I suggest you make friends with a ham, and see what you are getting into...
I have been both, freebander/ham. I don't claim to know-it-all.
But, I do know what I seen. Hams are a super-critical bunch. Many (I would
say most) feel themselves rather special. Indeed, they post their ham
licence as if it were a PHd. It is a damn licence to have a hobby radio...
Any ham with even a modicum of a sense of humor will find his way to the CB
bands, at least now and then.
Since they tend to feel themselves special, they end up "control freaks",
attempting to control who gets a license and who does not--they are a picky
bunch--and they may find you lacking to their standards.
Have you ever noticed, you can count the hams on your fingers and toes?
Their conversations remind me much of conversations I overheard as a
youth--at my grandmothers' bridge games...
Like the guy learned who was given three wishes--becareful what you wish
for...

Regards,
John

"Steveo" wrote in message
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wrote:

"KU2S" wrote in message
news Strictly speaking, only the General class license requires that the
code test be taken.

Can I blow a VE instead? I hate those beeps.



Angry freebander

I'm just as happy as can be.

forging as Leland Scott.

Why do you talk about yourself in the third person, Leland? I see you're
still posting late at night after you get good and drunk, Leland.

Go back to your other nym maybe that
version of you can handle it's booze better, drunken KC8LDO.

"John Smith" wrote:
I suggest you make friends with a ham,

DOH, you mean besides my bench-tech, John Smith?

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You know, the hams just love to find a fool here, they all laugh about it
and act like all CB'ers/freebanders act the same--I remind "some of
them"--"Only some!"

Regards,
John

"Steveo" wrote in message
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"John Smith" wrote:
I suggest you make friends with a ham,

DOH, you mean besides my bench-tech, John Smith?

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Hello, Mopar

Well, I see not much has changed LOL.

Frontiernet has a news server so I still don't pay any more. In fact, I am
now paying about $5.00 *less* per month by switching to 3 megabaud DSL.

Mere seconds for Windows updates and less than a second to see all of the
same stuff pouring in from the newsgroups )

Hams? What hams you discussing? Whazzup?


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim


"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"John Smith" wrote:
I suggest you make friends with a ham,

DOH, you mean besides my bench-tech, John Smith?

--
Newsgroups die when the people who made it worth the subscription leave.

Hello, Mopar

Well, I see not much has changed LOL.

Frontiernet has a news server so I still don't pay any more. In fact, I am
now paying about $5.00 *less* per month by switching to 3 megabaud DSL.

Mere seconds for Windows updates and less than a second to see all of the
same stuff pouring in from the newsgroups )

Hams? What hams you discussing? Whazzup?

Same old discussion, hams who follow the rules are tightasses, etc.

Hello, Mopar

Well, I see not much has changed LOL.

Frontiernet has a news server so I still don't pay any more. In fact, I am
now paying about $5.00 *less* per month by switching to 3 megabaud DSL.

Mere seconds for Windows updates and less than a second to see all of the
same stuff pouring in from the newsgroups )

Hams? What hams you discussing? Whazzup?


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim


"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"John Smith" wrote:
I suggest you make friends with a ham,

DOH, you mean besides my bench-tech, John Smith?

--
Newsgroups die when the people who made it worth the subscription leave.

"Jim Hampton" wrote:
Hello, Mopar

Well, I see not much has changed LOL.

Frontiernet has a news server so I still don't pay any more. In fact, I
am now paying about $5.00 *less* per month by switching to 3 megabaud
DSL.

Mere seconds for Windows updates and less than a second to see all of the
same stuff pouring in from the newsgroups )

Hams? What hams you discussing? Whazzup?

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

SoS, Jim. See how well your new connection loads this page. eg

http://www.n8wwm.4t.com/photo.html

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.. . . _ _ _ . . .

John

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Jim Hampton" wrote:
Hello, Mopar

Well, I see not much has changed LOL.

Frontiernet has a news server so I still don't pay any more. In fact, I
am now paying about $5.00 *less* per month by switching to 3 megabaud
DSL.

Mere seconds for Windows updates and less than a second to see all of the
same stuff pouring in from the newsgroups )

Hams? What hams you discussing? Whazzup?

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

SoS, Jim. See how well your new connection loads this page. eg

http://www.n8wwm.4t.com/photo.html

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Newsgroups die when the people who made it worth the subscription leave.

On 22 Apr 2005 19:28:06 GMT, Steveo wrote:

"Jim Hampton" wrote:
Hello, Mopar

Well, I see not much has changed LOL.

Frontiernet has a news server so I still don't pay any more. In fact, I
am now paying about $5.00 *less* per month by switching to 3 megabaud
DSL.

Mere seconds for Windows updates and less than a second to see all of the
same stuff pouring in from the newsgroups )

Hams? What hams you discussing? Whazzup?

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

SoS, Jim. See how well your new connection loads this page. eg

http://www.n8wwm.4t.com/photo.html


Is that a semi-vertical antenna?

Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 22 Apr 2005 19:28:06 GMT, Steveo wrote:

"Jim Hampton" wrote:
Hello, Mopar

Well, I see not much has changed LOL.

Frontiernet has a news server so I still don't pay any more. In fact,
I am now paying about $5.00 *less* per month by switching to 3
megabaud DSL.

Mere seconds for Windows updates and less than a second to see all of
the same stuff pouring in from the newsgroups )

Hams? What hams you discussing? Whazzup?

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

SoS, Jim. See how well your new connection loads this page. eg

http://www.n8wwm.4t.com/photo.html

Is that a semi-vertical antenna?

Fugly-stick skip shooter?