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Celebrations !!!!
I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were
sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK |
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 00:12:00 +0000 (UTC), "Simon Smith"
wrote: I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. Congratulations John. 73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC |
Congrats, and enjoy--- but as a thread of a couple days ago reminded --
( You have been warned ), just remember , to quote: "WE ARE ALL NUTS" :) Best-- Jim NN7K Simon Smith wrote: I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK |
"Jim - NN7K" wrote in message . com... Congrats, and enjoy--- but as a thread of a couple days ago reminded -- ( You have been warned ), just remember , to quote: "WE ARE ALL NUTS" :) Best-- Jim NN7K Simon Smith wrote: I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK But this nut, when he was 14, April 1964, took the bus from Waco to Dallas, walked to the Federal Building, took the 13 WPM test and the written. Nailed them both. 1964 So there. 73 H. Oh yeah, welcome to the club. |
Simon Smith wrote:
I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK Foundation license? Which is that???? Simon, good luck to you, and you should spend more time on the air than you spend here. Get away from this web site - the rec.radio.amateur.* newsgroups are mostly counter-productive. You will find people here who, well, don't get on the air (I don't know how else to say it). You should go work CW, work voice, spend some time on SSTV, and then on PSK, and try some of the funky digital modes, and of course, do some SSB, but make it so much fun that you can't even explain to your friends why you spend every weekend doing it. You will see -- it's the best hobby you have ever picked. Take care, and all the best, and 73 Dave kz1o |
Dave Bushong wrote:
Simon Smith wrote: I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK Foundation license? Which is that???? British... Congratulations Simon. Hope to see you on the air someday. Dave WD9BDZ Simon, good luck to you, and you should spend more time on the air than you spend here. Get away from this web site - the rec.radio.amateur.* newsgroups are mostly counter-productive. You will find people here who, well, don't get on the air (I don't know how else to say it). You should go work CW, work voice, spend some time on SSTV, and then on PSK, and try some of the funky digital modes, and of course, do some SSB, but make it so much fun that you can't even explain to your friends why you spend every weekend doing it. You will see -- it's the best hobby you have ever picked. Take care, and all the best, and 73 Dave kz1o |
H. Adam Stevens, NQ5H wrote: "Jim - NN7K" wrote in message . com... Congrats, and enjoy--- but as a thread of a couple days ago reminded -- ( You have been warned ), just remember , to quote: "WE ARE ALL NUTS" :) Best-- Jim NN7K Simon Smith wrote: I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK Get on the air and enjoy, Simon! But this nut, when he was 14, April 1964, took the bus from Waco to Dallas, walked to the Federal Building, took the 13 WPM test and the written. Nailed them both. 1964 So there. This raving looney & class nerd hiked uphill both ways in a raging blizzard to the Old Customhouse in Philly and passed the 5wpm Novice thing 1953. Follwed shortly by the same trek for the 13wpm test for the General. Thought I had it made for life and that I'd seen the last of those squinty-eyed FCC examiners. But, nah, they reshuffled the deck and "invited me back" in 1968 to take the 20wpm Extra. Figgered that since we were getting snowed in I also took/passed the Second Radiotelegraph to kill some time . . .. . . (so there) . . ? 73 H. w3rv Oh yeah, welcome to the club. |
Golly let me take exception Dave
The newsgroups - particularly this one is a great Amateur Radio asset -- many knowledgeable antenna gurus here. Many technical questions and answers are fielded on the NG's every day. Yes NGs are free and open forums -- so you will find many junk posts, but weed thru them and there is really some good stuff. As for being on the air -- anyone on HF will know that "A foundation License" has been issued in the UK since January 2002 See URL: http://www.rsgb.org/beginners/licences.htm Many many folks on the NGs are on the air frequently -- see rec.radio.amateur.dx or the digital or satellite groups Anyway congratulations are in order for John in Cornwell. Dave gave you some great ideas for modes of operation and I agree "You will see -- it's the best hobby you have ever picked." Welcome to Ham Radio 73, Happy Holidays, and enjoy the many facets of Amateur Radio -- The Modulator In The USA -- RF Gotta Go Somewhere "Dave Bushong" wrote in message ... Simon Smith wrote: I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK Foundation license? Which is that???? Simon, good luck to you, and you should spend more time on the air than you spend here. Get away from this web site - the rec.radio.amateur.* newsgroups are mostly counter-productive. You will find people here who, well, don't get on the air (I don't know how else to say it). You should go work CW, work voice, spend some time on SSTV, and then on PSK, and try some of the funky digital modes, and of course, do some SSB, but make it so much fun that you can't even explain to your friends why you spend every weekend doing it. You will see -- it's the best hobby you have ever picked. Take care, and all the best, and 73 Dave kz1o |
John
Congrats and "Good-on-ya". Hope you get everything you wish for and once set up we can have a nice chat on the air on SSB, CW, PSK31, whatever. K7SAM |
Well done Simon
Cheers Bob VK2YQA Simon Smith wrote: I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK |
"Bob Bob" wrote in message ... Well done Simon Cheers Bob VK2YQA Simon Smith wrote: I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK Welcome to the club. I am on 20 meters (Spiderweb Net, 14.347 MHz) as I type. So much for usenet displacing actual ham radio operation. 73, H. |
H. Adam Stevens, NQ5H wrote:
"Jim - NN7K" wrote in message . com... Congrats, and enjoy--- but as a thread of a couple days ago reminded -- ( You have been warned ), just remember , to quote: "WE ARE ALL NUTS" :) Best-- Jim NN7K Simon Smith wrote: I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK But this nut, when he was 14, April 1964, took the bus from Waco to Dallas, walked to the Federal Building, took the 13 WPM test and the written. Nailed them both. 1964 So there. 73 H. Oh yeah, welcome to the club. Not to diminish anyone's achievements, but that is the way to do things. Take as many tests as you can, at one time. Keep on taking them until you fail one. Then go back home and study some more. As long as we are beating our chests, several years ago I walked in to the testing station and took the Technician test, General test, and 13 WPM test in one sitting. Aced them all. Then, 6 months later, I did the Advanced test, Extra test, and the 20 WPM in one sitting. Again, acing them all. But congratulations to John in Cornwall UK. We will be waiting to hear you on the bands. Not only are we NUTS, we are MIXED NUTS. -- Martin E. Meserve - K7MEM http://www.k7mem.com |
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 00:12:00 +0000 (UTC), "Simon Smith"
wrote: I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK Many congratulations JOhn.. Peter, G3PHO |
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 00:12:00 +0000 (UTC), Simon Smith
wrote: I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. John in Cornwall UK Congratulations, John! You will find this hobby very rewarding in the high quality of people you meet, an educational process, and a satisfying list of different avenues in which to pursue the hobby. Enjoy! ....Edwin, KD5ZLB -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Edwin Johnson ....... ~ ~ http://www.shreve.net/~elj ~ ~ ~ ~ "Once you have flown, you will walk the ~ ~ earth with your eyes turned skyward, ~ ~ for there you have been, there you long ~ ~ to return." -- da Vinci ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
No. What you need to do now is to pass the Intermediate
and the Advanced courses to become a Radio Ham. At the moment you are something worse than a CBer. (The CBer doesn't have to take any exams and is considered to be competent. He doesn't have to prove anything) Children below the age of 10 years can do what you boast of. "Simon Smith" wrote in message ... I took my foundation license and morse exam to-day, and both were sucessful. All I have to do now is to: choose a transceiver - choose a tuner - choose an antenna - find someone to errect it - get a log book - and I'm sure there are lot's of other things ..... Anyway .... now I've shared my excitement with you all - I feel much better. |
AKA The M3/CB Fools' Licence which is
a gangrenous degeneration of Ham Radio that has admitted the Mongolian Hordes of CBers onto 40m. "Dave Bushong" wrote in message ... Foundation license? Which is that???? |
Rare for you not to behave like a 5-year old.
"Peter" wrote in message ... Many congratulations JOhn.. |
Mr Bean
With the greatest respect. I have no control over the RSGB and their decision to allow "new members" with an easy foundation test. Perhaps it was because the hobby was in need of some new Blood. I was not allowed to sit the advanced test - or the intermediate test. I had to start off in exactly the same place as you did - at the very bottom. I suppose you started off at the very top did you ? You must be absolutely brilliant !! By the way I;m a retired research technologist with a Mathematics and Chemistry degree - hardly a Mongolian mooron ! Why dont you write to the RSGB - perhaps they could make use of your services in an advisory capacity. "73's Mr Bean. "Airy R. Bean" wrote in message ... AKA The M3/CB Fools' Licence which is a gangrenous degeneration of Ham Radio that has admitted the Mongolian Hordes of CBers onto 40m. "Dave Bushong" wrote in message ... Foundation license? Which is that???? |
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You might have to take the exam.
You don't have to take out the licence. If you're as well educated as you claim, then you could slip through all the exams with ease. The M3/CB Fools' Licence is a gangrenous degeneration of the technical pursuit (not a hobby) that is Ham Radio. It is not and never was in need of "New Blood". If that "New Blood " does not make its own gear then that "new blood" is of the CB type and not the Ham Radio type. Everybody had to start off with the RAE. That it was passed with facility by otherwise-unqualified self-taught 14-year-olds meant that there was never a need to lower the standards to introduce the Novice (Now Intermediate) exam. That the Novice was introduced means that there was _DEFINITELY_ no need to introduce the Fools' Licence whereby someone starting out with no interest at all could have a "licence" after only a two-day weekend course. 8-year-old children who do not even have the mathematical background to work out resistances in series and parallel, the most fundamental technical skill of any Radio Ham, are getting Fools' Licences, thereby showing that one thing the Fools' Licence is not, and that is a Ham Radio Licence. I refuse to QSO with M3/CB Fools' Licensees precisely because the licence is the thin end of the wedge leading to non-technical Hams who are forbidden to build their own gear. I exhort everybody who reads this post to refuse to QSO with such licensees, not because of any personal issues, but purely because of the threat that the M3/CB Fools' Licence presents to Ham Radio if it is allowed to continue. "Simon Smith" wrote in message ... Mr Bean With the greatest respect. I have no control over the RSGB and their decision to allow "new members" with an easy foundation test. Perhaps it was because the hobby was in need of some new Blood. I was not allowed to sit the advanced test - or the intermediate test. I had to start off in exactly the same place as you did - at the very bottom. I suppose you started off at the very top did you ? You must be absolutely brilliant !! By the way I;m a retired research technologist with a Mathematics and Chemistry degree - hardly a Mongolian mooron ! Why dont you write to the RSGB - perhaps they could make use of your services in an advisory capacity. |
If I migh say so Mr. Bean - You sound just like the sort of person that "Ham
Radio" is trying to weed out and be rid of. Your attitude is in the minority. With all the modern tranceivers on the market to-day it is not necessary to build your own. If I had been permitted to sit, and pass all three stages of the license in one sitting , would that have made me a more responsible person ? I think not. You are entitled to your opinion - and I respect it but please - everyone has to be allowed to start somewhere. "Airy R. Bean" wrote in message ... You might have to take the exam. You don't have to take out the licence. If you're as well educated as you claim, then you could slip through all the exams with ease. The M3/CB Fools' Licence is a gangrenous degeneration of the technical pursuit (not a hobby) that is Ham Radio. It is not and never was in need of "New Blood". If that "New Blood " does not make its own gear then that "new blood" is of the CB type and not the Ham Radio type. Everybody had to start off with the RAE. That it was passed with facility by otherwise-unqualified self-taught 14-year-olds meant that there was never a need to lower the standards to introduce the Novice (Now Intermediate) exam. That the Novice was introduced means that there was _DEFINITELY_ no need to introduce the Fools' Licence whereby someone starting out with no interest at all could have a "licence" after only a two-day weekend course. 8-year-old children who do not even have the mathematical background to work out resistances in series and parallel, the most fundamental technical skill of any Radio Ham, are getting Fools' Licences, thereby showing that one thing the Fools' Licence is not, and that is a Ham Radio Licence. I refuse to QSO with M3/CB Fools' Licensees precisely because the licence is the thin end of the wedge leading to non-technical Hams who are forbidden to build their own gear. I exhort everybody who reads this post to refuse to QSO with such licensees, not because of any personal issues, but purely because of the threat that the M3/CB Fools' Licence presents to Ham Radio if it is allowed to continue. "Simon Smith" wrote in message ... Mr Bean With the greatest respect. I have no control over the RSGB and their decision to allow "new members" with an easy foundation test. Perhaps it was because the hobby was in need of some new Blood. I was not allowed to sit the advanced test - or the intermediate test. I had to start off in exactly the same place as you did - at the very bottom. I suppose you started off at the very top did you ? You must be absolutely brilliant !! By the way I;m a retired research technologist with a Mathematics and Chemistry degree - hardly a Mongolian mooron ! Why dont you write to the RSGB - perhaps they could make use of your services in an advisory capacity. |
"Simon Smith" wrote in message ... If I migh say so Mr. Bean - You sound just like the sort of person that "Ham Radio" is trying to weed out and be rid of. Your attitude is in the minority. With all the modern tranceivers on the market to-day it is not necessary to build your own. If I had been permitted to sit, and pass all three stages of the license in one sitting , would that have made me a more responsible person ? I think not. You are entitled to your opinion - and I respect it but please - everyone has to be allowed to start somewhere. Pay bean no attention, he's not even civilized enough to suicide and put us all out of his misery. Neither his opinion or any other part of him has earned any respect. You're right, he's an embarrassment to the fraternity and we'd be better off without him or his attitude. (And certainly better off without his commentary.) W4ZCB |
Geee-Zuuss! Take this crap to private email! |
And the start is not the end - that of gaining a licence
and going straight on the air. You start at the beginning and not the end. Playing around with resistances in series and parallel, perhaps using low voltage light bulbs is the start. "Simon Smith" wrote in message ... You are entitled to your opinion - and I respect it but please - everyone has to be allowed to start somewhere. |
"Ham Radio" is most certainly not trying to "weed out"
those who seek that technical standards be maintained, and who encourage others to be technically motivated, for that is what Ham Radio is all about. CBers and CBers-Masquerading-As-Radio-Hams might have that sort of agenda, however. I append a short article to assist you in disambiguating the two. "Simon Smith" wrote in message ... If I migh say so Mr. Bean - You sound just like the sort of person that "Ham Radio" is trying to weed out and be rid of. Your attitude is in the minority. What is Ham Radio? Ham Radio is a technical pursuit for those who are interested in the science of radio wave propagation and who are also interested in the way that their radios function. It has a long-standing tradition of providing a source of engineers who are born naturals. Ham Radio awakens in its aficionados a whole-life fascination with all things technical and gives an all-abiding curiosity to improve one's scientific knowledge. It's a great swimming pool, please dive in! This excitement causes a wish to share the experience with ones fellow man, and shows itself in the gentlemanly traditions of Ham Radio. Radio Hams are qualified to design, build and then operate their own pieces of equipment. They do this with gusto, and also repair and modify their own equipment. The excitement that drives a Radio Ham starts with relatively simple technologies at first, perhaps making his own Wimshurst machine and primary cells. Small pieces of test equipment follow, possibly multimeters and signal generators. Then comes receivers and transmitters. It is with the latter that communication with like-minded technically motivated people takes off. The scope for technical development grows with the years and now encompasses DSP and DDS. There is also a great deal of excitement in the areas of computer programming to be learnt and applied. The technical excitement motivates Radio Hams to compete with each other to determine who has designed and manufactured the best-quality station. This competitiveness is found in DXing, competitions and fox-hunts. -----OOOOO---- However, beware! A Ham Radio licence is such a desirable thing to have that there are large numbers of people who wish to be thought of as Radio Hams when, in fact, they are nothing of the kind! Usually such people are a variation of the CB Radio hobbyist; they buy their radios off the shelf and send them back to be repaired; they are not interested in technical discussion and sneer at those who are; they have no idea how their radios work inside and have no wish to find out; they are free with rather silly personal insults; they have not satisfied any technical qualification and their licences prevent the use of self-designed-and-built equipment. These CB types engage in the competitive activities with their Cheque-Book-purchased off-the-shelf radios in a forlorn effort to prove that they are Radio Hams. No _REAL_ Radio Hams are deceived by such people! |
Ohh Well... Happy Christmas Mr Bean...
Simon "Airy R. Bean" wrote in message ... And the start is not the end - that of gaining a licence and going straight on the air. You start at the beginning and not the end. Playing around with resistances in series and parallel, perhaps using low voltage light bulbs is the start. "Simon Smith" wrote in message ... You are entitled to your opinion - and I respect it but please - everyone has to be allowed to start somewhere. |
Crapmas you mean, an invention of those of the
mentally ill who find solace in the world of make-believe? "Simon Smith" wrote in message ... Ohh Well... Happy Christmas Mr Bean... |
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