Yes it is, but such a characteristic seems to be totally lost
on most newcomers who are no better than CBers who buy
their complete station off-the-shelf and even send it back to the
dealer for repairs.

Sadly they are misled by the Mongolian hordes of
CBers-Masquerading-As-Radio-Hams who have corrupted
Ham Radio in recent years. (And you don't have to have ever
held a CB licence to qualify for membership of that class
of failures - merely having a station of entirely off-the-shelf
consumer-type purchases puts you fairly and squarely
in that group!)

"Paul Burridge" wrote in message
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Well do you think it is? I personally can't think of any other
passtime accessible to the individual which requires such a high
degree of technical knowledge to succeed at. If anyone can think of
something more complex, let's hear it!