"John Smith" wrote in message
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N2EY:

One point you got right, ham radio HAS TO compete with a superior form of
communication--the internet!

You got that wrong, right off the bat. Ham Radio and the non-ham stuff both
have thier good and bad points. That is to say; Both are superior to the
other - and inferior to the other at the same time. It is most accurate to
just say that they are different.


And, the only way it can is drop the code...

How about hopping on one leg with a paper sack over our heads, squawking
like a chicken? - It would have about the same amount of positive effect.

You seem to be really loaded up with ignorant and anti-ham catch-phrases,
easy to parrot I suppose. Did you pick up the ignorant attitudes at:

a. TAPR
b. ARRL HSMM group
c. WL2K
d. ARESCOM

.... Or is there some other source of utter cluelessness that you have
associated yourself with?

Charles Brabham, N5PVL

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