Heck,I probally wouldn't last thirty seconds on Ham Radio.I hate being
censored.Them Hams would eat me up! :{)
cuhulin

Yankee Can Do! Us Yankees are Hunting down and Killing the terrorist
ragheads who want to kill us every day! We! Are! Doing!
cuhulin

"dxAce" wrote in message
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wrote:

You've proven my point perfectly. You really can't carry on an
intelligent discussion - only one liners that you might hear on a
playgound.

I asked you a simple question, 'tard boy.

Aside from chasing people from this forum who might actually have
something to contribute and otherwise just being an annoying troll,
just what do you bring to this forum anymore.

LMAO at the 'tard. Nobody gets 'chased from this forum', 'tard boy, they
leave
of their own volition.


I suppose one recent
claim to fame would be the engineer/designer from Degen who was hounded
from this forum.

Read the above, 'tard. Read it as many times as it takes to sink in,
'tard.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I have to agree Ace. You really have a bad attitude and a bad
mouth/keyboard. Juvenile sounding. Some growing up is needed. I'm sure Ill
get flamed but that's ok. We all know what you're like.
B

Oh Yes! once in a while I read about some youngsters getting into
Shorwave Radio and Ham Radio.After all,Jodie Foster couldn't have gone
to that Planet in that crazy machine in that Contact movie if she
haden't been interested in Ham Radio.
cuhulin

Need humor? Read my stuff to Mr.Tiny Tuna :{)
cuhulin

That is part of what makes dxAce so damn cool.I am not in love with you
either,dxAce.
cuhulin

A home brew shirt pocket size transmitter with eleven inches of wire
thrown over a bush,Morse Code,and you can talk to the World.
cuhulin

One last shot and I'm dropping out of this thread. I have enjoyed both
hobbies for many years, and have gotten to know many fine people.
Passing a morse test again would be irrelevant. My worry is about the
future of both these hobbies.
There must be a reason that many long time amateur radio dealers have
folded in the past decade. And it wasn't from being overwhelmed with
business. Folks, the signs about lack of interest in the hobbies are
there. Whether enough people care to see those signs and change the
way the hobby does its business is at least open to question. Here's
hoping what I have heard today is a minority view.

-=jd=- wrote:
On Thu 03 Mar 2005 03:24:47p, "Jim" wrote in
message
news:joKVd.43465$s16.24950@trndny02:

Activity is not down on the bands. Propagation is down.
In 2000 at the peak of the solar cycle, the bands were packed. I
spoke
to young, old , male and female. I have my log to prove it. If you
want
something, study for it.
If I can pass the 5WPM code (not my favorite mode), anyone can. It
seems that today, people take the easy way out by sniveling that
the
system is not fair, rather than
sucking it up and working for their goals.

{snippage}

All good points!

I don't know that " couldn't pass the exams if he
applied
himself, but it sure looks that way. His complaint of the code
requirement
being "meaningless" is a matter of opinion - and opinions vary. It
leaves the
impression that he doesn't perceive it as meaningless as much as he
perceives
it as too difficult.

It sounds more like what the education system has been suffering from
for the
past few decades (maybe longer): Instead of improving his abilities
and
meeting the same standard that hundreds of thousands of folks have
before
him, he would rather ratchet the bar down to meet his lack of
ability. Here's
another opinion (mine): This is not a recipe for achievement!

Personally, I could care less if the code was required or not. My
point is
that I would not demand that an established system be adjusted down
to suit
*me*, because I couldn't cut the mustard. I'll leave that kind of
foolishness
to the public school systems and college campuses...

-=jd=-
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Ric Trexell wrote:
I was reading a few of the posts about how there will not be a need for ham
radio in the future due to all the new ways of communicating. That has a
lot to do with it but I think the biggest problem with ham radio is the hams
themselves. CB'ers killed CB'ing with bad language and hams are doing it
with those stupid contests. I remember as a kid getting my first SW radio
and listening to hams talk about their lives and the area that they lived in
and stuff like that. Now when I turn it on I get guys talking only about
their radio or calling CQ CQ contest. Then another will come back and say
they are 5 and 9 out here in Kansas and soon the guy is calling CQ CQ
contest again. Does any one think that people are going to invest in a
radio and all the learning to do what are nothing more than fancy radio
checks? If that is what the ham bands are going to be used for, then I say
turn them over to business and telephone radio freqs. Ric.



Well.......as far as the contesters......they are without question the
best operators in the world. It is really sad to listen to the so called
emergency nets. The Net Control operators have a hard time coping more
than 1 checkin at a time. They really need to listen to some top notch
contesters running a pileup at 250-280 qso's per hour. I am amazed how
these net control type of operators can complain about contesters since
most have no skills for handling a large volume of traffic in a short time.

I personally do not like phone contest's and when I was active I did the
CW contests. It is a real treat to call CQ & have several replies at the
same time. If you stummble you will not get the contacts as most will
only call 3 times before moving on.

If my health/welfare depended on Radio communications I would want all
of the big contest stations & their TOP SHELF operators handling the
traffic.

One other note.....If you like to DX....you can easily hear over 100
countries in 1 weekend of listening to a contest.

73, Ken KG4BIG / KT4ZX in many contests

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how often I scratch me arse and pick my nose

In that order, no doubt.