FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

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 in a unique privileged position in that
they can construct and operate their own equipment! No-one
else has this privilege. Users, such as broadcasters,
the po lice and armed farces, CBers and mobile phone
users have to purchase ready-made gear. Manufacturers
are not licensed to operate their gear. 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. This is a privilege well worth the effort
to gain, and one to be jealously guarded.

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!

-----ooooo-----

One infallible way to disambiguate the CB Radio Hobbyist
from the _REAL_ Radio Ham is to solicit their view of the
difference between CB Radio and Ham Radio. A Radio Ham will
perceive Ham Radio to be a technical pursuit and will
perceive CB Radio to be a social communications facility
no different in essence to a land-line telephone or a
GSM mobile in the hands of a 6-year-old. Thus a Radio Ham
could also hold a CB licence safe in the knowledge that
such a licence says no more about him than having a land-line
telephone, whilst continuing to regard Ham Radio as a separate
technical pursuit.

A CB Radio hobbyist, on the other hand, sees no difference between
a Ham Radio licence and a CB Radio licence. To him, they are
sisters-under-the-skin. Wrongly, the CB Radio Hobbyist then
tries to classify himself as the equal of the Radio
Ham when, in fact, he is nothing of the kind. A sure sign of
a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds, or has ever held, a licence
issued under the gangrenous degeneration that is the
M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme.

-----ooooo-----

One group of people who claim to be of the standard of
Radio Hams but who are in reality nothing more than an
apology for the failure of a CBer are those class B
licensees who falsely proclaimed that they were against
the use of a Morse Test to control access to the HF
bands, until, that is, a test was introduced at their
intellectual level, the intellectual level of 6-year-olds.

6 year-olds simply lack the mathematical tool kit to
enable them to handle even the simplest algebraic manipulation
for Ohm's Law and thus, the disgraceful Class Ber's in
the aforementioned category are not Radio Hams by any stretch
of the imagination!

Remember - A sure sign of a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds,
or has ever held, a licence issued under the gangrenous
degeneration that is the M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme!

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

Thank you Mr Bean, an interesting read :-)

Dave

Polymath wrote:
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 in a unique privileged position in that
they can construct and operate their own equipment! No-one
else has this privilege. Users, such as broadcasters,
the po lice and armed farces, CBers and mobile phone
users have to purchase ready-made gear. Manufacturers
are not licensed to operate their gear. 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. This is a privilege well worth the effort
to gain, and one to be jealously guarded.

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!

-----ooooo-----

One infallible way to disambiguate the CB Radio Hobbyist
from the _REAL_ Radio Ham is to solicit their view of the
difference between CB Radio and Ham Radio. A Radio Ham will
perceive Ham Radio to be a technical pursuit and will
perceive CB Radio to be a social communications facility
no different in essence to a land-line telephone or a
GSM mobile in the hands of a 6-year-old. Thus a Radio Ham
could also hold a CB licence safe in the knowledge that
such a licence says no more about him than having a land-line
telephone, whilst continuing to regard Ham Radio as a separate
technical pursuit.

A CB Radio hobbyist, on the other hand, sees no difference between
a Ham Radio licence and a CB Radio licence. To him, they are
sisters-under-the-skin. Wrongly, the CB Radio Hobbyist then
tries to classify himself as the equal of the Radio
Ham when, in fact, he is nothing of the kind. A sure sign of
a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds, or has ever held, a licence
issued under the gangrenous degeneration that is the
M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme.

-----ooooo-----

One group of people who claim to be of the standard of
Radio Hams but who are in reality nothing more than an
apology for the failure of a CBer are those class B
licensees who falsely proclaimed that they were against
the use of a Morse Test to control access to the HF
bands, until, that is, a test was introduced at their
intellectual level, the intellectual level of 6-year-olds.

6 year-olds simply lack the mathematical tool kit to
enable them to handle even the simplest algebraic manipulation
for Ohm's Law and thus, the disgraceful Class Ber's in
the aforementioned category are not Radio Hams by any stretch
of the imagination!

Remember - A sure sign of a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds,
or has ever held, a licence issued under the gangrenous
degeneration that is the M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme!

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

Polymath wrote:
What is Ham Radio?

you suose you could enlighten us what you get out posting a reporting
this drivel!

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

an old friend wrote:
Polymath wrote:
What is Ham Radio?

you suose you could enlighten us what you get out posting a reporting
this drivel!

Just cancel it. Shall I tell you how to do that?
--
huLLy
Mobile phone 07976 123278
ICQ 136-987-925

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:45:32 GMT, Dave wrote:

Thank you Mr Bean, an interesting read :-)

Dave

I know you jest with the praise Dave but why quote Bean's diatribe
again in full? Many of us have kill filed Bean in the hope we never
see any of his stuff again so it comes as a shock to the system to see
his verbal;garbage once more... it hasn't changed in years.

I won' t see Beanie's reply to this post as he's in my kill file but I
guess it will contain the words " You behave like a child... grow up
OM!" He has macro keys on his computer to generate most of this
stuff..

73

Peter, G3PHO

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

You behave like a 5-year-old

Peter wrote:
I know you jest with the praise Dave but why quote Bean's diatribe
again in full? Many of us have kill filed Bean in the hope we never
see any of his stuff again so it comes as a shock to the system to see
his verbal;garbage once more... it hasn't changed in years.
I won' t see Beanie's reply to this post as he's in my kill file but I
guess it will contain the words " You behave like a child... grow up
OM!" He has macro keys on his computer to generate most of this
stuff..

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

Polymath wrote:
What is Ham Radio?

why do you post this drivel?

weren't you taught to be polite to other hams?

they are simple questions

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

"an old friend" wrote:

you suose you could enlighten us what you get out posting a reporting
this drivel!


who is ''US'' that you talk about ?


are you some sort of SHOP STEWARD or WHAT ?

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

zhpPK wrote:
"an old friend" wrote:

you suose you could enlighten us what you get out posting a reporting
this drivel!


who is ''US'' that you talk about ?

you don't know

sheessh


are you some sort of SHOP STEWARD or WHAT ?

nope

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

"an_old_friend" wrote:

who is ''US'' that you talk about ?
you don't know
sheessh

i suppose the fact that i asked wasnt enough for you to supply an answer ?

are you some sort of SHOP STEWARD or WHAT ?
nope
didnt think so.

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

"an_old_friend" wrote in message
ups.com...

Don't worry, it's just another example of the Doobalin illiterati returning
to the fold after a far too brief absence...

--
73s de Walter R.

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

Walter Raleigh wrote:
"an_old_friend" wrote in message
ups.com...

Don't worry, it's just another example of the Doobalin illiterati returning
to the fold after a far too brief absence...

sorry but some where in there info stopped being tranfered? who
returning? if you would be so kind

--
73s de Walter R.

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

"zhpPK "

wrote in message ...
"an old friend" wrote:

you suose you could enlighten us what you get out posting a reporting
this drivel!


who is ''US'' that you talk about ?


are you some sort of SHOP STEWARD or WHAT ?

Bearing in mind the mis-spellings et al., perhaps Paul, before you resume
cyber-stalking G8OSN, you could enlighten us as to what right you have above
the previous poster, to speak on behalf of all the participants here? A weak
argument, based on a weak initial post methinks...

Just being fair...

--
73s de Walter R.

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

"an_old_friend" wrote in message
oups.com...

sorry but some where in there info stopped being tranfered? who
returning? if you would be so kind

Paul Kearney EI7GM aka Rumpelstilskin, google for more, a search by
"pkearn", a segment of his mail address used most frequently is most
effective.
Be warned, boredom may set in rather quickly....

--
73s de Walter R.

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:38:23 -0800, Polymath wrote:



A CB Radio hobbyist, on the other hand, sees no difference between a Ham
Radio licence and a CB Radio licence. To him, they are
sisters-under-the-skin.

I'm not a cb'er, never was and never will be and ham radio still looks
like cb to me! Why is that?

Wrongly, the CB Radio Hobbyist then tries to
classify himself as the equal of the Radio Ham when, in fact, he is
nothing of the kind. A sure sign of a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds, or
has ever held, a licence issued under the gangrenous degeneration that is
the M3/CB Fools' Licence scheme.

There are many ex/current cb'ers who are G/M0 class and proud of it.

-----ooooo-----

One group of people who claim to be of the standard of Radio Hams but who
are in reality nothing more than an apology for the failure of a CBer are
those class B licensees who falsely proclaimed that they were against the
use of a Morse Test to control access to the HF bands, until, that is, a
test was introduced at their intellectual level, the intellectual level of
6-year-olds.

Rubbish. Some of us have passed electronics course/exams at BSC honours
level and yet we are not interested in the slightest with morse.

6 year-olds simply lack the mathematical tool kit to enable them to handle
even the simplest algebraic manipulation for Ohm's Law and thus,

And how good are you with tensors old chap.

the
disgraceful Class Ber's in the aforementioned category are not Radio Hams
by any stretch of the imagination!

You mistakenly ascribe too much to the ability to *jerk* a morse key old
boy.







Remember - A sure sign of a CB Radio hobbyist is if he holds, or has ever
held, a licence issued under the gangrenous degeneration that is the M3/CB
Fools' Licence scheme!

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:31:51 +0000, gadge wrote:

I'm not a cb'er, never was and never will be and ham radio still looks
like cb to me! Why is that?

Delighted to hear it. "Ham" radio looks like CB because of the
number of CB-ers now infesting it.

Rubbish. Some of us have passed electronics course/exams at BSC honours
level....

Nothing to do with radio, amateur or otherwise.

--

73 de Jock.

Aircraft stay in the sky in much the same way
that bricks don't.

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

"Walter Raleigh" wrote:

who is ''US'' that you talk about ?


are you some sort of SHOP STEWARD or WHAT ?

Bearing in mind the mis-spellings et al., perhaps Paul, before you resume
whaton earth are you on about ?

the other bloke used the term US **not me**

open your eyes please !!


______________ _____, you could enlighten us as to what right you have above
i sincerely hope for your sake that no such crime exists.

i also sincerely hope that you look in the mirror.


the previous poster, to speak on behalf of all the participants here? A weak
argument, based on a weak initial post methinks...

Just being fair...
fair ?
FAIR !

bwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

youre the one who publishes my name on here and yet REFUSES to do the same
with YOUR OWN NAME !

you also pub;lish a comment about automatics and 'jackeen ethnic
cleansing' and refuse to clarify if this is some threat !

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

"an_old_friend" wrote:


Walter Raleigh wrote:
"an_old_friend" wrote in message
ups.com...

Don't worry, it's just another example of the Doobalin illiterati returning
to the fold after a far too brief absence...

sorry but some where in there info stopped being tranfered? who
returning? if you would be so kind

ha ha ha..


yes wallyrally... start speaking with intelligence...
(not mention a spellchecker + decent keyboard)

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

zarPK wrote:
"an_old_friend" wrote:


Walter Raleigh wrote:
"an_old_friend" wrote in message
ups.com...

Don't worry, it's just another example of the Doobalin illiterati returning
to the fold after a far too brief absence...

sorry but some where in there info stopped being tranfered? who
returning? if you would be so kind

ha ha ha..


yes wallyrally... start speaking with intelligence...
(not mention a spellchecker + decent keyboard)

ah yes there I have it proof enough for me the poster name not be taken
seriously

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

"an old friend" wrote:

ah yes there I have it proof enough for me the poster name not be taken
seriously

yes... wallyrally has been hiding in the shadows for over a year.

he/she/it refuses to identify himself when challenged to do so but
will publish the name and callsign of other(s) multiple times.

one wonders if he/she/it has some unfortunate status that is
best kept out of the way. a srarus that will explain his/her/its
attitude towards those who have the courage not to hide when
posting on this newsgroup.

he/she/it has criticised the spelling and grammar of other(s) but
conveniently ignores the historical catalogue of spelling mistakes
that he/she/it has made in the past !!

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

zYYPK wrote:
"an old friend" wrote:

ah yes there I have it proof enough for me the poster name not be taken
seriously

yes... wallyrally has been hiding in the shadows for over a year.

you are the poster being reffered to

and the charge is not of hiding but proof nothing you say need be taken
seriously

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

"an old friend" wrote in message
oups.com...
you are the poster being reffered to

and the charge is not of hiding but proof nothing you say need be taken
seriously

Don't worry, z??pk has no problem with picking up the baton and defending
himself, usually by the wrong end unfortunately...

He loves being called Rumpelstiltskin (© G8OSN), another individual who
hated it when people referred to him by name.

--
73s de Walter R.

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:05:02 +0000, Nedlar wrote:

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:31:51 +0000, gadge wrote:



I'm not a cb'er, never was and never will be and ham radio still looks
like cb to me! Why is that?

Because the amateur bands are now full of brain-dead, non-technical CBrs.


There are many ex/current cb'ers who are G/M0 class and proud of it.

That's why 'ham radio still looks like CB' , as you so correctly put it.

Rubbish. Some of us have passed electronics course/exams at BSC honours
level and yet we are not interested in the slightest with morse.

That old excuse has been around for decades. It's just as dishonest now as
it's always been. It's usually trotted out by CBrs and the lazy-arsed.

Ok, you support morse. I support more advanced technical exams. That way I
keep out cb'ers and morse nuts! ROTFLMAO
win win

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

"Walter Raleigh" wrote:


"an old friend" wrote in message
oups.com...
you are the poster being reffered to

and the charge is not of hiding but proof nothing you say need be taken
seriously

Don't worry, z??pk has no problem with picking up the baton and defending
himself, usually by the wrong end unfortunately...

He loves being called Rumpelstiltskin (© G8OSN), another individual who
hated it when people referred to him by name.

talk about wrong end of stick !

FAQ, just what is Ham Radio?
 

Polymath wrote:

What is Ham Radio?
...

Blimey! I can't believe he's at it again!