RadioBanter - View Single Post - If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?

[email protected] · September 14th 06, 12:31 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy

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From: Dave Heil on Mon, Sep 11 2006 9:45 pm
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From: Dave Heil on Mon, Sep 11 2006 2:46 pm
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From: Dave Heil 940 on Sun, Sep 10 2006 3:26 pm
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From: on Sun, Sep 10 2006 7:55 am
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From: on Thurs, Sep 7 2006 6:53 pm
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YOU are not of the FCC, not an official thereof...

Sometimes there's no other recourse but to use a 2x4
to bang on the heads of 1x2s. :-)

Ah yes - threats of physical violence. Shows how superior your
arguments aren't, Len.

As
long as I'm able to continue enjoying amateur radio and you stand on the
outside, pouting, life is pretty good, Len. Have a nice day.

Tsk, tsk. All I'm doing is advocating the elimination
of the morse code test for US amateur radio licensing...for
the benefit of anyone who might want to enjoy the HOBBY of
amateur radio.

No, that's not all you're doing here, Len.

Lowering the requirement may do more harm than benefit.

Now, if only the person known as "N2EY" can concede
to my statements being right, it would be a cause for
celebration! :-)

Some of your statements are wrong, Len. In fact many of the statements
you make here are wrong.

You commented to the FCC. Happy now?

No. The FCC has taken NO VISIBLE ACTION on the NPRM of
last year.

Actually, they have.

FCC said, back in the early summer, they weren't going to make an
announcement any time soon. There had been speculation of an R&O in
time for Dayton, but FCC said no to that.

You've never gotten into "AMATEUR radio".

Tsk. Sorry Old Man (from the "CW" abbreviation of "OM"
approved by all extra super-special morsemen), but I've
designed and built radios of my own as a HOBBYIST.

So have I.

That
HOBBY activity included buying and converting two surplus
ARC-5 HF stations back in 1947, then selling-trading
those to others. Good introduction to radio technology
as a teenager.

But you weren't a radio amateur then - or now.

OH! You must mean FEDERALLY LICENSED "amateur" radio!

That's what the term "amateur radio" means. You're not a part of it.

It looks as if you have your wish.

"Wish?!?" No "wish," senior, er senor. Turned out to be
both intellectually stimulating, interesting (not to mention
financially rewarding - without subsidy from the US taxpayer)
to be a professional in radio-electronics.

You were subsidized by the taxpayers, Len.

The training and experience you received in military service were
subsidized by the taxpayers. So was any work on "government funded"
projects.

YOU seem to be worried
since you spend so much time in here trying to denigrate
and defame all no-code-test advocates.

I have never seen K8MN denigrate or defame K2ASP, K2UNK or K0HB - all
of whom are no-code-test advocates.

"Amateur radio" is a small subset of the larger ("generic?")
activity of ELECTRONICS.

And you're not a part of amateur radio, Len.

"Amateur radio" is not restricted to just being federally
licensed as a US radio amateur (complete with a pretty
certificate suitable for framing) or the transmission of
EM energy on allocated amateur bands.

It also includes those licensed by other countries.

"Amateur" means
"without pecuniary interest." Non-professional. The
definition is semantically equivalent to a HOBBY, an
avocation.

Being licensed is part of the definition. No amateur radio license
means not a part of amateur radio.

Your "truisms" don't seem to be true, Leonardo. What's "Anti-Pesto",
another thing you're against?

Had you seen a full-length animated film called "The
Curse of the Were-Rabbit" in 2005 you would understand.

I didn't choose to see it. It sounds awful.

It was a very good film, by the same folks who gave us "Chicken Run"
and the "Wallace and Gromit" short films.

They revived and brought to new levels the old technology of clay
animation. While "Were-Rabbit" used some CGI, almost all of the
animation used the old methods.

Tsk, MILLIONS have seen and enjoyed it. Lots of subtle
humor in it.

Hardly subtle....

However, I can understand how elitist super-special
morsemen with smug, arrogant attitudes would not take
to enjoying much except putting down the no-code-test
advocates. Some of those elitists prefer "Monty Python's
Flying Circus." :-)

Both Python and "Wallace and Gromit" are of British origin - and very
well done. One does not preclude the other.

On the other hand, you don't see your own actions as selfish and you
don't see that is possible that you are wrong.

Tsk, the elitist super-special morsemen amateurs keep
telling me "I'm wrong" all the time... :-)

You're not wrong *all* the time, Len. Just some of the time. You just
don't like having your errors pointed out and corrected.

You've shown no tolerance for those whose views is opposite your own.

Tsk, a typical comment from an elitist super-special extra
amateur morseman: Not favoring their personal desires is
defined by them as "intolerant!" :-)

You demonstrate intolerance of anyone who disagrees with you.

You've claimed in the past to only be here for civil debate.

NAH...I've desired civil debate...but never got it from
day one in here. :-)

When addressed in a civil manner by someone who disagrees with you,
Len, you do not respond in a civil manner.

Did you change your last name?