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For the newly interested - The Weekly FAQ, "What Is Ham Radio?"
What is Ham Radio? (Preface) It is becoming increasingly difficult to fly the flag for decency and for civilised behaviour in Radio Hammery. Even the Usenet newsgroups dedicated to the cause have degenerated into a hotbed of abusive onslaughts by those who ought to know better. However, there still exists the fundamental basis on which Ham Radio is based, and that will never die. This FAQ ("What Is Ham Radio?") will be regularly published and will not be shouted or bullied down. It is important that those of a technical bent, who are the natural seed-corn of Radio Hammery and who gravitate towards us to be the real novitiate, can still find us, (and know that we are still here), their fellows. -----ooooo----- Please remember that this FAQ is a _POSITIVE EXHORTATION_ to you to exert yourselves to join our fraternity! (If you find otherwise, then perhaps you are already classing yourself in the mediocre groups of those who are criticised in the FAQ and from whom we _MUST_ dissociate? If so - it's never too late for a re-taxonomisation on your part - there's nothing elitist about us, and we welcome all those who are prepared to put themselves out in order to join our ranks!) -----ooooo----- (Article) So,.....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 such CB type is the so-called "Not-Ham". Otherwise known as the CBer-Masquerading-As-A-Radio-Ham, this type had their background in the hobby that is CB Radio and not in the technical pursuits that lead up to a coveted Ham licence. Easily recognised by their boasts of the criminal activity of 11 metre SSB operation, one wonders why they don't go back to the CB Bands if such bands are dearer in their hearts than are the Ham Bands? No _REAL Radio Hams associate with those who made an illegal installation of transmitting equipment before being in possession of an appropriate licence. -----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! |
please stop the shit
Orator For Decency wrote: What is Ham Radio? stop cross posting this **** to the mnayly us gruop your english license system wether flawed or not is not subject the FCC so whing about it to us is sueless |
please stop the shit
Parlais-vous Anglais?
an_old_friend wrote: stop cross posting this **** to the mnayly us gruop your english license system wether flawed or not is not subject the FCC so whing about it to us is sueless |
please stop the shit
This guy cannot help himself ! The constant BULLSHI* he posts is just a
pile of nonsense. It must have been that course he attended in the evening at the local school ! |
please stop the shit
an_old_friend wrote:
Orator For Decency wrote: What is Ham Radio? stop cross posting this **** to the mnayly us gruop your english license system wether flawed or not is not subject the FCC so whing about it to us is sueless Have you considered a spell checker? You are an embarrassment to the "mnayly us gruop." |
For the newly interested - The Weekly FAQ, "What Is Ham Radio?"
"Orator For Decency" wrote:
What is Ham Radio? excellent posting. well done. |
please stop the shit
W2AGN wrote:
Have you considered a spell checker? You are an embarrassment to the "mnayly us gruop." confucius he say, he who pull-up someone for spelling mistakes will soon fall over their own spelling mistakes. |
Yet Another Apology To Our British Bretheren
an_old_friend wrote: Orator For Decency wrote: What is Ham Radio? stop cross posting this #### to the mnayly us gruop your english license system wether flawed or not is not subject the FCC so whing about it to us is sueless Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. Mark is quick to call others "bigot", among other things, however as it turns out he is the most aggrevious example of what a bigot really is. In this case, suggesting that those of you posting from the UK about license issues (a policy matter if ever I heard one) was somehow inapproprate on RRAP. There is no prohibition in the RRAP "charter" about such messages being ONLY related to FCC (ie: "United States") jurisdiciton. I for one am interested in seeing how y'all perceive such issues and handle them. Furthermore, he certainly does NOT hold any "moderator" status that would permit him to direct ANY discussion in this forum. As for Mark...well...Mark is an enigma even here in the States. "Mark" is what happens when you spend more on one B-2 than you do on your entire nationwide in-patient mental healthcare system...A system that he'd be in if it were better funded. Mark's tales started with his insistance that he was a drafted colonel in the US Army "chemical corps" (we was 8 years old when the draft ended in the States). He's recently been responsible for spamming RRAP with over 1000 messages and using the names of deceased family members of this respondant's family in order to "get a point across". I am sure you know what "point" got across! ; ) So, please accept one Yank's apologies for the discourtesy and incivility exercised against you by one of my (less well cultured) countrymen. 73 Steve, K4YZ |
steve lying to brits now
K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: Orator For Decency wrote: What is Ham Radio? stop cross posting this #### to the mnayly us gruop your english license system wether flawed or not is not subject the FCC so whing about it to us is sueless Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. no hate spewed stve just caling **** **** |
Yet Another Apology To Our British Bretheren
K4YZ wrote:
an_old_friend wrote: Orator For Decency wrote: What is Ham Radio? stop cross posting this #### to the mnayly us gruop your english license system wether flawed or not is not subject the FCC so whing about it to us is sueless Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. Incidentally a "Technician" class which is similar to your reviled "M3." (ie, basically a CB license). |
Yet Another Apology To Our British Bretheren
K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: Orator For Decency wrote: What is Ham Radio? stop cross posting this #### to the mnayly us gruop your english license system wether flawed or not is not subject the FCC so whing about it to us is sueless Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. Steve, don't you mean "raped an old friend" as you've forged in past posts? |
steve lying to brits now
an_old_friend wrote:
K4YZ wrote: Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. no hate spewed stve just caling **** **** If you're referring to your original post, you are quite correct. It was and is. Dave K8MN |
steve lying to brits now
Dave Heil wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. no hate spewed stve just caling **** **** If you're referring to your original post, you are quite correct. It was and is. indeed and that means Steve lied in calling it something else thank you Dave K8MN |
steve lying to brits now
an_old_friend wrote:
Dave Heil wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. no hate spewed stve just caling **** **** If you're referring to your original post, you are quite correct. It was and is. indeed and that means Steve lied in calling it something else No, I don't think he did. You just summed up your post very succinctly. Steve was much too kind. thank you You're welcome, Colonel Morgan. Dave K8MN |
More Markie Mularkie
an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: Orator For Decency wrote: What is Ham Radio? stop cross posting this #### to the mnayly us gruop your english license system wether flawed or not is not subject the FCC so whing about it to us is sueless Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. no hate spewed Sure it was...And bigoted hate at that...You basically told the Brits (capitalized, Markie...It's a formal reference...) to get lost just because they were not discussing United States policy matters. You manifested the very example of the "Ugly American". (and having seen your morbidly obese, unwashed mug on the net before, I can attest to it in more ways than one...) stve just caling #### #### Where did I call you ####...?!?! Steve, K4YZ |
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Dave Heil wrote: an_old_friend wrote: Dave Heil wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. no hate spewed stve just caling #### #### If you're referring to your original post, you are quite correct. It was and is. indeed and that means Steve lied in calling it something else No, I don't think he did. You just summed up your post very succinctly. Steve was much too kind. He'll never understand what he did to himself there, Dave... Just sit back and enjoy the show! I am! 73 Steve, K4YZ |
steve talking shit again
K4YZ wrote: Dave Heil wrote: an_old_friend wrote: Dave Heil wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. no hate spewed stve just caling #### #### If you're referring to your original post, you are quite correct. It was and is. indeed and that means Steve lied in calling it something else No, I don't think he did. You just summed up your post very succinctly. Steve was much too kind. yes he lied in calling ti hate it was **** He'll never understand what he did to himself there, Dave... I sur e did I took that ponderous bog **** that the idoit reopsts so often buried one of the read in a mire of **** Just sit back and enjoy the show! I am! 73 Steve, K4YZ |
More Markie Mularkie
an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: Dave Heil wrote: an_old_friend wrote: Dave Heil wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. no hate spewed stve just caling #### #### If you're referring to your original post, you are quite correct. It was and is. indeed and that means Steve lied in calling it something else No, I don't think he did. You just summed up your post very succinctly. Steve was much too kind. yes he lied in calling ti hate it was #### It was from you, so I suppose it was both. He'll never understand what he did to himself there, Dave... I sur e did From the following.... I took that ponderous bog #### that the idoit reopsts so often buried one of the read in a mire of #### ...I'd have to say, no, you didn't. Steve, K4YZ |
more shit from steve
K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: it was **** consortship fixed |
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an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: it was #### consortship fixed Who were you consorting with? Steve, K4YZ |
stve lifouls up some more
K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: it was**** consortship fixed Who were you consorting with? you as point of fact Steve, K4YZ |
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an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: it was#### consortship fixed Who were you consorting with? you as point of fact Uhhhhhhhh....Nope. Steve, K4YZ |
more shit form the asshole of rrap
K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: it was**** consortship fixed Who were you consorting with? you as point of fact Uhhhhhhhh....Nope. yep and you seem to enjoy consorting with me here online indeed you do sem to live for it Steve, K4YZ |
More Markie Mularkie
an old friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: it was**** consortship fixed Who were you consorting with? you as point of fact Uhhhhhhhh....Nope. yep Nope. and you seem to enjoy consorting with me here online indeed you do sem to live for it And now we have solid evidence that you ARE fantasizing. Steve, K4YZ |
steve in lust it seems
K4YZ wrote: an old friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: it was**** consortship fixed Who were you consorting with? you as point of fact Uhhhhhhhh....Nope. yep Nope. yep and you seem to enjoy consorting with me here online indeed you do sem to live for it And now we have solid evidence that you ARE fantasizing. nope just a reasoned analys of your action you are obsessly sexaul obsessed with me wish I could it was flatering Steve, K4YZ |
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an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an old friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: it was**** consortship fixed Who were you consorting with? you as point of fact Uhhhhhhhh....Nope. yep Nope. yep Nope. and you seem to enjoy consorting with me here online indeed you do sem to live for it And now we have solid evidence that you ARE fantasizing. nope just a reasoned analys of your action you are obsessly sexaul obsessed with me wish I could it was flatering Mark, you are INCAPABLE of even the most basic of reasoning, let alone analysis. As for being "sexaul" obsessed with you, that's your OWN fantasy. Enjoy. Steve, K4YZ |
more of steve the sexadict
K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an old friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: it was**** consortship fixed Who were you consorting with? you as point of fact Uhhhhhhhh....Nope. yep Nope. yep Nope. yep and you seem to enjoy consorting with me here online indeed you do sem to live for it And now we have solid evidence that you ARE fantasizing. nope just a reasoned analys of your action you are obsessly sexaul obsessed with me wish I could it was flatering Mark, you are INCAPABLE of even the most basic of reasoning, let alone analysis. another lie you can't tell the truth this morning BTW when you going to post your lie about my being drunk tonight you always do after we have these sessions where we both happen to be online |
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an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: nope just a reasoned analys of your action you are obsessly sexaul obsessed with me wish I could it was flatering Mark, you are INCAPABLE of even the most basic of reasoning, let alone analysis. another lie you can't tell the truth this morning Sure I can. And I did in that very sentence above. BTW when you going to post your lie about my being drunk tonight you always do after we have these sessions where we both happen to be online No, I do not "always" claim you're drunk...That's only when you ARE drunk. it's apparent in your postings. Steve, K4YZ |
more lies
K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: nope just a reasoned analys of your action you are obsessly sexaul obsessed with me wish I could it was flatering Mark, you are INCAPABLE of even the most basic of reasoning, let alone analysis. another lie you can't tell the truth this morning Sure I can. And I did in that very sentence above. nope you did you did not write the very sentense above I wrote it you lied again BTW when you going to post your lie about my being drunk tonight you always do after we have these sessions where we both happen to be online No, I do not "always" claim you're drunk.. yes you alwasys claim I am drunk when we go back and forth like this .That's only when you ARE drunk. nope since i never have drunk while posting you are lying some more it's apparent in your postings. yet another lie Steve, K4YZ |
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an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: nope just a reasoned analys of your action you are obsessly sexaul obsessed with me wish I could it was flatering Mark, you are INCAPABLE of even the most basic of reasoning, let alone analysis. another lie you can't tell the truth this morning Sure I can. And I did in that very sentence above. nope you did you did not write the very sentense above I wrote it you lied again What's a "sentense"...?!?! BTW when you going to post your lie about my being drunk tonight you always do after we have these sessions where we both happen to be online No, I do not "always" claim you're drunk.. yes you alwasys claim I am drunk when we go back and forth like this No, I do not. I "claim" you are drunk when you are drunk. It's not hard to tell when THAT is ! ! ! ! ! .That's only when you ARE drunk. nope since i never have drunk while posting you are lying some more Nope...Not lying then, not lying "more"... it's apparent in your postings. yet another lie Nope. Google archives reveal. Steve, K4YZ |
more lies about intoxcation
K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: cut No, I do not "always" claim you're drunk.. yes you alwasys claim I am drunk when we go back and forth like this No, I do not. I "claim" you are drunk when you are drunk. you have never claimed I was drunk referring to a time I was drunk so you are lying It's not hard to tell when THAT is ! ! ! ! ! it would be impposible to tell from where you are siting another lies .That's only when you ARE drunk. nope since i never have drunk while posting you are lying some more Nope...Not lying then, not lying "more"... always were lying (indeed in practical term everything you say say a lie) so still lying it's apparent in your postings. yet another lie Nope. Google archives reveal. google archive reavel you lying google archives does not do a breathazer test Steve, K4YZ |
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K4YZ wrote:
an old friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: an_old_friend wrote: it was**** consortship fixed Who were you consorting with? you as point of fact Uhhhhhhhh....Nope. yep Nope. and you seem to enjoy consorting with me here online indeed you do sem to live for it And now we have solid evidence that you ARE fantasizing. Steve, K4YZ I see ukra is raising it's tone, somewhat. |
steve talking shit again
hi
-- http://jimstewart.net/ "an_old_friend" wrote in message oups.com... K4YZ wrote: Dave Heil wrote: an_old_friend wrote: Dave Heil wrote: an_old_friend wrote: K4YZ wrote: Dear Chaps in the UK: The hate and discontent just spewed upon you per the nickname of "an_old_friend" is none other than Mark C. Morgan, KB9RQZ. no hate spewed stve just caling #### #### If you're referring to your original post, you are quite correct. It was and is. indeed and that means Steve lied in calling it something else No, I don't think he did. You just summed up your post very succinctly. Steve was much too kind. yes he lied in calling ti hate it was **** He'll never understand what he did to himself there, Dave... I sur e did I took that ponderous bog **** that the idoit reopsts so often buried one of the read in a mire of **** Just sit back and enjoy the show! I am! 73 Steve, K4YZ |
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