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September 30th 04, 05:30 AM
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Avery Fineman wrote:
In article , PAMNO (N2EY) writes: Time for a radio story... Back in high school I knew a local ham down Collingdale way who was always working on a pet project. Same age as me, saw him in school every day. Had all kinds of grand ideas of how he was going to build the next generation state-of-the-art ham rig. All solid-state, full features, all bands, all modes, etc. Now this kid was no dummy and his ideas were basically very sound. But he didn't have anywhere near the resources or practical experience to actually finish anything. He'd draw all kinds of schematics, spin all kinds of yarns and sometimes even gather some parts. But build a working rig? Never happened. Not once. When he *did* get on the air, it was with borrowed equipment that he conned some local ham into lending him "temporarily". Until said local ham had to come over and take it back. I made the mistake of loaning the kid a QST, which I never saw again. I learned fast. Meanwhile, those of us willing to make do with less than "SOTA" were on the air and having fun and QSOs while he pontificated. That was about 35 years ago but the lesson is still valid: All this bafflegab doesn't make one QSO. For some reason I was reminded of him. He sounded just like Len... Poor baby. Still with the insults sugar-coated with hypocritical "civility?" Tsk. I lost interest in DXing in "radio sports" and the wallpaper collection of QSLs after working at station ADA long ago. Really? Did you do lots of contesting and DXing from ADA? Still have the QSLs? Became a professional in the radio-electronics industry, got regular money for not only designing, but building and testing, following through in the field, etc., etc., on many projects. Do you find that without honor? Without any worth? Len, I have known many men who have done similar work. With few exceptions, I have viewed their work as honorable. It obviously had worth as all of them received paychecks. We radio amateurs don't receive paychecks for what we do. We do it strictly for the love of it. I'm sure your professional achievements have pleased you. They don't get you any passes in amateur radio. What pleases you hasn't necessarily impressed us. Your grating manner and rudeness to radio amateurs have not endeared you to more than a couple of people here. You strike me as the kind of guy who goes wandering through life asking, "Why don't people like me?". I'll bet you haven't an idea of the answer. The main point is simple: Hams did not need synthesizers to stay in their bands and subbands. Nor do they need 1 Hz or even 10 Hz accuracy on HF. In Jimmie's world, yes. :-) ....in anyone's world, Leonard. It is simply fact. You were wrong. :-) Deal with it. Dave K8MN |
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