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August 10th 03, 02:00 AM

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(Larry Roll K3LT) writes:

Well, I'm sure Carl expects that his professional RF engineering
qualifications
should grant him exalted status in the ARS, but in truth, it just ain't so!

That is NO "expectation," just the whining of someone who was never
in the professional ranks of radio being envious of those who have.

Like it or not, amateur radio is still a technological activity. If it
weren't
you would be little more than a "CBer" with a license. BFD.

I know
lots of radio amateurs, of all license classes, who haven't made dime number
one as a professional electronics technician or engineer, who are infinitely
better hams than I am or Carl could ever be.

Then we can all guess that your vaunted Radio Shack days were all
done voluntarily? :-)

Define "better" hams.

What they all have in common is
the fact that they have, throughout their "careers" as radio amateurs, been
willing to explore and adopt new modes, while retaining the skills learned
with the old ones, particularly Morse/CW.

A "career" is what professionals do...it is their WORK.

Unless there has been a sudden change in Part 97, Title 47 CFR, US
amateur radio is NOT for pecuniary compensation. [that's why it is
called "amateur"]

Let's see...you've only mentioned the old-timers you know...who are,
not surprisingly, all very much pro-morse-code. Would that make you
"biased" as judging all of the US ARS? Not according to you (we can
all see the spin coming). According to everyone else except the pro-
code syncophants, the bias is VERY apparent.

Negative points for your appraisal, Larrah...

Their stations are truly up-to-date,
they have usually attained high places on the DXCC standings, routinely
hold leadership positions within their clubs, and can be counted on to
provide valuable input and personal support for all club activities.

Ahem..."truly up-to-date" is cribbing right from the old pre-WW2
Amateur's Code. You should be able to do better, with all your
Summa Cum Laude college studies for a Human Resources degree.

Well, you (and your "ilk" whatever those are) subscribe to the old
description of "amateur radio is all about working DX on HF with CW."
That's the high point of your "career in ham radio?" :-)

"Leadership in a club" is a rather title-hungry description, isn't it?
That would be fine if the "club" is all about DX contesting. However,
some pro-coders insist that US amateur radio is all about a "diverse"
interest range that includes other things than DXing. Which is it?

"Valuable input and personal support" is more self-gratification
phrasing, "standard boilerplate" phrasing it is called in the writing trade.
If a club is all about DXing, then I'm sure the old-timers' "valuable input
and personal support" will be for THEIR favorite activity which is DXing.
That's just self-definition stuff, Larrah, NOT something that covers the
wide range of activities possible in US amateur radio.

They are the ones
who newcomers look to for the answers, while the so-called "professional"
hams simply cluster amongst themselves and look down their noses at the
proceedings of the rest of the club.

Now, now, Larrah, there you go again showing your envy of radio and
electronics folks who have REAL careers in radio-electronics.

You are ALL about self-promotion and self-glorification.

You know so little of basic electronic theory that you don't dare get into
any discussion at all technical in nature about radio in here...you would
be shown to be the self-glorifying flim-flam salesman you probably are
and then YOU look down your nose at those who are knowledgeable!

Feel free to go out and get a REAL job in radio that needs your morse
code skill and expertise and report back, okay? Make a CAREER in
code! Bum a ride on your company's bus if you need to...

Len Anderson
retired (from regular hours) electronic engineer person