Latin studeas quia facit quam sentis solertior aliis. (Forgive me, Sister Euphrasia, if I got the grammar wrong.)
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:54 PM, W6SDM Steve <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah, of course you're right Ray. I took four years of Latin in high > school. I believe mom was hoping that I would become a priest. > Nevertheless, there have been numerous occasions where that background in > Latin has served me well. > > I remember when I got my General upgraded from Novice back in the 60s. All > of the time I was studying for the test, I was working on an AM modulator > for my home brew rig. When that ticket came in the mail, I rushed home > from > school, fired up the rig and modulator, and hit the 40 meter phone band. I > remember getting RF burns off the microphone because of some grounding > issues, but that didn't stop me. It was quite a while before I got my > first > SSB rig and I had a lot of fun in the mean time. > > AM is probably more tradition than anything else. Someday they will be > saying the same about radios with knobs and dials. > > Steve > w6sdm.net > > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Ray - K9DUR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Steve, > > > > Actually, no. > > > > Since Latin is the root of all of the modern-day romance languages, Latin > > provides a solid base for studying many contemporary languages. Latin > may > > not currently be used by an ethnic group as their day-to-day language, > but > > it is not really a "dead" language. > > > > People run AM for the same reasons that others restore vintage radios or > > historical landmarks -- they wish to preserve a part of our heritage. > > > > 73, Ray, K9DUR > > http://k9dur.info > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Steve Miller > W6SDM > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used > for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist > who are using beta versions of the software. > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
