Airy R. Bean wrote,

Yes. Stay in CB where you belong.

Unless you have an interest in technical matters, which
will to a large extent remove any need to spend a lot of money,
then you don't have the makings of a Radio Ham anyway.

Tim wrote in message
...
as a detested 'CBER' who has been looking at joining the HAM ranks now for
quite a few years but never had the cash I must say I am tempted to say on
the Muppet band where at least everyone behaves with some sense of
understanding of live & let live if this conversation is a showing of the
true HAM colours then I think perhaps the roles a reversing. This has
certainly made me think three or four times weather to bother taking the
exams and taking up a HAM callsign.


Quit being a lemonhead, Bean. There are all kinds of things for all kinds
of people in ham radio. Some hams can't live without spending huge amounts
of money, and others do just fine with modest equipment they built from plans
in
ham publications. If sour guys like you were the only people in the hobby,
there wouldn't be any hobby.
73,
Tom Donaly, KA6RUH