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Yes, that is correct... and probaby only 1/5 of THOSE 4/5 will bother
with the ARRL... John "KØHB" wrote in message nk.net... wrote Haynie has said that a "survey" showed fully 1 in 5 hams actually got on the air? Dammit Len, your reading comprehension really is badly deteriorated. See a specialist quickly. What Haynie said was that the survey revealed that "more than one-fifth of new amateur licensees never get on the air." dit dit de Hans, K0HB -- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~k0hb |
John Smith wrote:
Probably the least thing I have done in life is to get a ham license... except for a few locals on 10 meters here, there is little left for me... well, the aussies and brits still have some interesting folks to chat with... John Then why don't you turn in your license, get out of ham radio and then there will be one less 'old fart' that you despise so much killing off ham radio. |
"John Smith" wrote in message ... Morse is a ghost language spoken by old men when they do their rants and name their illnesses--much to the dismay of the vital and youthful hams... The new 5 WPM test for all classes will guarantee you will NOT be speaking morse to any young men--they will pass the 5 WPM to get the extra license... then you will never see them again--except on phone and modem... John Hello, John There are more than a few folks that can send and receive cw faster than a lot of folks can type. I am not talking 20 words per minute here, nor am I talking a leisurely 30 words per minute. Of course, cut and paste doesn't count (and I've had a few college grads tell me that is how they did some of "their" papers LOL. Future CEOs, I'm sure. Enron and the like). I'd be interested in an SSB contact on 24 GHz via moonbounce. 85 watts. That might prove interesting. All said and done, there are modes that can do it better (PSK comes to mind) - but most won't and cw is one that can. It doesn't mean it is the best, but ... again ... there are a number of ops that can send and receive cw faster than a lot of folks can type. And if some enjoy it, why worry? It is like arguing that country-western music is terrible. Not all would agree. May I assume that you cut and paste very quickly? ;) 73 from Rochester, NY Jim AA2QA |
From: "John Smith" on Wed 8 Jun 2005 17:21
Well, all the astronauts are no code techs... guess those no-code'ers are in good and technical company... Not "all." :-) Having a Tech license is part of their JOB. The JOB is basically PR work, keeping civilians feeling good about NASA (which needs all the public support it can get). Astronauts have all the NASA comms they need, don't need any ham bands via HTs to do their primary mission. :-) |
I don't think there is a ham alive which can beat my keyboard, hooked to
a "electronic key" and sending morse, nor my sound card doubling as a "code reader" and producing text on screen from cw... You mean to tell me people actually use "real keys" still--gawd, I thought all those sk tongue-in-cheek Warmest regards, John "Jim Hampton" wrote in message ... "John Smith" wrote in message ... Morse is a ghost language spoken by old men when they do their rants and name their illnesses--much to the dismay of the vital and youthful hams... The new 5 WPM test for all classes will guarantee you will NOT be speaking morse to any young men--they will pass the 5 WPM to get the extra license... then you will never see them again--except on phone and modem... John Hello, John There are more than a few folks that can send and receive cw faster than a lot of folks can type. I am not talking 20 words per minute here, nor am I talking a leisurely 30 words per minute. Of course, cut and paste doesn't count (and I've had a few college grads tell me that is how they did some of "their" papers LOL. Future CEOs, I'm sure. Enron and the like). I'd be interested in an SSB contact on 24 GHz via moonbounce. 85 watts. That might prove interesting. All said and done, there are modes that can do it better (PSK comes to mind) - but most won't and cw is one that can. It doesn't mean it is the best, but ... again ... there are a number of ops that can send and receive cw faster than a lot of folks can type. And if some enjoy it, why worry? It is like arguing that country-western music is terrible. Not all would agree. May I assume that you cut and paste very quickly? ;) 73 from Rochester, NY Jim AA2QA |
From: bb on Jun 8, 7:33 pm
John Smith wrote: You would think the ARRL high priest would not abandon these guys--times must be tough... http://www.arrl.org/news/stori?es/2004/05/22/1/?nc=1 John -- Watching the cutting edge of yesterday replay--in virtual reality, right before my eyes--in real time! Thirty year old technology--wasn't it amazing? Sounds like he's been talking to Len. Refreshing. Sorry, the last time Jim Haynie and I "talked" (via e-mail) was over three years ago. Haynie struck up the convo then, not me. |
From: John Smith on Jun 8, 10:16 pm
Yes, that is correct... and probaby only 1/5 of THOSE 4/5 will bother with the ARRL... John John, Hans just doesn't understand. When he gets like that he is extremely touchy-grouchy. Regardless, the League still doesn't have but about 1 out of every 5 U.S. amateur radio licensees as members. The League can't seem to "raise" that much. A couple years ago they got to about 23%, then it fell off. "K0HB" wrote in message ink.net... wrote Haynie has said that a "survey" showed fully 1 in 5 hams actually got on the air? Dammit Len, your reading comprehension really is badly deteriorated. See a specialist quickly. Tsk, tsk, master super chief of all. Didn't you notice a little QUESTION MARK I put at the end of my sentence? You quoted it and STILL didn't see it! YOUR problem, not mine. Read it again and RECOGNIZE the punctuation. Sigh. What Haynie said was that the survey revealed that "more than one-fifth of new amateur licensees never get on the air." Go uncork a fifth and go for stupor-ville, mighty super master chief. You will feel better...but not in the morning. Good luck on this one, now... |
John Smith wrote:
Morse is a ghost language spoken by old men when they do their rants and name their illnesses--much to the dismay of the vital and youthful hams... "Vital and youthful hams", "old men", "rants"--I'm writing you off as just another troll, "John". Dave K8MN |
Well, I will be there standing beside Haynie!!!
John "Dave Heil" wrote in message ink.net... John Smith wrote: Morse is a ghost language spoken by old men when they do their rants and name their illnesses--much to the dismay of the vital and youthful hams... "Vital and youthful hams", "old men", "rants"--I'm writing you off as just another troll, "John". Dave K8MN |
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