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KØHB wrote:
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The sheer stupidity of the premise is what
kept the Morse Forever warriors going......

Which has WTF to do with a company advertising for telephone linemen,
craftsmen,
and subcontractors?

You should advertise for this company in a more applicable group. This
group is for the express purpose of discussing amateur radio policy,
especially morse code policy. Thank you for your concern.
******** AA2QA's reply seperator *********
What you do not seem to realize is that the folks that actually learned
something (before the multiple guess answers came out), just might have a
few skills.

These are usually folks that have a genuine interest in how things work, not
how to turn a knob or push a button or keys. This isn't to say that folks
that simply wish to talk are not welcome; they certainly are.

Although I do not possess a college degree, I am a certified electronics
technician. I have repaired two-way radios (business and trunking radios).
I have done a lot of electrical control and power wiring. I have not worked
in high voltage, but have done a fair amount of 277/480 3 phase work. I've
climbed atop silos and repaired bag houses. Welded, soldered, cut, run
milling machines, surface grinders, lathes, and more. If a saws-all can't
do the job readily, the oxy-acetylene tourch will handle it well for me
(hmmmm ... wonder how that would solder pl-259s? LOL). Done EMC compliance
studies along with UL compliance. Come to think of it, ozone compliance.
Can you spell exponential decay? Come to think of it, I've programmed
slc-500s, Texas Instruments PLCs, Modicon PLCs, and more (including data
highways and ethernet). Even written a program to generate ladders from
simply inputting I/O assignments and letting the program know what I want to
have happen. Under 15 minutes to properly program 3 cells. Another 5
minutes to debug because someone wired a switch backwards (normally closed
rather than normally open).

The nice thing about amateur radio is that it encompasses a whole spectrum
of individuals, unlike most trade magazines. To me, advertising in an
amateur publication such as QST would make a lot of sense, especially if you
are trying to locate a number of different skills (rather than a number of
ads in different magazines or newspapers).

As to Morse, it can be fun. If we had difficulty with it back when (for me,
1962), we learned to overcome that difficulty (not a bad thing to learn, in
my humble opinion). Come to think of it, as much grief as it gave me (when
memorizing dots and dashes), once I learned it by sound, I enjoyed it and by
1967 had perfect copy at 40 words per minute in the U.S. Navy. More than
40? I don't know; that was the fastest test they had back then. I would
have had difficulty much beyond that as we were banging away with manual
typewriters then. I might have (possibly) made 50 at most. Disclaimer -
that would be perfect typewritten copy filling close to a whole page of
paper. A few errors would have allowed me considerably faster copy. Then.
(LOL)

I'd suggest rethinking your position.


Best regards from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

Jim Hampton wrote:
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K=D8HB wrote:
wrote

The sheer stupidity of the premise is what
kept the Morse Forever warriors going......

Which has WTF to do with a company advertising for telephone linemen,
craftsmen,
and subcontractors?

You should advertise for this company in a more applicable group. This
group is for the express purpose of discussing amateur radio policy,
especially morse code policy. Thank you for your concern.
******** AA2QA's reply seperator *********
What you do not seem to realize is that the folks that actually learned
something (before the multiple guess answers came out), just might have a
few skills.

which is beside the point. This a radio newsgroup

an_old_friend wrote:
Jim Hampton wrote:
wrote in message
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K=D8HB wrote:
wrote

The sheer stupidity of the premise is what
kept the Morse Forever warriors going......

Which has WTF to do with a company advertising for telephone linemen,
craftsmen,
and subcontractors?

You should advertise for this company in a more applicable group. This
group is for the express purpose of discussing amateur radio policy,
especially morse code policy. Thank you for your concern.
******** AA2QA's reply seperator *********
What you do not seem to realize is that the folks that actually learned
something (before the multiple guess answers came out), just might have=
a
few skills.

which is beside the point. This a radio newsgroup

It's only a radio newsgroup when Len wants to make a comment.

"an_old_friend" wrote in message
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Jim Hampton wrote:
wrote in message
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KØHB wrote:
wrote

The sheer stupidity of the premise is what
kept the Morse Forever warriors going......

Which has WTF to do with a company advertising for telephone linemen,
craftsmen,
and subcontractors?

You should advertise for this company in a more applicable group. This
group is for the express purpose of discussing amateur radio policy,
especially morse code policy. Thank you for your concern.
******** AA2QA's reply seperator *********
What you do not seem to realize is that the folks that actually learned
something (before the multiple guess answers came out), just might have a
few skills.

which is beside the point. This a radio newsgroup


My point is it just *might* be a good way to post some jobs. Even if
off-topic

My error. I forgot to mention that I used to sort mosquitoes under a
microscope to genus and species. I never was good at knot-typing though,
despite being in the Navy. Sigh.

Then again, perhaps we should limit ourselves to the usual arguing ....


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

Jim Hampton wrote:
"an_old_friend" wrote in message
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Jim Hampton wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...

K=D8HB wrote:
wrote

The sheer stupidity of the premise is what
kept the Morse Forever warriors going......

Which has WTF to do with a company advertising for telephone linemen,
craftsmen,
and subcontractors?

You should advertise for this company in a more applicable group. This
group is for the express purpose of discussing amateur radio policy,
especially morse code policy. Thank you for your concern.
******** AA2QA's reply seperator *********
What you do not seem to realize is that the folks that actually learned
something (before the multiple guess answers came out), just might have=
a
few skills.

which is beside the point. This a radio newsgroup


My point is it just *might* be a good way to post some jobs. Even if
off-topic

My error. I forgot to mention that I used to sort mosquitoes under a
microscope to genus and species. I never was good at knot-typing though,
despite being in the Navy. Sigh.

Then again, perhaps we should limit ourselves to the usual arguing ....

Hans was trolling for much the response he got, so it seems he could
complain about it
=20
=20
73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

"an_old_friend" wrote

Hans was trolling for much the response he got........

Posting job opportunities for communications crafts in a radio-orientated
newsgroup is trolling?

= PLONK!!!!!

K=D8HB wrote:
"an_old_friend" wrote

Hans was trolling for much the response he got........

Posting job opportunities for communications crafts in a radio-orientated
newsgroup is trolling?

yes

and using the hurricane to acheive this result is well... not nice
either

this not a help wanted venure

nor do you even bother to deny

telephones skills are related to radio policy, as you (should) know
Hans

You posted the material expecting the reuslt you got, and then had the
ill grace to complain about it

then you folow with a hack job on a post

an_old_friend wrote:
K=D8HB wrote:
"an_old_friend" wrote

Hans was trolling for much the response he got........

Posting job opportunities for communications crafts in a radio-orientat=
ed
newsgroup is trolling?

yes

and using the hurricane to acheive this result is well... not nice
either

this not a help wanted venure

nor do you even bother to deny

telephones skills are related to radio policy, as you (should) know
Hans

You posted the material expecting the reuslt you got, and then had the
ill grace to complain about it

then you folow with a hack job on a post

Hans apparently forgets the distinction between amateur radio and radio
for hire. I'll allow the usual suspects to set him straight on the
matter.

K=D8HB wrote:
"an_old_friend" wrote

Hans was trolling for much the response he got........

Posting job opportunities for communications crafts in a radio-orientated
newsgroup is trolling?

yes

and using the hurricane to acheive this result is well... not nice
either

this not a help wanted venure

nor do you even bother to deny

telephones skills are related to radio policy, as you (should) know
Hans

You posted the material expecting the reuslt you got, and then had the
ill grace to complain about it

then you folow with a hack job on a post

the original post never realy belonged here at least the religous
thread under Katrina response evolved from a legit topic

Below is one of the stupidest nonsensical posts ever to grace rrap, and we are
all dumber for having read it.


"an_old_friend" wrote

yes

and using the hurricane to acheive this result is well... not nice
either

this not a help wanted venure

nor do you even bother to deny

telephones skills are related to radio policy, as you (should) know
Hans

You posted the material expecting the reuslt you got, and then had the
ill grace to complain about it

then you folow with a hack job on a post

the original post never realy belonged here at least the religous
thread under Katrina response evolved from a legit topic