In article , Mike Coslo
writes:

Lenof21 wrote:


Sure enough, the PCTA extras in here disregard the subject in order
to lambaste (and generally make nasty to) any NCTA about anything.
:-)

Is disagreement with you making nasty to you?

Is pointing out a mistake making nasty to you?

Apparently, *any* disagreement with Len is
interpreted as "making nasty" by him.

Doesn't matter if the NCTA are right or wrong (deliberately so in the
case suddenly become front-page news of sorts)...all NCTA are
targets of opportunity to be DISCREDITED by any means possible.

hmm, sounds like a conspiracy...... 8^)

Can *all* amateurs with expired-but-in-the-grace-period
operate an amateur station *legally*?

The "tag team" seems to think that all hams are always active on-
the-air as good "service personnel" (or something) during their valid
license period.

Who said that? I have a post in answer to you that would indicate that
I definitely do *not* think that way.

Nor I. In fact, I gave several reasons why a ham might not renew in the
90 day window.

Never mind that there are absences from the "service"
for many different reasons. The "grace period" insures that such
absence will not allow any licensee to lose their (apparently) so
precious
tribal identification of a call sign. The call sign is "who we are" to
quote
one licensee in here some years ago. That would be especially true
for the Vanity calls. Licensees POSSESS their calls and those become
very, very personal.

Is that a bad thing?

In the USA I might even suggest that the FDA (Food and Drug
Administration) step in and help the FCC literally brand the granted
call sign on the physical person of the licensee, perhaps by a tatoo.
That might complete the process of the New Identity within the Tribe.
[why not? the FDA here certifies real hams ... :-) ]

Now who's "making nasty"?

The "new identity" is important since it bestows a rank/status/privilege
down here in a land without royals, no fancy titles or whatever.

What land is that?

For
example, a Rhode Islander could, under older rules, suddenly become
a "resident" of Hawaii without even leaving the mainland.

What relevance does that have to amateurs with expired licenses and
their operating privileges?

The arranger
of that was able to retitle hisself from junior college math teacher to
"mathematics lecturer in the university system."

Was that true or not?

Neither one "did
anything wrong" according to them. But, a whole bunch of very phony
"radio club" calls got tossed in the dumpster by the FCC not too long
ago.

And what relevance does that have to amateurs with expired licenses and
their operating privileges?

Another fantasylander thought he had much more clout in the real
world than the U.S. aremed forces when he admonished another about
"permission to operate a radio" from Somalia when that individual served
in the military there.

And what relevance does that have to amateurs with expired licenses and
their operating privileges?

Yet another fantasylander keeps on bragging
about
his military record ("seven hostile actions" without ever saying where
or
when) and then trying to tear down others' real military records. Tsk.

The problem is?

Then we have the classic knowitall who never served at all making like
he knows more than Janes about USSR air power just because a real
veteran slipped up once in a message.

Hmm...

Does that mean a civilian must never correct a mistake made by a military
veteran? If so, why not?

There's still another
"serviceman"
of the amateur corps who dines with aircraft carrier captains and looks
down his nose at those who've done real military HF communications
much more than he will have done in his lifetime.

It sounds like no one can measure up to Len's standards of what
a person must be to point out his mistakes.

It's quite a collection!

Note: All those wonderful braggarts are PCTA extra.

I think Len is mistaken about that.

They can say
anything, write anything, do anything in here and are absolved from ANY
criticism.

By whom?

Should they be taken to task, the task-taker is soundly
objected to with endearing personal perjoratives having little to do
with the subject.

Does this include phrases like

'shut the hell up, you little USMC feldwebel'?

Do any of the above people have names?
Amateur radio callsigns?

Is there some reason Len cannot bring himself to call people
by their names or calls?

It's a plain simple fact that all NCTA in here are always wrong, no
matter
what they write on anything.

That's clearly untrue.

No one who is of the NCTA persuasion
should bother debating the subject in here. The matter is closed and
all
NCTA are forever wrong, incorrect, and probably have underarm odor.

More nonsense from Len.

Interesting post. It doe not negate the fact that you have been wrong
on several occasions. We all are at times. But it isn't "all NCTA's, or
even NCTNA's. But that is okay. No damage done.

You post indicates that you are pretty upset about this. Don't be mad
at yourself. Being wrong on a matter just means that the next time you
won't be.

Chin up! 8^)

Good advice, Mike. But it seems that Len simply cannot tolerate
having his mistakes pointed out.

73 de Jim, N2EY