wrote


It's not "insanity" at all. It's the only way to satisfy
all the requirements listed above.


Of course it's insane.

"The Morse test is no longer required for operation below 30MHz. You can't
operate on HF because you've not passed a Morse test." By any measure, that
illogical.

Beep Beep
73, de Hans, K0HB

KXHB:

I wouldn't even think about allowing someone a radio, unless first they have
mastered the "African Message Drum", if all civilization is gone the drum is
what they will need to survive.

Much more logical than cw, you don't need a radio! Can make a drum out of a
hollow log and a skin off the neighbors cat!

John

"KXHB" wrote in message
nk.net...

wrote


It's not "insanity" at all. It's the only way to satisfy
all the requirements listed above.


Of course it's insane.

"The Morse test is no longer required for operation below 30MHz. You can't
operate on HF because you've not passed a Morse test." By any measure, that
illogical.

Beep Beep
73, de Hans, K0HB

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
KXHB:

I wouldn't even think about allowing someone a radio, unless first they
have
mastered the "African Message Drum", if all civilization is gone the drum
is
what they will need to survive.

Much more logical than cw, you don't need a radio! Can make a drum out of
a
hollow log and a skin off the neighbors cat!

John


And, uh, what'd you say *your* callsign was? I, uh, just didn't quite catch
it... I'm just asking because it's a generally noted condition of a few
major posters in this newsgroup, that if one is not an amateur radio
licensee (Len Anderson, for example) their opinions on the matter of amateur
radio are taken with a grain of salt.

If all civilization is gone, and you have a drum and a deaf person is
around, does it make a sound?

Kim W5TIT

"Kim" wrote


If all civilization is gone, and you have a drum and a deaf person is
around, does it make a sound?

Kim W5TIT


If a man is in the forest and says something, but there's no woman around to
hear it, is he still wrong?

K=D8HB wrote:
"Kim" wrote

If all civilization is gone, and you have a drum and a deaf person is
around, does it make a sound?

Yes

Kim W5TIT

If a man is in the forest and says something, but there's no woman around=
to
hear it, is he still wrong?

Yes!

Then again, why would a man in the forest say anything?

Isn't there a list of things he should be doing? Did he remember to
pick up the dry cleaning and drop off the rental videos on his way to
the forest? For that matter, did he take out the garbage on his way out
of the
house? How about getting those new shoes like he promised he would two
weeks ago? And the upstairs bathroom *still* isn't painted. Honestly,
you'd think he had nothing better to do than go off in the woods saying
things to no one in particular....

---

Overheard in a booksto "Telling you where the self-help books
are would defeat their purpose"

73 de Jim, N2EY

313

N2EY:

It is strongly suggested they don't appoint a deaf person as net control,
however, it is a free country. The hearing disabled may wish to consider
smoke signals, message arrow or carrier pidgeon. If near an ocean,
"message in a bottle" might be investigated.

John

On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:31:44 -0700, N2EY wrote:

KØHB wrote:
"Kim" wrote

If all civilization is gone, and you have a drum and a deaf person is
around, does it make a sound?

Yes

Kim W5TIT

If a man is in the forest and says something, but there's no woman around to
hear it, is he still wrong?

Yes!

Then again, why would a man in the forest say anything?

Isn't there a list of things he should be doing? Did he remember to
pick up the dry cleaning and drop off the rental videos on his way to
the forest? For that matter, did he take out the garbage on his way out
of the
house? How about getting those new shoes like he promised he would two
weeks ago? And the upstairs bathroom *still* isn't painted. Honestly,
you'd think he had nothing better to do than go off in the woods saying
things to no one in particular....

---

Overheard in a booksto "Telling you where the self-help books
are would defeat their purpose"

73 de Jim, N2EY

313

K0HB:

The real question is, will he get lucky if there she has at least one TIT
in her call, and he is able to make contact with her?

John

On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:25:56 +0000, KØHB wrote:


"Kim" wrote


If all civilization is gone, and you have a drum and a deaf person is
around, does it make a sound?

Kim W5TIT


If a man is in the forest and says something, but there's no woman around to
hear it, is he still wrong?

"John Smith" wrote in message
news
K0HB:

The real question is, will he get lucky if there she has at least one TIT
in her call, and he is able to make contact with her?

John

On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:25:56 +0000, KØHB wrote:


"Kim" wrote


If all civilization is gone, and you have a drum and a deaf person is
around, does it make a sound?

Kim W5TIT


If a man is in the forest and says something, but there's no woman
around to
hear it, is he still wrong?


Couldn't make any sense of John's retort. And, naw, the man wouldn't be
wrong if he's holding the credit card for the taking...LOL

Kim W5TIT

Kim:

Well, there ya go, the only people you would consider fitting to converse
with have proven they are a ham to you. Of course, this is going to
rather limit your social skills and world quite a bit, wouldn't be
surprized if you don't know ALL ~300,000 by name (that might be an
over-estimate.) Don't worry, why you are there doing "ham sorting" the
world goes on, we will keep you abreast of the changes which have occured
while you have been engaged in you little diversion.

John

On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:03:29 +0000, Kim wrote:

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
KXHB:

I wouldn't even think about allowing someone a radio, unless first they
have
mastered the "African Message Drum", if all civilization is gone the drum
is
what they will need to survive.

Much more logical than cw, you don't need a radio! Can make a drum out of
a
hollow log and a skin off the neighbors cat!

John


And, uh, what'd you say *your* callsign was? I, uh, just didn't quite catch
it... I'm just asking because it's a generally noted condition of a few
major posters in this newsgroup, that if one is not an amateur radio
licensee (Len Anderson, for example) their opinions on the matter of amateur
radio are taken with a grain of salt.

If all civilization is gone, and you have a drum and a deaf person is
around, does it make a sound?

Kim W5TIT

"John Smith" wrote in message
news
Kim:

Well, there ya go, the only people you would consider fitting to converse
with have proven they are a ham to you. Of course, this is going to
rather limit your social skills and world quite a bit, wouldn't be
surprized if you don't know ALL ~300,000 by name (that might be an
over-estimate.) Don't worry, why you are there doing "ham sorting" the
world goes on, we will keep you abreast of the changes which have occured
while you have been engaged in you little diversion.

John


Not at all. I've never really paid any attention to whether someone has a
call or not. Doesn't matter to me one way or the other. I am just
surprised you haven't run into that on the newsgroup yet. From someone such
as...hmmm, trying to remember who that matters to, usually...Dave Heil, I
believe I've seen razzing Len for not being an amateur radio operator.
Others...but, was just wondering if it'd ever been an issue.

Oh, and then there's those who raz about people being annonymous, etc.
Guess you've not had that happen yet, either. Although, come to think of
it...there's not that many of the "regulars" who are communicating with
you... So maybe it's still an issue, just not as noticeable as it used to
be...

Kim W5TIT