bb wrote:
wrote:
Ahem, "almost 20 years ago" would be about 1985. Class D CB
was created in 1958...FORTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO. 27 years in
between are unaccounted for in Stebie's statement.
Steve is referring to 20 years prior to the advent of the No-Code
Technician, which happened sometime in the early 90's, so his reference
period is early 70's. Basically, he's saying that many, most, or all
hams entereing the ARS since the early 70's have Bashed it and are
worthless CBers.
No...BRIAN BURKE is calling them "worthless CBers"...
Steve Robeson said nothing of the sort.
What Steve Robeson DID say was that certain downward trends in the
Amateur Service began with the advent of the "Bash Books" and the
subsequent "opening" of the question pools.
"Open pools?" There were "Q&A" books published before 1956
on ALL FCC written tests. BEFORE the Dick Bash publications.
That was way back in history when ALL the FCC radio regulations
were supplied as three-ring binder, loose-leaf pages.
ARRL, Ameco...
Nice try.
Yes, both publishers printed books that closely outlined the
exams.
NONE of them were verbatim recreations of the FCC examinations. I
used the Ameco texts while studying for my General and Advanced tests.
Neither had the questions I saw on those exams.
All of those non-ham radios are in use by "riff-raff?"
Dick Bash is "responsible" for all the Q&A books published
in the 1950s? Yes to all implies the mighty Stebie,
"speaker for all hams and the 'ham community'."
Bash was a ham. A Mighty Morseman
Bash was a pig. A disgusting profiteer. Unfortunately every
profession has theirs. Bash, along with Fred Maia and Gordon West are
ours.
Steve, K4YZ