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A weekly guide to Ham Radio

For those of you who have the necessary technical
motivation to understand how things work, have become
interested in Ham Radio but are confused by the
attitudes and activities of those who are really no
more than CBers-Masquerading-As-Radio-Hams,
I append a short article explaining the difference.....

What is Ham Radio?

Ham Radio is a technical pursuit for those who
are interested in the science of radio wave
propagation and who are also interested in the
way that their radios function. It has a long-standing
tradition of providing a source of engineers who
are born naturals.

Ham Radio awakens in its aficionados a whole-life
fascination with all things technical and gives
an all-abiding curiosity to improve one's scientific
knowledge. It's a great swimming pool, please dive in!

This excitement causes a wish to share the experience
with ones fellow man, and shows itself in the
gentlemanly traditions of Ham Radio.

Radio Hams are qualified to design, build and then
operate their own pieces of equipment. They do this
with gusto, and also repair and modify their own
equipment.

The excitement that drives a Radio Ham starts with
relatively simple technologies at first, perhaps making
his own Wimshurst machine and primary cells. Small pieces
of test equipment follow, possibly multimeters and signal
generators. Then comes receivers and transmitters. It is with
the latter that communication with like-minded technically
motivated people takes off. The scope for technical
development grows with the years
and now encompasses DSP and DDS. There is also a great deal
of excitement in the areas of computer programming to
be learnt and applied.

The technical excitement motivates Radio Hams to compete
with each other to determine who has designed and manufactured
the best-quality station. This competitiveness is found in DXing,
competitions and fox-hunts.

-----OOOOO----

However, beware! A Ham Radio licence is such a
desirable thing to have that there are large
numbers of people who wish to be thought of
as Radio Hams when, in fact, they are nothing
of the kind! Usually such people are a
variation of the CB Radio hobbyist; they buy their
radios off the shelf and send them back to be
repaired; they are not interested in technical discussion
and sneer at those who are; they have no idea how
their radios work inside and have no wish to find out;
they are free with rather silly personal insults;
they have not satisfied any technical qualification
and their licences prevent the use of
self-designed-and-built equipment.

These CB types engage in the competitive activities
with their Cheque-Book-purchased off-the-shelf radios
in a forlorn effort to prove that they are Radio Hams.

No _REAL_ Radio Hams are deceived by such people!

The CBer reveals himself every time that he opens his mouth.....

"Bill Turner" wrote in message
...
Bill, W6WRT
47 years of hamming and still unimpressed
by the likes of Airyhead Bean.

It has a long-standing
tradition of providing a source of engineers who
are born naturals.

============================

On the contrary. There's a long-standing tradition of born-natural engineers
becoming radio amateurs.

Don't bother quoting a few exceptions to the rule.
---
Reg

Perhaps she is stamping her tiny foot in a fit of pique?

Certainly she has shown her true colours in recent days,
if the quotes by "Super Sam" are anything to go by. Any pretence
that she may have had about never being uncivil have been
completely blown away, and she can be seen for what she really is,
and that is a bitter and twisted old harridan who is best ignored by
anyone who wishes to maintain standards in _REAL_ Ham radio.

"Walt Davidson" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 14:39:01 +0000, Gerald Blusters-Forth
wrote:
[the usual load of drivel]
Why are you posting under a new sock-puppet, RVMJ?

"Airy R. Bean" wrote in
:

For those of you who have the necessary technical
motivation to understand how things work, have become
interested in Ham Radio but are confused by the
attitudes and activities of those who are really no
more than CBers-Masquerading-As-Radio-Hams,
I append a short article explaining the difference.....

I offered help with your supposed attempt to design and build
a radio, to host some webpages, etc.

You have until 23:59 21/04/03 and then the offer is removed.

I presume you've ignored my email.

So much for me trying to promote gentlemanly behaviour.

Leigh....

(PS - discovered the eham.net site yet for technical
discussions Gareth?)
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