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What makes a real ham
N2EY wrote:
On Apr 14, 4:03 pm, John from Detroit wrote: What makes a real ham, as opposed to something else, is a willingness to study and learn about the hobby, and to try new and different things. That's certainly part of it. I think the "real ham" is distinguished by a set of attitudes and actions that include what you wrote and a lot more. For example, there's: - friendliness to and support of other hams - high standards of conduct, on and off the air - setting a good example for both hams and non-hams - technical and operational know-how - fairness and true competitive spirit - being a good neighbor and a good citizen - respect for Amateur Radio traditions, history, and the contributions of the past, yet being open to real progress in the present and facing the challenges of the future. I think the combination of all those things are what makes "a real ham". A person can have lots of willingness to study and learn about the hobby, and to try new and different things, but if they lack those other things, I don't think they're "a real ham". IMHO 73 de Jim, N2EY Normally I do not do full back quotes but what you typed bears repeating. I agree,, I kind of lumped a lot of that into the "Willingness to study" but in another field I have often said that those truly blessed with the ability have a need to "Pass it on" (Willingness to help) The technicial ability is a result of the willingness to study Respect.... Well.. We could discuss that some but yes, that should be part of it too. As to being open to real progress.. For many decades we have pushed the progress forward.. to this day Hams still use better hardware than the military in many cases... Why.. Because hams designed it, not military engineers. Though in fairness... Many of those military engineers are Hams. My daughter's new beau works (or rather worked) for the Air Force.. In a manner of speaking he was a pilot.. He flew R/C planes. |
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