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"Real Ham" wrote in message ... In article , Disgusted wrote: I bailed out of the ARRL 14 years ago when it started to become clear that the Leagues agenda was tending more toward a policy of supporting lower licensing stardards (CB'er Ham). A pool of trained, capable radio operators means something to me and I could no longer stand to be a part of an organization that was moving to disregard that section of Part 97. It was a life membership too. Ham radio started going into the toilet shortly after Dick Bash published his infamous "study guides". Later after the ARRL went crying to the FCC to publish the question pools (to put Dick Bash out of business because *his books* were out-selling the ARRL study guides 10 to 1 at hamfests and mail order) it sealed the "initial cycle of dumbing down" for Amateur Radio - and we are now where we are today as a DIRECT result of the same. All because *one ham* in Alaska managed to singlehandedly 'step on the proverbial toes of a publishing company' in Newington Conn. and in their response, they decided to not only throw out the baby with the bathwater, but also rip the tub out of the wall and toss it out the 2nd story window... These are the true facts of the matter. |
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On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 1:04:40 -0500, mezmerized cows wrote
(in message ): Ham radio started going into the toilet shortly after Dick Bash published his infamous "study guides". Later after the ARRL went crying to the FCC to publish the question pools (to put Dick Bash out of business because *his books* were out-selling the ARRL study guides 10 to 1 at hamfests and mail order) it sealed the "initial cycle of dumbing down" for Amateur Radio - and we are now where we are today as a DIRECT result of the same. All because *one ham* in Alaska managed to singlehandedly 'step on the proverbial toes of a publishing company' in Newington Conn. and in their response, they decided to not only throw out the baby with the bathwater, but also rip the tub out of the wall and toss it out the 2nd story window... These are the true facts of the matter. That's very sweet but exactly what does it have to do with shortwave /listening/? A lot of hams seem to think that SWLers are - automatically - interested in ham stuff. I doubt that the hams that crosspost into rec.radio.shortwave realize how badly they make hams look. Gray Shockley -------------------------- Entropy Maintenance Technician Tao Chemical Company -------------------------- http://www.cybercoffee.org/ Vicksburg, Mississippi US |
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"Disgusted" wrote in message
... I'd take it to the next ARRL Board of Directors meeting and beat the **** out of them! According to the same 1930 ARRL Handbook, "The Wouff-Hong is amateur radio's most sacred symbol and stands for the enforcement of law and order in amateur operation." The Wouff-Hong's nearest analog is the old-fashion but still effective can opener. Now every can opener requires an initial insertion point, and (if you picture the human anatomical form) you can choose between upper and lower points. The object is to open up the miscreant and expose his evil to himself. This requires the subject to be supine and all opening to be done on the front side, where the victim can indeed see the results: the exposure of his own evil. The beauty of the wood Wouff-Hong lies in the fact that it leaves splinters in places from which they cannot be removed. Thus is the scoundrel reminded for life of his misdeeds and what lies ahead if any one of them should ever be repeated. |
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"Michael Reynolds" wrote in message
.. . "Disgusted" wrote in message ... I'd take it to the next ARRL Board of Directors meeting and beat the **** out of them! According to the same 1930 ARRL Handbook, "The Wouff-Hong is amateur radio's most sacred symbol and stands for the enforcement of law and order in amateur operation." The Wouff-Hong's nearest analog is the old-fashion but still effective can opener. Now every can opener requires an initial insertion point, and (if you picture the human anatomical form) you can choose between upper and lower points. The object is to open up the miscreant and expose his evil to himself. This requires the subject to be supine and all opening to be done on the front side, where the victim can indeed see the results: the exposure of his own evil. The beauty of the wood Wouff-Hong lies in the fact that it leaves splinters in places from which they cannot be removed. Thus is the scoundrel reminded for life of his misdeeds and what lies ahead if any one of them should ever be repeated. Every culture has it's dark spots, this is amateur radios. Some think it's fun to joke about. It's pretty sickening, if you ask me. Anyone who has truly studied what man is capable of doing to man during the Medieval period or The Spanish Inquisition know this. -- 73 de Bert WA2SI |
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Dick Carroll ) writes:
Bert Craig wrote: "Michael Reynolds" wrote in message .. . "Disgusted" wrote in message ... I'd take it to the next ARRL Board of Directors meeting and beat the **** out of them! According to the same 1930 ARRL Handbook, "The Wouff-Hong is amateur radio's most sacred symbol and stands for the enforcement of law and order in amateur operation." The Wouff-Hong's nearest analog is the old-fashion but still effective can opener. Now every can opener requires an initial insertion point, and (if you picture the human anatomical form) you can choose between upper and lower points. The object is to open up the miscreant and expose his evil to himself. This requires the subject to be supine and all opening to be done on the front side, where the victim can indeed see the results: the exposure of his own evil. The beauty of the wood Wouff-Hong lies in the fact that it leaves splinters in places from which they cannot be removed. Thus is the scoundrel reminded for life of his misdeeds and what lies ahead if any one of them should ever be repeated. Every culture has it's dark spots, this is amateur radios. Some think it's fun to joke about. It's pretty sickening, if you ask me. Anyone who has truly studied what man is capable of doing to man during the Medieval period or The Spanish Inquisition know this. I think his description of the Rite of the Woulf Hong is a bit stretched, in fact quite a bit. My take on it was that it was a tool from which only a gentle prod in a certain part of the anatomy was all that would be needed to correct the miscreant. Maybe the thought of things to come if he didn't straighten up and fly right was the main impetus. This is an old thread, and I already basically said as much. It's "too unspeakable" to mention how the Wouff Hong is used because the threat is better than the application. There is no application, it's just smoke and mirrors. But that people are now describing quite graphically how they think the Wouff Hong is supposed to be used may be a reflection of how things have changed. In the twenties when it was originally cooked up, the idea was to prod hams into being more careful about how they operated. The chastisement was in The Old Man talking about the lids, not in the threat of doing damage to the lids. Suggesting, but never stating, that the Wouff Hong was used in a terrible fashion was more for the sake of fun, to not take a serious issue too seriously. The whole thing was basically Hiram Percy Maxim saying "I'm disappointed in some of the operating taking place today". That sort of thing has less power today, sadly. I'm not sure if it's the make up of the hobby, or the make up of society. So now the Wouff Hong is being portrayed as a weapon, by itself, rather than as some pseudo-ritual connected with trying to get hams to be better operators. The true meaning of the Wouff Hong is gone, when likely it is needed more than ever. Not because there is bad operating, but because it was part of a history and community that when lost, may lead to hams not being so concerned with good operating. Michael VE2BVW |
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Dick Carroll wrote in message ...
Bert Craig wrote: "Michael Reynolds" wrote in message .. . "Disgusted" wrote in message ... I'd take it to the next ARRL Board of Directors meeting and beat the **** out of them! According to the same 1930 ARRL Handbook, "The Wouff-Hong is amateur radio's most sacred symbol and stands for the enforcement of law and order in amateur operation." The Wouff-Hong's nearest analog is the old-fashion but still effective can opener. Now every can opener requires an initial insertion point, and (if you picture the human anatomical form) you can choose between upper and lower points. The object is to open up the miscreant and expose his evil to himself. This requires the subject to be supine and all opening to be done on the front side, where the victim can indeed see the results: the exposure of his own evil. The beauty of the wood Wouff-Hong lies in the fact that it leaves splinters in places from which they cannot be removed. Thus is the scoundrel reminded for life of his misdeeds and what lies ahead if any one of them should ever be repeated. Every culture has it's dark spots, this is amateur radios. Some think it's fun to joke about. It's pretty sickening, if you ask me. Anyone who has truly studied what man is capable of doing to man during the Medieval period or The Spanish Inquisition knows this. I think his description of the Rite of the Woulf Hong is a bit stretched, in fact quite a bit. My take on it was that it was a tool from which only a gentle prod in a certain part of the anatomy was all that would be needed to correct the miscreant. Maybe the thought of things to come if he didn't straighten up and fly right was the main impetus. Your take sounds a heckuva lot better, Dick. Thanks, I was in rant mode and the graphic description kinda struck a nerve. -- 73 de Bert WA2SI |
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Bert Craig wrote:
Every culture has it's dark spots, this is amateur radios. Some think it's fun to joke about. It's pretty sickening, if you ask me. Anyone who has truly studied what man is capable of doing to man during the Medieval period or The Spanish Inquisition know this. Even in modern times in places. Even if Saddam didn't have any weapons of mass destruction or give any help to Usama's gang, it's a good thing Saddam's henchmen are no longer around to use wouff hong like devices on people they dont like. Did we have this amount of trouble occupying Germany and Japan after WW2? |
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