing in the early 1960s]


You weren't insulted for standing retreat. You were insulted for trying
to associate their deaths with your service.

Tsk. "Steve" deliberately made that "dishonor" statement (false)
and you must back it up because you want to personally insult
me. Rather SOP in here among the rezidentura PCTA extras. :-)


The only problem was, you were never in battle.

Almost true. :-) Was shot AT just once on TDY to the Land of
Morning Calm. Never saw who did the shooting.

In retrospect, I think it might have been a PCTA or some USMC
rebel. :-)

Perhaps BOTH? :-)


That's all nice. Thanks for yet another irrelevant restatement of your
knowledge of SINCGARS, IHFR and small unit military communications. I
never served in a small unit nor do I need SINCGARS or IHFR in my
amateur radio operations. Come to think of it, I never needed them in
my Department of State communications.

What DID you use? AN/FRC-93? :-)

Tsk. Department of State communications isn't REALLY relevant
to U.S. amateur radio, is it?

Hello, do I hear some hypocrisy from a PCTA critic? :-)


You're long on emotion and short on facts, Len.

Tsk. You are big on wind-bagedness and get your "corrections"
WRONG.

Sunnuvagun!

There are any number of
things taking place in the world on which you've not commented.

Tsk. Those aren't relevant to U.S. amateur radio POLICY, are they?

I mean, such as U.S. Presidential politics...the space business...
choo-choo trains...professional medical practice...oh, a whole host
of things mentioned by the PCTAs who are "involved" in something
or other...but not discussing amateur radio policy matters. :-)

Radio is radio. It obeys physical laws, not the laws of mankind.

The FCC is tasked to regulate all of U.S. civil radio. Oddly enough,
the FCC is most "involved" in U.S. amateur radio even though NO
commissioner or staffer is required to hold any amateur radio license.

Sunnuvagun!