Hi Mike
 

Brian Hill wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message


Getting back to my original question... is there some reason you can't
tell me
to go f--k myself on your own, or do you need a sock puppet to do that?

dxAce
Michigan
USA



I think I already did Steve. It was a public post.

Yes it was a public post, however, these are your words: "Tell Ace to go f--k
himself". Need I explain more, or is there something you don't comprehend about
my question?

If you have a problem
with how it was served? then be specific! I aim to please.

B.H.

New Technician License
 

dxAce wrote:
But, you can obtain a license now and talk till your lungs collapse, you just
can't get on HF without doing that nasty code thing.

Some companies are putting big, big money into CW:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060124/nytu143.html?.v=43

--
If John McCain gets the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination,
my vote for President will be a write-in for Jiang Zemin.

Hi Mike
 

"dxAce" wrote in message
...


Brian Hill wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message


Getting back to my original question... is there some reason you can't
tell me
to go f--k myself on your own, or do you need a sock puppet to do that?

dxAce
Michigan
USA



I think I already did Steve. It was a public post.

Yes it was a public post, however, these are your words: "Tell Ace to go
f--k
himself". Need I explain more, or is there something you don't comprehend
about
my question?

If you have a problem
with how it was served? then be specific! I aim to please.

B.H.


Go F--k yourself Steve. There you feel better? I hope so.

B.H.

Hi Mike
 

Brian Hill wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...


Brian Hill wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message


Getting back to my original question... is there some reason you can't
tell me
to go f--k myself on your own, or do you need a sock puppet to do that?

dxAce
Michigan
USA



I think I already did Steve. It was a public post.

Yes it was a public post, however, these are your words: "Tell Ace to go
f--k
himself". Need I explain more, or is there something you don't comprehend
about
my question?

If you have a problem
with how it was served? then be specific! I aim to please.

B.H.


Go F--k yourself Steve. There you feel better? I hope so.

Thanks, 'tard boy! I was simply wondering if you had the guts to do it yourself
rather than via sock puppet.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

New Technician License
 

MnMikew wrote:

So if one disagrees with the great dxace their a liberal?

Well, yeah...either a liberal or a tard or a ****stain. I'm glad you're
finally figuring out his modus operandi...

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MnMikew wrote:

When's the last time you were on HF?

dxAce wrote:

Gee, maybe 10 years ago?

MnMikew wrote:

How about the last time you used CW?

dxAce wrote:

Maybe 10 years ago.

Let's see if we've got this right...

No HF or no CW for *TEN* years??? And yet you're presuming to tell
everybody else how it should be done??? ...*and* ridiculing them if they
disagree with your "expert" views???

On the other hand, seeing as you like to think of yourself as a self
proclaimed "ace", I guess in your simpletoon mind, you also see
yourself as the self-appointed CW expert.

Ya gotta love it!

LOL at the one with a pea-sized brain and Biggie-sized mouth!

New Technician License
 

"Carter, K8VT" wrote in message
t...
MnMikew wrote:

So if one disagrees with the great dxace their a liberal?

Well, yeah...either a liberal or a tard or a ****stain. I'm glad you're
finally figuring out his modus operandi...

Well, at least Im not a ****stain yet. :-)

Hi Mike
 

"dxAce" wrote in message

Thanks, 'tard boy! I was simply wondering if you had the guts to do it
yourself
rather than via sock puppet.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



You do realize that me and Mike are two of the few people that have gotten
along with you in here. In facts I've stood up for your ass. So you know
I've got the guts. Oh well! Two more down. It took you a wile Steve but you
finally managed to alienate a few more friends.

B.H.

New Technician License
 

"Carter, K8VT" wrote:

MnMikew wrote:

So if one disagrees with the great dxace their a liberal?

Well, yeah...either a liberal or a tard or a ****stain. I'm glad you're
finally figuring out his modus operandi...

Well, you are a Liberal, are you not, 'tard boy?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

New Technician License
 

"Carter, K8VT" wrote:

MnMikew wrote:

When's the last time you were on HF?

dxAce wrote:

Gee, maybe 10 years ago?

MnMikew wrote:

How about the last time you used CW?

dxAce wrote:

Maybe 10 years ago.

Let's see if we've got this right...

No HF or no CW for *TEN* years??? And yet you're presuming to tell
everybody else how it should be done??? ...*and* ridiculing them if they
disagree with your "expert" views???

We weren't discussing whether or not I get on HF nor were we discussing how
often I use CW. We were discussing the licensing requirements, 'tard boy. Please
try to pay attention. It was another one of your Liberal pals who was trying to
steer the discussion away from the licensing requirements into my own personal
operating habits. Nice trick, if one can pull it off, but it won't fly here.


On the other hand, seeing as you like to think of yourself as a self
proclaimed "ace", I guess in your simpletoon mind, you also see
yourself as the self-appointed CW expert.

I never claimed that I was a CW expert, did I 'tard boy?, nor do I view myself
as one. I know the code, I'm proficient at the code, but I certainly don't view
myself as an expert. Please, try to pay attention.

LMFAO yet again at the clueless 'tard who obviously can't follow along.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hi Mike
 

Brian Hill wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message

Thanks, 'tard boy! I was simply wondering if you had the guts to do it
yourself
rather than via sock puppet.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



You do realize that me and Mike are two of the few people that have gotten
along with you in here. In facts I've stood up for your ass. So you know
I've got the guts. Oh well! Two more down. It took you a wile Steve but you
finally managed to alienate a few more friends.

Well, with friends like you...

LMFAO

dxAce
Michigan
USA

New Technician License
 

"Carter, K8VT" wrote:

MnMikew wrote:

When's the last time you were on HF?

dxAce wrote:

Gee, maybe 10 years ago?

MnMikew wrote:

How about the last time you used CW?

dxAce wrote:

Maybe 10 years ago.

Let's see if we've got this right...

No HF or no CW for *TEN* years???

Can you show me a licensing requirement that states that I have to operate HF or
CW, 'tard boy? Or that I'm even obligated to operate at all?

I thought not...

LMFAO at the clueless Extra Class that doesn't even have a grasp of the license
regulations.

Priceless!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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clifto wrote:

dxAce wrote:
But, you can obtain a license now and talk till your lungs collapse, you just
can't get on HF without doing that nasty code thing.

Some companies are putting big, big money into CW:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060124/nytu143.html?.v=43

That's pretty good :-)

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hi Mike
 

"dxAce" wrote in message

Well, with friends like you...

LMFAO

dxAce
Michigan
USA



I find it very hard to beleive that you've never been told to FO by a
friend. Give me a break Steve. LMFAO.

P.S. Its quite funny how you make me out to be worse than you.

B.H.

Hi Mike
 

Brian Hill wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message

Well, with friends like you...

LMFAO

dxAce
Michigan
USA



I find it very hard to beleive that you've never been told to FO by a
friend. Give me a break Steve. LMFAO.

P.S. Its quite funny how you make me out to be worse than you.

I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hi Mike
 

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

New Technician License
 

"dxAce" wrote in message
...


clifto wrote:

dxAce wrote:
But, you can obtain a license now and talk till your lungs collapse,
you just
can't get on HF without doing that nasty code thing.

Some companies are putting big, big money into CW:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060124/nytu143.html?.v=43

That's pretty good :-)

They could have been a bit more original with the name.

Hi Mike
 

MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

That's OK.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing at YOU because you apparently are unable or unwilling to
pass a simple test. But hey, you can wait a while longer and perhaps they'll be
giving that ticket away with the Cracker-Jack.

Best of luck.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hi Mike
 

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

That's OK.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing at YOU because you apparently are unable or
unwilling to pass a simple test. But hey, you can wait a while longer and
perhaps they'll be giving that ticket away with the Cracker-Jack.

I've waited this long, a few more months aint nothin. And when I do take the
test, I'll be able to get on and use HF.

Hi Mike
 

dxAce wrote:
MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

That's OK.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing at YOU because you apparently are unable or unwilling to
pass a simple test. But hey, you can wait a while longer and perhaps they'll be
giving that ticket away with the Cracker-Jack.

Best of luck.


Hey DxAce..how does it feel to have worked so hard to pass a test that
means absolutely nothing today. Morse code has no use because nobody
is listening. You can count yourself as the proud owner of a
certificate that proves you can mimic the operation of a very slow data
modem. You can send and transcribe text at a rate that would put most
readers to sleep.

Hi Mike
 

"John S." wrote:

dxAce wrote:
MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

That's OK.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing at YOU because you apparently are unable or unwilling to
pass a simple test. But hey, you can wait a while longer and perhaps they'll be
giving that ticket away with the Cracker-Jack.

Best of luck.


Hey DxAce..how does it feel to have worked so hard to pass a test that
means absolutely nothing today.

Really? I passed the test, that certainly means something. And who ever said that I
worked hard? YMMV

Morse code has no use because nobody
is listening.

Nobody? Just who are all those folks working?

You can count yourself as the proud owner of a
certificate that proves you can mimic the operation of a very slow data
modem.

It's not really a 'certificate'.

You can send and transcribe text at a rate that would put most
readers to sleep.

Yep, I passed the test. You?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hi Mike
 

dxAce wrote:
"John S." wrote:

dxAce wrote:
MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

That's OK.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing at YOU because you apparently are unable or unwilling to
pass a simple test. But hey, you can wait a while longer and perhaps they'll be
giving that ticket away with the Cracker-Jack.

Best of luck.


Hey DxAce..how does it feel to have worked so hard to pass a test that
means absolutely nothing today.

Really? I passed the test, that certainly means something. And who ever said that I
worked hard? YMMV

It means nothing today...nada...zilch...no value.


Morse code has no use because nobody
is listening.

Nobody? Just who are all those folks working?

The audience for morse code is inconsequential...just a few other hams.
The world at large including hams in other countries has abandoned
morse code in favor of faster more reliable modes of communicating.



You can count yourself as the proud owner of a
certificate that proves you can mimic the operation of a very slow data
modem.

It's not really a 'certificate'.

Sure it is, but if it makes you feel better to be known as "licensed"
to send messages at a snails pace then go for it.


You can send and transcribe text at a rate that would put most
readers to sleep.

Yep, I passed the test.

Well, you can count yourself as being successful at some level I
suppose. As long as you ignore the fact that there is no worldly need
to communicate at such a slow rate, then yes I suppose you are
successful.

You?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hi Mike
 

"John S." wrote:

dxAce wrote:
MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

That's OK.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing at YOU because you apparently are unable or unwilling to
pass a simple test. But hey, you can wait a while longer and perhaps they'll be
giving that ticket away with the Cracker-Jack.

Best of luck.


Hey DxAce..how does it feel to have worked so hard to pass a test that
means absolutely nothing today. Morse code has no use because nobody
is listening. You can count yourself as the proud owner of a
certificate that proves you can mimic the operation of a very slow data
modem. You can send and transcribe text at a rate that would put most
readers to sleep.

Ya know, I think I'm really starting to come to my senses. How could I have been so
wrong for so long? I mean, what business did I have taking a test that would actually
give me the privilege of doing something I wanted to do. How foolish of me.

You know John, I actually pretty envious of you. Here I've been coasting along with my
General Class license all these years, years that I've wasted. Crap, I could've been a
'tard boy like you all these years, and I didn't even realize it.

Tell me John, just what have I missed in the wonderful world of 'tardism by wasting my
time obtaining that dumbass license?

I'm looking to you to fill in my wasted years. You can 'Elmer' me.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

New Technician License
 

I am fixin to step next door and watch them two wimmins working on the
lights on that 1997 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme car that belongs to the
30 year old brunette woman over there..
cuhulin

Hi Mike
 

"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...

dxAce wrote:
"John S." wrote:

dxAce wrote:
MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

That's OK.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing at YOU because you apparently are unable or
unwilling to
pass a simple test. But hey, you can wait a while longer and perhaps
they'll be
giving that ticket away with the Cracker-Jack.

Best of luck.


Hey DxAce..how does it feel to have worked so hard to pass a test that
means absolutely nothing today.

Really? I passed the test, that certainly means something. And who ever
said that I
worked hard? YMMV

It means nothing today...nada...zilch...no value.


You are, of course, in error. Ther e will always be a purpose for CW and
Morse Code. There are times and situations in which voice will not
penetrate, and where digital modes are not possible. If I'm on the high seas
or stuck in a disaster area, I will be glad that I do know Morse, because
I'll be able to put together a radio with which I can send CW even if all I
have is a bunch of spare parts, and that CW will be heard where phone or
digital at the same power levels never would be.

Hi Mike
 

Brenda Ann wrote:
"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...

dxAce wrote:
"John S." wrote:

dxAce wrote:
MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

That's OK.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing at YOU because you apparently are unable or
unwilling to
pass a simple test. But hey, you can wait a while longer and perhaps
they'll be
giving that ticket away with the Cracker-Jack.

Best of luck.


Hey DxAce..how does it feel to have worked so hard to pass a test that
means absolutely nothing today.

Really? I passed the test, that certainly means something. And who ever
said that I
worked hard? YMMV

It means nothing today...nada...zilch...no value.


You are, of course, in error. Ther e will always be a purpose for CW and
Morse Code. There are times and situations in which voice will not
penetrate, and where digital modes are not possible. If I'm on the high seas
or stuck in a disaster area, I will be glad that I do know Morse, because
I'll be able to put together a radio with which I can send CW even if all I
have is a bunch of spare parts, and that CW will be heard where phone or
digital at the same power levels never would be.

You may have the bug, transmitter and a battery to send code in your
sinking ship on the high seas. But as in other Walter Mitty dreams,
nobody in the real world will be listening. Nobody......

Yes, I know that is one of the oft repeated dreams of the ham
community...to be able to save the village being flooded or rescue the
family in the earthquake by setting up that is instant link with the
outside world when nobody else can. Sad truth is that it hasn't nor
will it ever happen. And you know what - the professional emergency
responders know this. That's why they just chuckle a bit when the
conversation turns to hams and their morse code.

If it is comforting to you to be able to send out dits and dahs that
are heard by nobody, I would say continue to enjoy that solitary
pleasure.

Hi Mike
 

dxAce wrote:
"John S." wrote:

dxAce wrote:
MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

That's OK.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing at YOU because you apparently are unable or unwilling to
pass a simple test. But hey, you can wait a while longer and perhaps they'll be
giving that ticket away with the Cracker-Jack.

Best of luck.


Hey DxAce..how does it feel to have worked so hard to pass a test that
means absolutely nothing today. Morse code has no use because nobody
is listening. You can count yourself as the proud owner of a
certificate that proves you can mimic the operation of a very slow data
modem. You can send and transcribe text at a rate that would put most
readers to sleep.

Ya know, I think I'm really starting to come to my senses. How could I have been so
wrong for so long? I mean, what business did I have taking a test that would actually
give me the privilege of doing something I wanted to do. How foolish of me.

You know John, I actually pretty envious of you. Here I've been coasting along with my
General Class license all these years, years that I've wasted. Crap, I could've been a
'tard boy like you all these years, and I didn't even realize it.

Tell me John, just what have I missed in the wonderful world of 'tardism by wasting my
time obtaining that dumbass license?


DxAce, you will have to answer that one - I have no idea what would
prompt someone to learn a skill with no application.


I'm looking to you to fill in my wasted years. You can 'Elmer' me.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hi Mike
 

In article .com,
"John S." wrote:

dxAce wrote:
"John S." wrote:

dxAce wrote:
MnMikew wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I'm glad your laughing, because I certainly am!

Don't worry Steve, we're laughing at you, not with you.

That's OK.

Meanwhile, I'm laughing at YOU because you apparently are
unable or unwilling to pass a simple test. But hey, you can
wait a while longer and perhaps they'll be giving that ticket
away with the Cracker-Jack.

Best of luck.


Hey DxAce..how does it feel to have worked so hard to pass a test
that means absolutely nothing today. Morse code has no use
because nobody is listening. You can count yourself as the proud
owner of a certificate that proves you can mimic the operation of
a very slow data modem. You can send and transcribe text at a
rate that would put most readers to sleep.

Ya know, I think I'm really starting to come to my senses. How
could I have been so wrong for so long? I mean, what business did I
have taking a test that would actually give me the privilege of
doing something I wanted to do. How foolish of me.

You know John, I actually pretty envious of you. Here I've been
coasting along with my General Class license all these years, years
that I've wasted. Crap, I could've been a 'tard boy like you all
these years, and I didn't even realize it.

Tell me John, just what have I missed in the wonderful world of
'tardism by wasting my time obtaining that dumbass license?


DxAce, you will have to answer that one - I have no idea what would
prompt someone to learn a skill with no application.

Snip

It's called taking up a hobby like listening to short wave radio, ham
radio, stamp collecting. He was interested in learning a skill and
broadening his horizons.

It's pretty rude to characterize someone else's interests as a waste of
time. What other people like to do has nothing to do with what John S.
likes to spend his time doing.

Here is a tip for all posters to Usenet, when you respond to a post
pretend the original poster is in front of you and read your response
out loud before you hit the send button. Don't send it until you think
the other person will not want to take a swing at you after reading it.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Hi Mike
 

I listen to some Shortwave radio and some local Jackson Ham Radio
operators on my Radio Shack Pro-91 scanner radio and a couple of local
Jackson area talk radio shows on www.supertalkms.com and some music
(mostly Country Music on 96.3 FM www.us963.com) on radio and some 40's
music (1930's and 1940's music) on DirecTV,unless I am watching some of
my favorite old,old movies on tv.Sometimes,I turn off my radio and tv
set for a while and do some reading,it's nice to have a quiet house.What
other people like to listen to on radio or watch on tv has no bearing on
me at all.Like the old saying goes,To Each Their Own.
cuhulin

Hi Mike
 

Telamon wrote:


Here is a tip for all posters to Usenet, when you respond to a post
pretend the original poster is in front of you and read your response
out loud before you hit the send button. Don't send it until you think
the other person will not want to take a swing at you after reading it.



Telamon provides some pretty sage advice here.

probelem with advice
 

junius wrote:
Telamon wrote:


Here is a tip for all posters to Usenet, when you respond to a post
pretend the original poster is in front of you and read your response
out loud before you hit the send button. Don't send it until you think
the other person will not want to take a swing at you after reading it.



Telamon provides some pretty sage advice here.

not bad except that many ofthe posters are not following it being the
only ;olite feelow in a crowd is very tireing

I have tried that from time to time

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"MnMikew" wrote in
:

"dxAce" wrote in message
...

"No one has ever said that using CW is a total time requirement. It's just
like any number of other questions that have been on the test either now
or in the past. It's just a 'question' on the test. Just pass the test and
if you desire you need never use CW again. But, you can always renew your
license."




So why not replace the worthless code questions with more pertinent
questions?



Worthless ???? Only in your estimation. It's really a matter of comittment
after all. Want to be a ham radio operator ?? Take the test or sit on the
side lines whining about a simple morse code requirement and wait until it
gets removed. If nothing else, code requirements require effort on the
part of the applicant and for the moment if you want to get on HF, it is
required. It makes those who have gone before appreciate being a ham since
they earned it and were interested enough to buckle down and learn morse
and a smattering of electronics.

Should it be removed as a requirement? Possibly, but if so it should be
replaced with much stiffer technical examinations, including an above
average user levl computer component, than what currently exsists. The
notion that a ham radio license should be a minimum effort passport to
many Mhz of HF radio spectrum is utter nonsense. Wether or not CW is a
"useful" mode of communication is another debate entirely. However by
comitting to learning the morse code, and getting up to 10wpm minimum
requirement, I became a ham at age 13 (that was minimum age back then).
That ham license was a passport to a universe of excting possibilites that
have lasted a lifetime. Perhaps the policy should be changed so that you
could make a choice between a morse code exam or the code free more
technical exam. Either way it should take a commitment on the part of than
applicant that is more than just a desire for instant gratifcation.

If you want a no comittment radio service to be a member of that
already exsists. In fact these days you don't even have to have a license
for it, just buy a radio and start right being a "radio operator". With
the propagation cycle about to go up, 27Mhz should soon be
experiencing a huge upswing in talking skip.



--
Panzer

Hi Mike
 

"John S." wrote:

It's called taking up a hobby like listening to short wave radio, ham
radio, stamp collecting. He was interested in learning a skill and
broadening his horizons.

It's pretty rude to characterize someone else's interests as a waste of
time. What other people like to do has nothing to do with what John S.
likes to spend his time doing.

Here is a tip for all posters to Usenet, when you respond to a post
pretend the original poster is in front of you and read your response
out loud before you hit the send button. Don't send it until you think
the other person will not want to take a swing at you after reading it.

I was responding to the usual argumentative issuances from DXACE with
equally argumentative responses. Had he toned himsalf down initially I
would not have responded vehemently.

Uh-huh.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hi Mike
 

John S. wrote:


Yes, I know that is one of the oft repeated dreams of the ham
community...to be able to save the village being flooded or rescue the
family in the earthquake by setting up that is instant link with the
outside world when nobody else can. Sad truth is that it hasn't nor
will it ever happen.

Au contraire, mon frere...it can and *has* happened!

And you're sort of half right. Emergency communications by Morse is
quite rare (but not unheard of).

On the other hand, voice and digital ham emergency communications are
quite common. The final edit of a short video that I wrote and produced
regarding ham radio emergency communications for the Farmington Hills
(MI) cable system was just completed and is now being broadcast. Once a
few minor legal hurdles are ironed out, it should be available through
the ARRL.

In the meanwhile, let me refer you to the generally complimentary
article about ham radio emergency comms during Hurricane Katrina that
appeared on the *front page* of the September 6, 2005 'Wall Street
Journal'. (Commercial cell towers out, Telephone Company Central Offices
out, minimal interoperability between public service radio systems;
i.e., virtually all of the commercial stuff fell flat on its face).

As the ARRL likes to say, "When all else fails, Ham Radio!"

Carter
K8VT

New Technician License
 

"Panzer240" wrote in message
...
"MnMikew" wrote in
:

Should it be removed as a requirement? Possibly, but if so it should be
replaced with much stiffer technical examinations, including an above
average user levl computer component, than what currently exsists.

This has come up frequently in conversations I've had with long-time hams.
While I don't disagree with you in principle, there is no way the FCC is
going to toughen up the exams. They've been lessening the entrance and
upgrade requirements for years. I doubt the ARRL would support any tougher
test structure, as that would be detrimental to the numbers of newbies
coming into the hobby... to which many long-timers say good, because we
should value quality above quantity-- such would result in fewer, but more
knowledgable hams.

I have mixed feelings about his, however... perhaps too few people using our
allotted spectrum might give the FCC greater cause to take away what we've
got due to relative lack of use?

Jackie

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Geoff:

How do you search the call sign directory -- is it set up by city -
name - ??

thanks for your advice. Preciate it.

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"If he took the exam he must know some hams... ya think? It's not as if
he pulled
it out of a Cracker-Jack box. (Well, not quite) "


Yes, Ace you're very astute. However, I did just walk into the meeting
- a month before I took the test. So, while I have been introduced to
a few people at the meeting, I don't really know any very well. And
besides, one can never be too informed.

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"If he took the exam he must know some hams... ya think? It's not as if
he pulled
it out of a Cracker-Jack box. (Well, not quite) "


Yes, Ace you're very astute. However, I did just walk into the meeting
- a month before I took the test. So, while I have been introduced to
a few people at the meeting, I don't really know any very well. And
besides, one can never be too informed.

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" wrote:

"If he took the exam he must know some hams... ya think? It's not as if
he pulled
it out of a Cracker-Jack box. (Well, not quite) "

Yes, Ace you're very astute.

Damn straight.

Good luck.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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Maybe each State's Department of Motor Vehicles should do away with
requiring people to get Drivers Licenses too.Judging from the way some
people around here drive,running red lights and stop signs and failing
to yield the right of way and speeding and doing everything they are not
suppose to do,,, they might as well.Operating a motor vehicle on public
roads is not a Right,it is a Privaledge.It should be the same way with
Ham Radio Operators too.
cuhulin