In rec.radio.amateur.antenna gareth wrote:
Amateur radio is primarily a technical pursuit with operating, if done at
all, coming
in second-to-last.

If one doesn't operate, one doesn't need a license.

Those who operate only and who do not understand anything about the
internals
of their rigs, and even get someone else to mend them should they go wrong
are indistinguishable from CBers.

Or military radio operators.

Those who really were dedicatd to the pursuit of amateur radio exerted
themselves
to pass the 12WPM Morse Test even if they had no interest in Morse.

So since the elimination of code tests no one is dedicated.

Amateur radio is a pursuit for grown ups and not for children, except when a
child
has expressed interest, but without being pressured to up the political
reputation of its parent,
then they can be encouraged.

Why?

You said "Amateur radio is primarily a technical pursuit" and is someone,
no matter their age, show the technical aptitude, why shouldn't they
has an amateur license?


The three-tier-farce of the RSCB is just that, a farce, because anybody with
the right mental
attitude and interest would by their very interest teach themselves to the
level of the RAE.

As the RSCB (whatever that is) is irrelevant outside the UK, no comment.

Therefore, any grown man taking out an M3 or M6 licence is a loser and a
failure

How about a grown woman?

In the current PC climate, those who go out of their way to encourage
children to join in
should cause eyebrows to be raised.

Especially when the encouragement includes ass patting.

Those who cannot contribute to discussion here without the use of nasty
spiteful
personal remarks are Childish Broadcasting (CB) losers, and prove themselves
to
be losers and failures with every post that they exude.

And who have been hauled into court over their actions.

The truth of what I say above will now be proven in the subsequent thread by
those
very losers and failures.

You are going to respond to yourself again?

Antennae, propagation and launching into propagation from short antennae
are worthy
subjects that do not need the sneering of losers anf failures.

Propagation is due to conditions of the Earth's atmosphere and the
presence of the Earth itself.

Antennas are conductive structures that convert AC current flow into
electromagnetic radiation.

There is much more to antenna theory than "short antennae" (sic).



--
Jim Pennino