On 11/01/2016 09:30, Spike wrote:

I know what you mean. 40 years on and some planks can't even get
the basics of CW.

I wonder why manufacturers don't make rigs without CW, that would be
far less embarrassing for the code-less. Oh! Wait! They do.....they
are known as handie-talkies, and the no-coders obsess about
programming them(must lock it to the 2m band!), software, programming
cables, and which CTCSS each repeater uses.

I have lost count of the many threads, always started by the code-less,
on the many forums I subscribe to asking which microphone is best for
xxxx radio. Talk about embarrassing! Then we have next level code-less
fcuk wittery AKA ESSB. Did you mention obsession?

Did you see that one new Full complained that activity on his local
repeaters has fallen off since he was licensed? Utterly coincidental,
of course.

Do you think it's possible the local repeater community didn't realise
what an endless source of amusement had fallen into their laps?

He sounded like the sort of person who gets stuck in a
traffic jam with no-one returning his calls.

The first, "Could anyone tell me what repeater this is please" probably
did the damage ;-)



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