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In article ,
"Airy R. Bean" writes:
The spirit of Ham Radio is doing the technical things for
yourself.

Anything else is CB Radio, perhaps in its insidious form of
the CBer-Masquerading-As-A-Radio-Ham

Perhaps those who replied below are closet CBers - did they
buy their rigs off-the-shelf and do they send them back to be repaired?

Well, I have been back reading the amateur radio newsgroups for
only about two weeks after abandoning them quite some time ago.
I see nothing has changed. I have better things to do with my
time.

snip

It can still be a helpful resource with a little help from your
newsreader's filter file.

In other words, don't let the Beaner, or any of the other rude
posters, upset you. Usenet is as full of kooks and trolls today as it
was when it came into being (probably more so, actually). This group is
no exception.

73 de KC7GR


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