nntp.aioe.org wrote:

Because, although the bulk of our circuit complexity
will soon lie in a single DSP chip, the interfaces to that chip,
to us at the baseband end and then to the antenna at the RF end,
still depend upon traditional electronic (pre-IC) practice.

How, then, can it be possible to issue Ham Radio licences
to those who cannot tell one end of a resistor from the other?

Gareth, would you please enlighten me. Apart from reading the value and,
for aesthetic reasons - what is the difference between the two ends?


Syllabi for Ham Radio exams should resort to the traditional
subjects of familiarity with elemental electrical and electronic
components together with a modernised examination of the
ability to write software and understanding of DSP theory.


WTF has software and DSP theory got to do with it? Apart from your
egotistical desire to score points that is. Though, on past form, you
don't seem to come out too well when you discuss your theories with
people that do know what they are talking about.

I might suggest that construction of aerials, amplifiers etc., and the
knowledge to predict propagation modes and then utilise that knowledge
to make contacts with people far away is just as valid as knowing one
end of a resistor from the other.

Or a multitude of other reasons why people become radio amateurs given
that this is such a diverse hobby.

Steve.