wrote:

I was considering returning to the hobby, but frankly the view in this
FAQ has put me off.

Anyone care to comment ?

The person who wrote the so-called 'faq' was himself a B licensee for
many years, before taking the morse test and getting an A. The excuse
he trotted out for this - after much prompting about the
more-than-a-decade gap between these two events - was 'an interest in
VHF/UHF techniques'.

Unfortunately for this belated post-justification, he has never
published what he accomplished in that extended period.

It is said that 'empty vessels make the most noise'.

If you want to return to the hobby, then do so and enjoy it. Do not be
put off by someone who doesn't believe there is such a thing as 'slope
detection', or who sold an FT-101 because the tune-up pages were
missing from the manual.....don't ask......

from
Aero Spike

In rec.radio.amateur.homebrew wrote:
"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. "

Hold on a mo. I'm a class B licence holder - G8LIR, and have been for,
oh about 30 years I think. My main interest was in fast scan ATV on 70
Cms and 23cms, and with a small team we competed in many ATV contests,
setting new (and I think unbroken) records. All our equipment was home
built - yes I do mean ALL - including narrow band ATV receivers
utilising inline cavities and integrating receivers to subtract noise
and reveal lost images when only a weak sync pulse was available. We
also DESIGNED and built the linear amplifiers using 4cx250's in push
pull, with 2kv on the anodes and tuneable cavities (not copied
designs). And, oh yes, we designed filters using laplace transforms to
calculate the correct vaues for the inductors, wound them ourselves and
tuned then with second hand spectrum analysers.

Now to me, that level of technical expertise speaks to a certain
intellectual level over a 6 year olds.

I was considering returning to the hobby, but frankly the view in this
FAQ has put me off.

Anyone care to comment ?

Yes, indeed.

You can discount without loss anything the writer of that so-called
"FAQ" has written, is writing, or will ever write. He attempts to
demean people who have attained heights he can't even see, much less
comprehend. He has nothing to say, and insists on doing so at length.

Don't let him put you off anything. Jump in; the water's fine.

--
Mike Andrews W5EGO

Tired old sysadmin

The personal and insulting remarks below are very much those
that are typical of CBers - Childish Broadcasters - the very
people whom the FAQ criticises. Such remarks do not
fit in the gentlemanly traditions of _REAL_ Ham Radio.

I am not familiar with the Yankland licensing schemes.

Is "W5EGO" perhaps some for of CB licence - the abusive
personal style quoted below would seem to suggest so.

There is no attempt to demean anybody by a taxonomy of those
who are _REAL_ Radio Hams and those who are CBers of one
sort or another.

Mike Andrews wrote:
Yes, indeed.
You can discount without loss anything the writer of that so-called
"FAQ" has written, is writing, or will ever write. He attempts to
demean people who have attained heights he can't even see, much less
comprehend. He has nothing to say, and insists on doing so at length.

Don't let him put you off anything. Jump in; the water's fine.
--
Mike Andrews W5EGO

Tired old sysadmin

Orator For Decency wrote:
The personal and insulting remarks below are very much those
that are typical of CBers - Childish Broadcasters - the very
people whom the FAQ criticises. Such remarks do not
fit in the gentlemanly traditions of _REAL_ Ham Radio.

I am not familiar with the Yankland licensing schemes.

Is "W5EGO" perhaps some for of CB licence - the abusive
personal style quoted below would seem to suggest so.

There is no attempt to demean anybody by a taxonomy of those
who are _REAL_ Radio Hams and those who are CBers of one
sort or another.

Mike Andrews wrote:
Yes, indeed.
You can discount without loss anything the writer of that so-called
"FAQ" has written, is writing, or will ever write. He attempts to
demean people who have attained heights he can't even see, much less
comprehend. He has nothing to say, and insists on doing so at length.

Don't let him put you off anything. Jump in; the water's fine.
--
Mike Andrews W5EGO

Tired old sysadmin



EVANS IS YOUR BLOODY RECORD STUCK, OR ARE YOUR BRAINCELLS LOOPING DUE
TO YOUR DRUG ABUSE?

"Orator For Decency" wrote in message
ups.com...

Is "W5EGO" perhaps some for of CB licence - the abusive
personal style quoted below would seem to suggest so.

Please ignore this man. He is derganged.

And he calls everybody a CBer.

--
73

Gerry G0RTN
Vanity Page at http://www.gerrylynch.co.uk
"In days of old, when ops were bold, and sidebands not invented,
The word would pass, by pounding brass, and all were well contented."

Gerard Lynch wrote:
"Orator For Decency" wrote in message
ups.com...

Is "W5EGO" perhaps some for of CB licence - the abusive
personal style quoted below would seem to suggest so.

Please ignore this man. He is derganged.

And he calls everybody a CBer.

Strange, since he is a self confessed CBer... I wonder if he whips himself
with flails before he goes to bed..?

--
huLLy
Tel: 07976 123278
ICQ 136-987-925

In message .com,
writes


I was considering returning to the hobby, but frankly the view in this
FAQ has put me off.

Anyone care to comment ?

Andy

With a G8L call I would have expected you to recognise an obvious troll
by now. You either want to get back to the hobby or you don't, if this
puts you off then frankly perhaps its not for you!

Trev G3ZYY
--
Trevor Day
UKSMG #217
www.uksmg.org

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:10:10 GMT, Trevor Day
wrote:

With a G8L call I would have expected you to recognise an obvious troll
by now. You either want to get back to the hobby or you don't, if this
puts you off then frankly perhaps its not for you!


Beanie is not a troll Trevor... his writings on the Soham murders and
the monarchy confirm that he is of sick mind..

Peter, G3PHO

In message , Peter
writes
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:10:10 GMT, Trevor Day
wrote:

With a G8L call I would have expected you to recognise an obvious troll
by now. You either want to get back to the hobby or you don't, if this
puts you off then frankly perhaps its not for you!


Beanie is not a troll Trevor... his writings on the Soham murders and
the monarchy confirm that he is of sick mind..

Peter, G3PHO

Perhaps troll is the wrong word Peter; however I still feel that
Gareth's prose should not put off anyone interested in AR especially
someone with such an apparent pedigree.

Trev G3ZYY
--
Trevor Day
UKSMG #217
www.uksmg.org

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:18:11 GMT, Trevor Day
wrote:

I still feel that
Gareth's prose should not put off anyone interested in AR especially
someone with such an apparent pedigree.

Agreed!