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Concerned Amateur March 25th 05 08:30 AM

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:53:39 +1100, "Martin, VK2UMJ"
wrote:

If you support the landline linking of repeaters then you MUST also support
the IRLP system, it is the exact same concept except using technology that
makes it affordable to almost every ham....


But we don't. We don't support repeaters at all. It was when voice
repeaters were introduced on the 2m and 70cm bands in the early
seventies that the rot began to set in.

73 de G3NYY


Well finally we see your colours. Anything this side of 1950 must really
hurt your point of view. I'm sorry for calling you a **TROLL*, your
simply stuck in a time warp....you just dont know any better


Concerned Amateur March 25th 05 08:33 AM

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:44:07 GMT, Concerned Amateur
wrote:

Sure olle Bean, I would love to live in a country that never sees sunshine..


That is preferable to living in the country with the world's highest
incidence of skin cancer.

And I am not Bean. You are thinking of someone else!
;-)

73 de G3NYY


You put on a hat and shirt to stop the sun. In your part of the UK, you
sit inside with the heater on.....I'd rather live outside than forever
under grey skies.

Then again, this is where you get all this time to get bitter and
twisted about AR definitions and post so prolifically..nothing
better to do, dreary old life....

Come down to OZ and your skin might stop looking so pale....

Concerned Amateur March 25th 05 08:35 AM

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:27:30 +1100, "nana" wrote:


Applying that logic, if a licensed amateur speaks on a cellphone,
that's ham radio.


Well, applying USA logic, if I had a phone patch from a cellphone to a 2m
radio, then yes, it would still be Ham Radio. Just as their LL phones
patched into their repeaters are classed as Ham Radio. There is NO
difference.


Well, fortunately phone patch is NOT amateur radio in this country.
Hopefully, it never will be.

73 de G3NYY


Yes, I wish Amateur Radio would live in a vacuum too and that I could
ignore everything else around me like you do....

You must live in an amazing world.....

Concerned Amateur March 25th 05 08:47 AM

In article , Martin, VK2UMJ wrote:

People like YOU are the main reason newcomers decide to dump ham radio or
not even start in the first place. Stuck up, pompass, arrogant old fossils
stuck in the past and unwilling to even consider new or changing technology.
I guess you also have your very own group of fellow hams (those that haven't
been moved to a nursing home yet) that you regularly chat to on HF, refusing
to admit any newcomers to the QSO because, let's face it, if they didn't
have to totally build their own radio using nothing but safety pins,
paperclips and the wire from an old AM wireless, AND have a written
reference from Morse himself, then they just aren't hams, are they....

Oh, and by the way, you really need to keep up with the thread - some of
your fellow 'debaters' have already admitted that repeater linking by
landline is perfectly acceptable, so you can't even manage to get your own
side to agree with your opinions!! What a JOKE!!!

Sorry Walt, but IMHO (In My Humble Opinion for the oldies) ham radio would
be far better without YOU, and those like YOU. Otherwise, the hobby will no
doubt die as operators like you constantly alienate new technology and
newcomers alike. Hope you enjoy the onset of BPL!!!

Martin

Your correct with your posting, olle **GRUMPY** here has finally
shown us the colours of his bloomers and we can see, its not IRLP thats
the problem, he's just unhappy he's continued breathing beyond 1970.

You cant expect more when life is boring and it always rains, you get
crotch rot and it appears olle Walty has a bad dose of it.

It was only a matter of time before we worked out what was **REALLY**
driving him....and I thought he was a **TROLL**.. just a plain
unhappy POM......

wonderer March 25th 05 09:23 AM


"Walt Davidson" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:44:07 GMT, Concerned Amateur
wrote:

Sure olle Bean, I would love to live in a country that never sees
sunshine..


That is preferable to living in the country with the world's highest
incidence of skin cancer.


only for those people who migrate
from old dart and europe.

Alf VK5ZKL



And I am not Bean. You are thinking of someone else!
;-)

73 de G3NYY

--
Walt Davidson Email: g3nyy @despammed.com




G-S March 25th 05 09:28 AM

Walt Davidson wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:53:39 +1100, "Martin, VK2UMJ"
wrote:

If you support the landline linking of repeaters then you MUST also
support the IRLP system, it is the exact same concept except using
technology that makes it affordable to almost every ham....


But we don't. We don't support repeaters at all. It was when voice
repeaters were introduced on the 2m and 70cm bands in the early
seventies that the rot began to set in.


It was when voice repeaters were introduced on the 2m and 70cm bands that
amateur radio finally began to realise it's true potential!

G-S


G-S March 25th 05 09:31 AM

Walt Davidson wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:44:07 GMT, Concerned Amateur
wrote:

Sure olle Bean, I would love to live in a country that never sees
sunshine..


That is preferable to living in the country with the world's highest
incidence of skin cancer.

And I am not Bean. You are thinking of someone else!


You talk like Bean though!


G-S VK3DMN


G-S March 25th 05 09:33 AM

Walt Davidson wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 06:48:24 GMT, Concerned Amateur
wrote:

IRLP is an **extension** of Hamradio, get over it....


IRLP is a malignant carbuncle on the once-respected hobby of amateur
radio. We need to get rid of it without delay before the cancer
spreads farther.


That won't happen. What will happen is that the old dinosaurs who have held
back amateur radio from advancing into the 21st century will finally die
off and then we won't have to listen to the whinging from them anymore :-)


G-S VK3DMN

G-S March 25th 05 09:35 AM

Walt Davidson wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 14:27:30 +1100, "nana" wrote:


Applying that logic, if a licensed amateur speaks on a cellphone,
that's ham radio.


Well, applying USA logic, if I had a phone patch from a cellphone to a 2m
radio, then yes, it would still be Ham Radio. Just as their LL phones
patched into their repeaters are classed as Ham Radio. There is NO
difference.


Well, fortunately phone patch is NOT amateur radio in this country.
Hopefully, it never will be.


Hopefully it will be here, and I'm sure many amateurs would wish it will be
in the land of the eternally whinging!


G-S VK3DMN

Chris Kirby March 25th 05 09:56 AM

"nana" wrote:


The IRLP CANNOT be accessed by others. It is STRICTLY designed for radio to
radio access only.
ECHOLINK can be accessed by others and is NOT the topic of conversation.



Just for the record, everyone on Echolink (links and individuals
alike) have been validated by one of the Echolink validation team. I'm
not sure that it is really necessary, but it happens. So, like it or
not, there's very little chance of a non-licenced person using
Echolink.

.... and (lest we forget) what does it really matter anyway? ...

This is a hobby. There are authorities whose job it is to ensure only
those with licences transmit. We are just end users of the service.

I for one don't really care whether the chap at the other end actually
has a licence or not providing he sounds and behaves like a radio
amateur. I will not hesitate to talk to someone who gives a callsign
and sounds like an amateur. I pay my licence, and leave it to the
authorities to sort out if he is bona fide or not.

Here, we pay to renew our licences every year. How is someone supposed
to know whether someone who was a bona fide amateur has paid for the
forthcoming year. Of course, we don't know, but if he behaves like an
amateur, we assume he is licenced.

73,
--
Chris

Chris Kirby March 25th 05 10:03 AM

Walt Davidson wrote:

IRLP is a malignant carbuncle on the once-respected hobby of amateur
radio. We need to get rid of it without delay before the cancer
spreads farther.


What a familiar refrain!

If newsgroups and the internet had been about when the repeater
network was started in the early 1970s, I bet you'd have said exactly
the same thing about them too!

The frequencies of internet links and repeaters are well publisised,
and it is easy for anyone with even a small brian to avoid using those
frequencies and get on with whatever parts of the hobby turn you on.

73,
--
Chris

G-S March 25th 05 10:06 AM

Walt Davidson wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:28:17 +1100, G-S wrote:

It was when voice repeaters were introduced on the 2m and 70cm bands that
amateur radio finally began to realise it's true potential ....


Yes, very true.

Repeaters are a crutch for the lazy and inept who don't have
sufficient technical expertise to make a radio contact without using a
relay station. IRLP is pretty much the same.


And what makes you think I lack sufficient technical expertise to operate a
radio or build a radio or accessories? I have done all those in the past.
I have demonstrated those skills... I choose to use a more modern method
because it is simply better and more efficient!

G-S VK3DMN


G-S March 25th 05 10:07 AM

Walt Davidson wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:30:48 GMT, Concerned Amateur
wrote:

But we don't. We don't support repeaters at all. It was when voice
repeaters were introduced on the 2m and 70cm bands in the early
seventies that the rot began to set in.

73 de G3NYY


Well finally we see your colours. Anything this side of 1950 must really
hurt your point of view. I'm sorry for calling you a **TROLL*, your
simply stuck in a time warp....you just dont know any better


Repeaters were the beginning of the CB-ization of the amateur bands.
It's been a downhill slide ever since.


You really have a bee in your bonet about CBers don't you!

They are simply not relevant to amateur radio or the issues being discussed
here.


G-S VK3DMN


Chris Kirby March 25th 05 10:08 AM

Martin, VK2UMJ wrote:


If you wish to argue against systems that allow access from the internet
rather than from & to radio, then please go pick on EchoLink..


Hee Hee, do I smell a deflection tactic here?

Before you go and pick on Echolink, and if you don't want to appear a
total prat, be sure to comprehend that everyone using Echolink has
been validated by a team of people, and in many cases, have been asked
to send a scan of their licences before getting access to the system.

73,
--
Chris

G-S March 25th 05 10:11 AM

Walt Davidson wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:23:43 GMT, "wonderer"
wrote:

only for those people who migrate
from old dart and europe.

Alf VK5ZKL


I thought that was where you all migrated from, OM ... although some
of you had no choice in the matter!


Australia is a vibrant multi cultural society... we are _proud_ of being
mongrels... and basic genetic knowledge shows that crossbreeding generally
strengthens the breed... unlike restricted inbreeding!


G-S VK3DMN


Chris Kirby March 25th 05 10:11 AM

Walt Davidson wrote:


But we don't. We don't support repeaters at all. It was when voice
repeaters were introduced on the 2m and 70cm bands in the early
seventies that the rot began to set in.



No, the rot set in in the 1960s when many newly licenced G3R and G3S
stations started flouting the rules by flagrantly exceeding the 400
watt output power limit on top band. Lets ban Top Band instead. g


--
Chris

G-S March 25th 05 10:15 AM

Walt Davidson wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:33:24 +1100, G-S wrote:

That won't happen. What will happen is that the old dinosaurs who have
held back amateur radio from advancing into the 21st century will finally
die off and then we won't have to listen to the whinging from them anymore
:-)


G-S VK3DMN


What a familiar refrain!


Glad to hear you have enlighted people over there also!

If I hadn't seen the callsign, I could have
sworn it emanated from one of the usual M3/CB/Fools' Licence
apologists that frequent uk.radio.amateur. Obviously they have the
same problems down under as we experience here.


I've been licensed over 25 years, full call for almost that long. For
almost that long I've been lobbying and arguing for the changes that you
complain so much about.

I am pleased that the amateur community is finally coming to it's senses and
implementing some of the measures that I and other forward thinking
amateurs have been arguing in support of for so long :-)


G-S VK3DMN




Martin, VK2UMJ March 25th 05 10:16 AM

"Chris Kirby" wrote in message
...
"nana" wrote:


The IRLP CANNOT be accessed by others. It is STRICTLY designed for radio
to
radio access only.
ECHOLINK can be accessed by others and is NOT the topic of conversation.



Just for the record, everyone on Echolink (links and individuals
alike) have been validated by one of the Echolink validation team. I'm
not sure that it is really necessary, but it happens. So, like it or
not, there's very little chance of a non-licenced person using
Echolink.

... and (lest we forget) what does it really matter anyway? ...

This is a hobby. There are authorities whose job it is to ensure only
those with licences transmit. We are just end users of the service.

I for one don't really care whether the chap at the other end actually
has a licence or not providing he sounds and behaves like a radio
amateur. I will not hesitate to talk to someone who gives a callsign
and sounds like an amateur. I pay my licence, and leave it to the
authorities to sort out if he is bona fide or not.


I must say that I have to disagree with you on this point OM. If we, as the
hobbyists, have little interest in the use of the bands by 'pirates', then
why should the authorities be concerned. Amateur Radio has, in most parts
of the world, always been largely "self regulating" which means it is
primarily up to us, the users, to ensure the bands are used properly and
report any unlawful operations to the authorities. This is largely because
we, as licensed amateurs, are supposedly "responsible persons" that are more
than capable of taking care of "our hobby"

If we show little interst in this, you can be assured the bands will fall
into disarray and the authorities will start to regard us as no more than
CBers with more frequencies.


Here, we pay to renew our licences every year. How is someone supposed
to know whether someone who was a bona fide amateur has paid for the
forthcoming year. Of course, we don't know, but if he behaves like an
amateur, we assume he is licenced.


Callbooks, databases, common knowledge. I do not mean to say that we should
be 100% certain of all contacts, or that we should go 'out of our way' to
check every single contact, but by the same token we should NEVER adopt the
attitude "it's not my problem" and "I don't care if he is licensed or not".
They are very dangerous attitudes to have and will, eventually, spell the
end of Amateur Radio. What reason do we give newcomers to study and sit
their exam if they know you will talk to them anyway? We might as well just
change the bands to CB now and open it up to anyone - that is basically what
you are advocating.

Now, open the debates!!


--
Martin, VK2UMJ

To reply by e-mail, replace ".invalid" with ".com.au"


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Martin, VK2UMJ March 25th 05 10:20 AM

"Walt Davidson" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:30:48 GMT, Concerned Amateur
wrote:

But we don't. We don't support repeaters at all. It was when voice
repeaters were introduced on the 2m and 70cm bands in the early
seventies that the rot began to set in.

73 de G3NYY


Well finally we see your colours. Anything this side of 1950 must really
hurt your point of view. I'm sorry for calling you a **TROLL*, your
simply stuck in a time warp....you just dont know any better


Repeaters were the beginning of the CB-ization of the amateur bands.
It's been a downhill slide ever since.


So, if you don't support repeaters, so supposedly don't listen to them, and
IRLP is primarily linking repeaters, then WHY THE HELL ARE YOU CRAPPING
ON???

You obviously are NOT affected by IRLP - you don't use repeaters, and by the
sounds of it probably nothing above HF bands either, so IRLP is NOT a
concern to you! You are just a typical whinging dickhead that has to stir
as many people as possible - in short a TROLL. I think the best bet is to
killfile you AND list your callsign amongst those to ignore on air, but then
I would not be able to laugh at the continuous rantings you keep coming up
with in a futile attempt to justfy your own shortcomings.



nana March 25th 05 10:21 AM

Repeaters are a crutch for the lazy and inept who don't have
sufficient technical expertise to make a radio contact without using a
relay station. IRLP is pretty much the same.

73 de G3NYY

--
Walt Davidson Email: g3nyy @despammed.com


That is so much ******** Walt, it defies reason. That is trolling at it's
finest.

This country is 31.5 times larger than the UK, those vast distances require
much better systems for any sort of coverage and repeaters are the way to do
it. Whilst I operate 40m mobile a lot, it isn't the total solution, nor is
the simplex VHF coverage due to hilly terrain.

Brad.



wonderer March 25th 05 10:26 AM


"Walt Davidson" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:23:43 GMT, "wonderer"
wrote:

only for those people who migrate
from old dart and europe.

Alf VK5ZKL


I thought that was where you all migrated from, OM ... although some
of you had no choice in the matter!


nah born Whyalla south aus dink di astralian.
paternal grandmothe migrated from ireland
matenal grandmother from good old scotland
no forced imagation on either side of the
family both came from noble countries.

Alf VK5ZKL



:-)

73 de G3NYY

--
Walt Davidson Email: g3nyy @despammed.com




Chris Kirby March 25th 05 10:28 AM

Walt Davidson wrote:
Chris wrote:

Just for the record, everyone on Echolink (links and individuals
alike) have been validated by one of the Echolink validation team. I'm
not sure that it is really necessary, but it happens. So, like it or
not, there's very little chance of a non-licenced person using
Echolink.


How can you possibly do that? The Echolink validation team, as you
call them, do not have privileged access to licensing records ... and
we are talking about worldwide records, not just the UK. If someone
appeared under a callsign randomly selected from the callbook, or even
just made up an unallocated M3 callsign and came on Echolink, how
would you know he wasn't a pirate?



Nowt to do with me, Walt. I've nothing to do with the Echolink
validation team. You'd better ask them that. I know, however, that
newly licenced amateurs have to send off a scan of their licence to
one of that team.


How do you know my licence hasn't expired?


If you give a real callsign, and sound like a real amateur, then I
don't really care.

I wish the authorities monitored on-air, and checked rather more than
they do, but AFAIAC it is not my (or any amateur's) job.

73,
--
Chris

Walter Raleigh March 25th 05 10:29 AM


"Martin, VK2UMJ" wrote in message
...
But if we look at it from that view then the whole of Amateur Radio should
be considered nothing more than CB...


You're not far wrong there :)

--
73s de Walter R.



wonderer March 25th 05 10:33 AM


"Walt Davidson" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:56:31 +0000, Chris Kirby
wrote:

Just for the record, everyone on Echolink (links and individuals
alike) have been validated by one of the Echolink validation team. I'm
not sure that it is really necessary, but it happens. So, like it or
not, there's very little chance of a non-licenced person using
Echolink.


How can you possibly do that? The Echolink validation team, as you
call them, do not have privileged access to licensing records ... and
we are talking about worldwide records, not just the UK. If someone
appeared under a callsign randomly selected from the callbook, or even
just made up an unallocated M3 callsign and came on Echolink, how
would you know he wasn't a pirate?

How do you know my licence hasn't expired?


easy for australians the aca data base is publick domain


73 de G3NYY

--
Walt Davidson Email: g3nyy @despammed.com




Walter Raleigh March 25th 05 10:34 AM


"Walt Davidson" wrote in message
...
Australians seem to have a preoccupation with lavatorial matters. I
discovered that a lot of them think it's amusing to fart in company
too. (An unpleasant trait that they share with Cardiff people of both
sexes!)

73 de G3NYY


This thread has just run and run has it not?

--
73s de Walter R.



Martin, VK2UMJ March 25th 05 10:54 AM

"Chris Kirby" wrote in message
...
Martin, VK2UMJ wrote:


If you wish to argue against systems that allow access from the internet
rather than from & to radio, then please go pick on EchoLink..


Hee Hee, do I smell a deflection tactic here?

Before you go and pick on Echolink, and if you don't want to appear a
total prat, be sure to comprehend that everyone using Echolink has
been validated by a team of people, and in many cases, have been asked
to send a scan of their licences before getting access to the system.


Yes, and I am one of those that have been validated for EchoLink. But that
is irrelevant to the debate about IRLP....

The argument is that IRLP uses radio linked by internet protocol, and as
such is still amateur radio. IMHO Echolink, if used PC to PC, is definately
not amateur radio. Perhaps if used PC to Radio, or Radio to PC, then it is
still amateur radio, but EchoLink PC to PC is nothing different than Yahoo
or MSN Messenger...

IRLP is not the same... That is the debate..





Concerned Amateur March 25th 05 11:55 AM

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:28:17 +1100, G-S wrote:

Repeaters are a crutch for the lazy and inept who don't have
sufficient technical expertise to make a radio contact without using a
relay station. IRLP is pretty much the same.

73 de G3NYY


YAWN... looks like the **TROLL** woke up this morning....


Concerned Amateur March 25th 05 11:59 AM

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:06:16 +1100, G-S wrote:

And what makes you think I lack sufficient technical expertise to operate a
radio or build a radio or accessories? I have done all those in the past.
I have demonstrated those skills... I choose to use a more modern method
because it is simply better and more efficient!


A better and more efficient method would be to use a cellphone or even
an ordinary telephone. Amateur radio is not necessarily about being
"better and more efficient". If you think it is, you've missed the
point.

73 de G3NYY


Thats where **YOU** have missed the point. Amateur Radio has demonstrated
it can co-exist with the internet and has actually embraced it.

Have you embraced Television, Gasoline Engines, the Global Economy ?

I find it hard to understand how a **TROLL** like you can function in
the 21st century...

Go back to 40m and play with your pill poppin, haemoroid bound friends
and leave the newer and more interesting technologies to people that
can accept and accomodate them...

Concerned Amateur March 25th 05 12:03 PM

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:30:48 GMT, Concerned Amateur
wrote:

But we don't. We don't support repeaters at all. It was when voice
repeaters were introduced on the 2m and 70cm bands in the early
seventies that the rot began to set in.

73 de G3NYY


Well finally we see your colours. Anything this side of 1950 must really
hurt your point of view. I'm sorry for calling you a **TROLL*, your
simply stuck in a time warp....you just dont know any better


Repeaters were the beginning of the CB-ization of the amateur bands.
It's been a downhill slide ever since.

73 de G3NYY


You cant live in piece with **ANYONE** can you.

You are a **TROLL** out PHISHING.....

Concerned Amateur March 25th 05 12:04 PM

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:07:51 +1100, G-S wrote:

You really have a bee in your bonet about CBers don't you!

They are simply not relevant to amateur radio ...


I wholeheartedly agree. Let's keep them out of amateur radio!

73 de G3NYY


************TROLL****************

Concerned Amateur March 25th 05 12:05 PM

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:20:56 +1100, "Martin, VK2UMJ"
wrote:

Temper ... temper ....
:-)))

73 de G3NYY


*****************************TROLL**************** **********

Concerned Amateur March 25th 05 12:06 PM

In article , Walt Davidson wrote:
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 07:07:55 GMT, Concerned Amateur
wrote:

nonsence.

pompus


It's a well-known characteristic of CBers that they are all
illiterate. Your latest posting proves the point.

73 de G3NYY

*****************************TROLL**************** *********

ZZZPK March 25th 05 02:27 PM

"Walter Raleigh" wrote:

:
: "ZZZPK " .es.it.net wrote
: in message ...
:
: "shoutred"
:
: "rwad"
:
: "yeh"
:
: "witht"
:
: "COMPULSRY"
:
: Glass houses and stones come to mind. When preaching to Brian about his
: actions and beliefs, an attempt to respond in the same language would be
: nice.


DEOTH


now... what were yousaying about GLASSHOUSES ????????????????????


ZZZPK March 25th 05 02:29 PM

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote:

: 73 de Simon, VK3XEM.
: http://www.aca.gov.au/pls/radcom/cli...IENT_NO=157452
: VoIP http://www.TALKonIP.com.au/
:
: You STILL don't get it do you? Try addressing what I am complaining about.
: Or can't you do so without spinning things way out of wack? ONE MORE
: TIME;;;;;;IT IS NOT HAM RADIO. IT IS INTERNET CONNECTED TO RADIO. DON'T
: CALL IT HAM RADIO.
:
: Dan/W4NTI
:
:

Dan

youre wasting your time.

some of the people on this newsgroup think they have an ADVANCED B-licence
because they sat a morse assessment that 11year old kids can pass after
one hour practice in a radio club the night before.


others think that plugging a radio into a telephone socket is pushing the
technolgoy to its limits!


Walter Raleigh March 25th 05 03:05 PM


"ZZZPK " .es.it.net wrote
in message ...
DEOTH


Ah yes, one typo, on an unfamiliar lap-top keyboard, quickly corrected in a
follow up post, as opposed to a decade of pseudo-dyslexic repetitive
drivel. I think you've beaten me there....sigh!. Incidentally, I don't use
a spell-checker, perhaps you need to try it.

--
73s de Walter R.



Walter Raleigh March 25th 05 03:38 PM


"Walt Davidson" wrote in message
...

Well, it's a Bank Holiday ... and "idle hands will mischief make"!
;-)


Indeed! Have a good one:)

--
73s de Walter R.



G-S March 25th 05 10:02 PM

Walt Davidson wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:06:16 +1100, G-S wrote:

And what makes you think I lack sufficient technical expertise to operate
a
radio or build a radio or accessories? I have done all those in the past.
I have demonstrated those skills... I choose to use a more modern method
because it is simply better and more efficient!


A better and more efficient method would be to use a cellphone or even
an ordinary telephone. Amateur radio is not necessarily about being
"better and more efficient". If you think it is, you've missed the
point.


If you think it isn't then _you_ have missed the point. Amateur radio has
been instrumental in the introduction of many new radio technologies over
the last 100 odd years.

As for not using repeaters do not forget you live on a green postage stamp
sized country where simplex VHF is likely to cover a significant proportion
of your country.

I have an easy simplex 2m range FM range of about 100km to the north and
West and about 50 km to the south and east. That covers an amateur
population of about 200. Anecdotely about 50% are active sometimes and
about 25% use VHF sometimes. That leaves about 50 amateurs most of whom are
not very active.

Repeaters provide a means of increasing the available amateurs for such
activites as the local on repeater technical discussion night, organising
the local swap meet and many other useful amateur radio related functions.


G-S VK3DMN


G-S March 25th 05 10:23 PM

Walt Davidson wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:07:51 +1100, G-S wrote:

You really have a bee in your bonet about CBers don't you!

They are simply not relevant to amateur radio ...


I wholeheartedly agree. Let's keep them out of amateur radio!

Until of course they pass the amateur radio license test, then lets welcome
them with open arms to increase our numbers and broaden our appeal :-) [1]


G-S VK3DMN

[1] before they pass they are welcome to be SWL's!

G-S March 25th 05 10:25 PM

Walt Davidson wrote:

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:11:18 +1100, G-S wrote:

and basic genetic knowledge shows that crossbreeding generally
strengthens the breed...


It probably does ... for those who start off at rock-bottom in the
gene pool, any such crossbreeding opportunity would be seen as a
chance to better themselves.


As against those inbred until the last trace of viability is gone :-)


G-S VK3DMN


G-S March 25th 05 10:26 PM

ZZZPK wrote:

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote:

: 73 de Simon, VK3XEM.
:

http://www.aca.gov.au/pls/radcom/cli...IENT_NO=157452
: VoIP http://www.TALKonIP.com.au/
:
: You STILL don't get it do you? Try addressing what I am complaining
: about.
: Or can't you do so without spinning things way out of wack? ONE MORE
: TIME;;;;;;IT IS NOT HAM RADIO. IT IS INTERNET CONNECTED TO RADIO.
: DON'T CALL IT HAM RADIO.
:
: Dan/W4NTI
:
:

Dan

youre wasting your time.

some of the people on this newsgroup think they have an ADVANCED B-licence
because they sat a morse assessment that 11year old kids can pass after
one hour practice in a radio club the night before.


No, I sat the old fast morse test... thanks for playing... do come again :-)


G-S VK3DMN




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