In article ,
"Airy R. Bean" writes:
The spirit of Ham Radio is doing the technical things for
yourself.

Anything else is CB Radio, perhaps in its insidious form of
the CBer-Masquerading-As-A-Radio-Ham

Perhaps those who replied below are closet CBers - did they
buy their rigs off-the-shelf and do they send them back to be repaired?

Well, I have been back reading the amateur radio newsgroups for
only about two weeks after abandoning them quite some time ago.
I see nothing has changed. I have better things to do with my
time.

bill
KB3YV (formerly N2APY, DA1WO)


"Charles Brabham" wrote in message
m...
"Bill Gunshannon" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Airy R. Bean" writes:
How about being a _REAL_ Radio Ham and writing the
software for yourself?
What does writting software have to do with ham radio?
There is some connection there. Admittedly, the idea that you have to be a
programmer to be a "real ham" is pretty stupid, but that does not take
away
from the fact that many good hams are programmers.



--
Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves
| and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton |
Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include std.disclaimer.h

In article , says...

In article ,
"Airy R. Bean" writes:
The spirit of Ham Radio is doing the technical things for
yourself.

Anything else is CB Radio, perhaps in its insidious form of
the CBer-Masquerading-As-A-Radio-Ham

Perhaps those who replied below are closet CBers - did they
buy their rigs off-the-shelf and do they send them back to be repaired?

Well, I have been back reading the amateur radio newsgroups for
only about two weeks after abandoning them quite some time ago.
I see nothing has changed. I have better things to do with my
time.

snip

It can still be a helpful resource with a little help from your
newsreader's filter file.

In other words, don't let the Beaner, or any of the other rude
posters, upset you. Usenet is as full of kooks and trolls today as it
was when it came into being (probably more so, actually). This group is
no exception.

73 de KC7GR


--
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute.
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, ARS KC7GR,
kyrrin (a/t) bluefeathertech[d=o=t]calm -- www.bluefeathertech.com
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped
with surreal ports?"

And KC7GR is no exception.

"Dr. Anton T. Squeegee" wrote in message
...
Usenet is as full of kooks and trolls today as it
was when it came into being (probably more so, actually). This group is
no exception.
73 de KC7GR

In article ,
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee writes:

Usenet is as full of kooks and trolls today as it
was when it came into being

Actually, I've been on USENET since the days when news (and email) were
moved around over 300 baud dialup lines in the middle of the night when
the rates were cheaper (anyone left here who remembers UUCP) and it was
not full of kooks or trolls. They are strictly a modern phenomenon tied
to opening up the INTERNET to all the idiots.

bill

--
Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves
| and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton |
Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include std.disclaimer.h

Usenet is as full of kooks and trolls today as it
was when it came into being

Actually, I've been on USENET since the days when news (and email) were
moved around over 300 baud dialup lines in the middle of the night when
the rates were cheaper (anyone left here who remembers UUCP) and it was
not full of kooks or trolls. They are strictly a modern phenomenon tied
to opening up the INTERNET to all the idiots.

And there were two different and 'competing' readers. News and Notes!

Ah.... 4.2BSD...

Mike

In article ,
"Mike Y" writes:
Usenet is as full of kooks and trolls today as it
was when it came into being

Actually, I've been on USENET since the days when news (and email) were
moved around over 300 baud dialup lines in the middle of the night when
the rates were cheaper (anyone left here who remembers UUCP) and it was
not full of kooks or trolls. They are strictly a modern phenomenon tied
to opening up the INTERNET to all the idiots.

And there were two different and 'competing' readers. News and Notes!

Ah.... 4.2BSD...

4.2!!! USENET goes back to Seventh Edition and UUCP all the
way back to Sixth Edition. Not sure which "Notes" you mean,
but I sure don't remember anything offering "competition" to
USENET News. News continues today even through the extremely
bad (and getting worse) S/N ratio.

bill

--
Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves
| and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton |
Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include std.disclaimer.h

In article ,
"Mike Y" writes:
Usenet is as full of kooks and trolls today as it
was when it came into being

Actually, I've been on USENET since the days when news (and email) were
moved around over 300 baud dialup lines in the middle of the night when
the rates were cheaper (anyone left here who remembers UUCP) and it was
not full of kooks or trolls. They are strictly a modern phenomenon tied
to opening up the INTERNET to all the idiots.

And there were two different and 'competing' readers. News and Notes!

Ah.... 4.2BSD...

4.2!!! USENET goes back to Seventh Edition and UUCP all the
way back to Sixth Edition. Not sure which "Notes" you mean,
but I sure don't remember anything offering "competition" to
USENET News. News continues today even through the extremely
bad (and getting worse) S/N ratio.

bill

--
Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves
| and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton |
Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include std.disclaimer.h

Usenet is as full of kooks and trolls today as it
was when it came into being

Actually, I've been on USENET since the days when news (and email) were
moved around over 300 baud dialup lines in the middle of the night when
the rates were cheaper (anyone left here who remembers UUCP) and it was
not full of kooks or trolls. They are strictly a modern phenomenon tied
to opening up the INTERNET to all the idiots.

And there were two different and 'competing' readers. News and Notes!

Ah.... 4.2BSD...

Mike

And KC7GR is no exception.

"Dr. Anton T. Squeegee" wrote in message
...
Usenet is as full of kooks and trolls today as it
was when it came into being (probably more so, actually). This group is
no exception.
73 de KC7GR

In article ,
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee writes:

Usenet is as full of kooks and trolls today as it
was when it came into being

Actually, I've been on USENET since the days when news (and email) were
moved around over 300 baud dialup lines in the middle of the night when
the rates were cheaper (anyone left here who remembers UUCP) and it was
not full of kooks or trolls. They are strictly a modern phenomenon tied
to opening up the INTERNET to all the idiots.

bill

--
Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves
| and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton |
Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include std.disclaimer.h