"Fred Roberts" wrote in message
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Unwashed, uneducated ****s who have been gifted access to amateur radio via
the great dumb down talking utter crap into a microphone at special event
stations presents amateur radio in the worst possible light.

STC?

I started building when I was a child. And I will never forget the thrill
when licensed of hearing my first DX on a home built rx or making my first
qrp qso's with home brewed RF. We shouldn't forget that home brew and CW
go together like hand in glove


When I cobbled together my blooper using one half on a 12AT7 I was
thrilled to receive Voice of America. It was only later that I learned that
they had a big TX in Europe!