Dave Heil wrote:
K4YZ wrote:

He's an ex-radio technician (wannabe engineer) who can't pass
a
radio exam.

Be fair, Steve. Len might be able to pass an exam. He might not.

Ya wanna toss a coin on it...?!?! =)

He might not be able to pass a morse exam at this point. Len has
told us
of a decades-long interest in amateur radio. He has told us about
getting an "Extra right out of the box". He has also told us that he
has no interest in obtaining an amateur radio license. In short, it
really doesn't matter what Len could or could not do. The chances of
him even making an attempt are quite small.

And I bet there are other things even smaller in his life...

But it really is what he's NOT about...As in "not about to do any
of the things he said he would..."

He embellished his military "career" with tales of derring-do
of
guys who were KIA 3 years before he was even inducted. (And let us
not
forget the "hair raising" tale of "incomming artillery" and how he
served "under the threat to the Soviet Bear" even though that
"Bear"
was still being manufactured!)

Len is big on wrapping himself in patriotic bunting. You'll note
that
when I wrote "Vietnam combat veteran" very recently, Len's response
was
"COMBAT!?"

I am sure Lennie's sole exposure to "combat" has been ducking a
rolling pin by Mrs Lennie. Or dragging himself back to the barracks
via the benjo ditches after a night of revelry in post-war rear-area
Japan...Had to be a LOT of celebrating that they weren't the unlucky
schmucks in Korea.

He's quick to tell everyone else what they "are" or "aren't",
yet
isn't any of those things either.

No, he's not. One of the things he isn't happens to be a radio
amateur.
In that, he's an odd man out. At very least, he's an odd man.

Hear Hear!

He cries "foul" over having been challenged in the eyes of the
FCC, yet has spammed ECFS with almost 2 dozen "he's not objective
because..." "rebuttals" of licensed Amateurs with decades of
experience.

I'm telling you, Steve, he has to have been the subject of discussion
at
the Commission on one or more occasions.

"Discussion", or ribauld laughter?

He claims he can operate "anywhere" with his GROL, but can't
stand
it when it's pointed out to him that his GROL SPECIFICALLY
restrains
his "operating privileges".

What's the diff? His commercial license has nothing to do with
amateur
radio.

Too true. Nor does his Army experience, his "aerospace" career,
or his labours at a plastic model company.

But we hear a LOT about those...

He was never "published" in a professional journal and was
part of
an Amateur Radio journal that went belly-up with him as part of the
"Editorial Staff".

I don't think it likely that Len's presence had anything to do with
"Ham
Radio" ceasing publication. I went through some of my back issues
and
viewed some of Len's material. None of his articles were
construction
articles. None were interesting enough to me to have read them when
first published. None interested me enough to read them through
when I
saw them recently. I saw them as stuff to be skipped between
amplifier
or antenna articles.

I bought a couple copies of "HR" for .20c a copy at a flea market
just to read his articles.

Flighty stuff. Impractical. And after five years of asking him
to do so, he's not provided a single instance of where his
"theoretical" dissertations were part or parcel to any "real" project.

Not a one.

He routinely makes glaring errors of fact and practice in
Amateur
policy...

He does get quite a number of things partially or completely wrong.
Then again, he has no background in amateur radio.

Could it be cuz he has no practical experience in Amateur
matters...?!?!

Oh, I think Len has plenty of experience in amateur matters, just not
amateur radio matters.

VERY amateurish, I'd say...

73

Steve, K4YZ