What sort of community do we wish to be and do we wish to be seen to be?
 

A community of technically-motivated adults, discussing
and promoting the technologies of radio communications
and the natural phenomena that underly such communications?

or

A community of Citizens' Banders, acquiring Cheque-Book (CB)
radio equipment without understanding the innards, and to whom
the SWAAAAARRRRRING of a TWIG is a rite of passage typical
of the nonsensical world of make-believe and superstition of the
religionists? (Just how many of their magicians in a garb of white
gowns are needed until the magic starts to work?!)

or

A community of Billies-No-Mates lacking the social graces and
peer companionship of normal well-adjusted adults who go out
of their way to entice young children into their closed shacks, and
then
deceive those children that somehow they are educationally
equipped to be the technical equivalence of Heinrich Hertz despite
that they cannot tell one end of a resistor from the other unless
a crib sheet is present to spoon-feed them?

?
 

Plod's Conscience wrote:
A community of technically-motivated adults, discussing
and promoting the technologies of radio communications
and the natural phenomena that underly such communications?

or
feel free to start promting the ARS at any time

?
 

an_old_friend wrote:
Plod's Conscience wrote:
A community of technically-motivated adults, discussing
and promoting the technologies of radio communications
and the natural phenomena that underly such communications?

or
feel free to start promting the ARS at any time

Is that a typo? Did you mean ARSE? Why would we want to prompt Beanie?
He does a good enough job of making an arse of himself without being
prompted!

?
 

know code wrote:
an_old_friend wrote:
Plod's Conscience wrote:
A community of technically-motivated adults, discussing
and promoting the technologies of radio communications
and the natural phenomena that underly such communications?

or
feel free to start promting the ARS at any time

Is that a typo?
no
Did you mean ARSE?
no
Why would we want to prompt Beanie?
who? what?
He does a good enough job of making an arse of himself without being
prompted!

but feel free to promote the ARS, feel free to start anytime

?
 

an old friend wrote:

but feel free to promote the ARS, feel free to start anytime

TLAs, gotta love them :)

?
 

an_old_friend wrote:


Plod's Conscience wrote:

A community of technically-motivated adults, discussing
and promoting the technologies of radio communications
and the natural phenomena that underly such communications?

or feel free to start promting the ARS at any time

Perhaps a start could be made by Radio Amateurs, as a group, following
the lead of the US authorities with regard to visitors visas, which in
this case would involve expelling those who have ever been arrested.
Re-admission would be limited to those who pass a searching interview
of the 'vetting' type, undertaken at their own expense - perhaps with
a retest as well. Those who have travelled on an A-class visa and
who's first Amateur Licence was an A would of course be exempt from
this procedure.


from
Aero Spike

What sort of community do we wish to be and do we wish to be seen to be?
 

"Plod's Conscience" wrote in message
oups.com...
A community of technically-motivated adults, discussing
and promoting the technologies of radio communications
and the natural phenomena that underly such communications?

or

A community of Citizens' Banders, acquiring Cheque-Book (CB)
radio equipment without understanding the innards, and to whom
the SWAAAAARRRRRING of a TWIG is a rite of passage typical
of the nonsensical world of make-believe and superstition of the
religionists? (Just how many of their magicians in a garb of white
gowns are needed until the magic starts to work?!)

or

A community of Billies-No-Mates lacking the social graces and
peer companionship of normal well-adjusted adults who go out
of their way to entice young children into their closed shacks, and
then
deceive those children that somehow they are educationally
equipped to be the technical equivalence of Heinrich Hertz despite
that they cannot tell one end of a resistor from the other unless
a crib sheet is present to spoon-feed them?

Oh dear, I've just repaired a SWAR meter for an M3 who bought it at a rally
only to find that it diddn't work.

?
 

"Spike" wrote in message
...

Those who have travelled on an A-class visa and
who's first Amateur Licence was an A would of course be exempt from
this procedure.


Would Nedlar be exempt? Thought not!

Regards
tox

What sort of community do we wish to be and do we wish to be seen to be?
 

You posted.......


"A community of technically-motivated adults, discussing
and promoting the technologies of radio communications
and the natural phenomena that underly such communications? "

I am having difficulty in locating the last post from you that could
possibly fall in this category.
Could you please advise???

?
 

Old Nicks Deputy (first class) wrote:


"Spike" wrote


Those who have travelled on an A-class visa and
who's first Amateur Licence was an A would of course be exempt from
this procedure.


Would Nedlar be exempt? Thought not!



As his postings show, he's one of life's ignoramuses [1] who likes
things kept simple [2].

Having two requirements to meet would floor him.

[1] One of 32000 references....

"ignoramus (redirected from ignoramuses)
Also found in: Wikipedia 0.03 sec.
ig·no·ra·mus Pronunciation (gn-rms) n. pl. ig·no·ra·mus·es

[2] "Life was so much simpler and better...."

from
Aero Spike

What sort of community do we wish to be and do we wish to be seen to be?
 

G4ZWI wrote:
I am having difficulty in locating the last post from you that could
possibly fall in this category.
Could you please advise???

That's a bit unfair! He made the following post about challenges of VHF
construction in 1996.
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.ra...6?dmode=source

I'm sure he'll come up with another useful contribution eventually - a
bit like the army of monkeys typing the works of Shakespeare!

73
Mike G4KFK
www.g4kfk.co.uk
Phone 07970 795422
Fax 07092 151344

What sort of community do we wish to be and do we wish to be seen to be?
 

Once again, I am obliged to you Mike, for correcting my oversight .....
(Mind you, I've only been playing on the NG a couple of months....)



7 3 Fred

What sort of community do we wish to be and do we wish to be seen to be?
 

Mike G4KFK wrote:


G4ZWI wrote:

I am having difficulty in locating the last post from you that could
possibly fall in this category.
Could you please advise???

That's a bit unfair! He made the following post about challenges of VHF
construction in 1996.

http://groups.google.com/group/uk.ra...6?dmode=source

I'm sure he'll come up with another useful contribution eventually - a
bit like the army of monkeys typing the works of Shakespeare!


But all he said was that "It is a greater technical challenge to
design and construct equipment for VHF than it is for HF."

Where in that posting is there any mention of "....discussing
and promoting the technologies of radio communications
and the natural phenomena that underly such communications?"?

Not a single technology, or a single natural phenomemon, is mentioned,
let alone discussed.....


from
Aero Spike

What sort of community do we wish to be and do we wish to be seen to be?
 

Spike wrote:
Where in that posting is there any mention of "....discussing
and promoting the technologies of radio communications
and the natural phenomena that underly such communications?"?

Well, nowhere really .... but it was, without doubt, the most inspired
thing he's said in the last 10 years.