"garigue" wrote in message
...


You can either accept the responsibility to control EMI in your hobby, or
go
back to 11 meters and cable TV.


Ed
WB6WSN


Ya know Ed I have never met you so I can't say for sure if you are a
pontificating idiot or not. I have never been on CB and the cable TV is
mostly the History Channel and such. A "teaching post" , albeit boring,
would be acceptable but the above zinger is not funny nor complimentary of
the guys on this thread. My installing of the halogens were from the
point
of my back 9 of life eyesight when connecting things in back of the
equipment not to be on when I was working quasi land with 5 watts. The
condescending attitude displayed in your pontification is like many hams I
have run across in the last 40 years of this endeavor and causes our
service
to loose valuable young people. Unfortunately I am not young but on the
other hand I have been around enough to recognize those who would lord
over
others from a "technical" standpoint. Yep there Ed I have used bypass
caps,
torroids, made brute force filters etc. to make my operating a bit more
enjoyable ...now if they only had a filter for your type of letter and
attitude we all would be ahead.

73 Tom Popovic KI3R




Tom:

You can tell if I'm "pontificating" by reading my text and determining the
validity of my advice. OTOH, I am getting weary of people who choose a hobby
that involves RF propagation, and then get all whiney when they add an
obviously noisy RF source to their environment. If you want to be a ham,
then I'm going to hold you to a higher standard. And what should be an
example of not meeting that standard?

As for "losing valuable young people"; well, if some guy tells me his
arc-welding hobby interferes with his DX contesting, well, that's just too
pathetic for futher comment.

As a self-declared "old guy", I would expect you to understand the concept
of minimum standrds of performance. Remember when FCC exams really meant
something? You sound all "new-age touchy-feely", finding personal insult in
a general comment about performance standards. Now I'm truly sorry that you
interpreted my post that way, and it's too bad you couldn't say something
about the technical content. I will apologize to any technically apt CB'ers
and TV viewers who also may share your sadness, but reasons of visual
ability, dexterity and age don't excuse lack of basic RF understanding.

BTW, there IS a filter for my type of post. (True, the best filter would be
your ability to understand a post.) You can simply ignore my postings, as I
always post from the same account and I clearly identify myself. You could
also set up an automated filter process, but then that would require
technical competence in software operation, and that brings up a whole new
area in which you may find offense. Best we not go there.


--
Ed
WB6WSN
El Cajon, CA USA