You would seem to be describing a CBers-Masquerading-As-Radio-Hams
and not actually _REAL_ Radio Hams.

"Hans Summers" wrote in message
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"Airy R. Bean" wrote in message
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It is not a stupid response at all. Far from it; it is a response that
stands for the maintenance of standards in Ham Radio. The M3/CB
Fools' Licence here in Britland is an advanced CB licence, but it
is not a Ham Radio licence by any stretch of the imagination.
I suspect that the majority of "full" license holders, "real" amateurs you
would call them, buy their black box straight after the license arrives
and
never heat up a soldering iron.