I have a question for you Nate, Why is that when a OLD Extra mentions that they passed the 20 WPM exam that everyone who hasn't, passed it jumps on them like they are child molesters?
As long as a person passes what ever exam required at the time, they are okay in my book for what ever class license that they have. I just don't like people making remarks about people who have acheaved something when they haven't. Elitist? No! Just proud of our acheavments. I proved to MYSELF that I can do what ever I set my mind to. After all putting the old brain to a project from time to time won't hurt anyone. I have done a lot of things in my life just for the experiance of it. I haven't been on HF except for once a year for five or six years. I own several repeaters VHF and UHF and support Echolink on them. I enjoy the folks who I have met on Echolink Tech or Extra doesn't matter to me I just like to talk and do a bit of rag chewing. 73 to all AC0Y --- In [email protected], Nate Duehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jrinnebraska wrote: > > > One of the VE's commented that she was to be congratulated for > > achieving the "Extra-Lite" class license, since she hadn't gotten the > > 20wpm. > > Ahh... I'm sorry, I just gotta get this out... my story of my run in > with an elitist idiot. > > (Side-note: I've had run ins with elitists who deserved to act that way > -- they were intelligent beyond their years and knew how to try to keep > their boredom with us "normal" people in check... and I understood them > to some extent... this story isn't about one of those people. It's > about a person with a really bad attitude.) > > ----- > > There's a VE group that tests 1 BLOCK from my house at a public library. > > One day I figured I'd send them an e-mail and offer to help out if they > ever needed it. I could literally walk down the hill and be there in 5 > minutes, if I stopped to talk to the neighbors. It's that close. > > I logically thought that hey, they might need another qualified Extra > Class to help out from time to time... why not let them know I live > nearby? Maybe I'd even make it my Saturday morning activity... walk to > the library, give tests... why not? > > The head of the group sent back an e-mail that still curls my toes to > this day -- it started with "Hi there, I see from your call sign that > you must be a REAL Extra." > > And it got worse from there. > > Additionally, in his e-mail he pointed out that he needed someone to "go > stand in line to get the room every month" for the local library > authority, to reserve the room, and... > > He also pointed out that they also give commercial radio tests and if I > wasn't interested in learning enough to pass and give those tests, I > wasn't needed. > > Then he continued on saying he was short of volunteers. Gee, I wonder why? > > Well, I shared with him three things... > > For the record I'm a low-code Extra and I really don't give a damn who > cares. > > Two, anyone who starts a conversation with anyone they've never met like > that -- is a complete and utter fool and doesn't deserve my time -- and > isn't helping the hobby any, other than perhaps by licensing new people > with better attitudes. > > Three, I'm not in the slightest way interested in giving or getting any > commercial licensing. I'm a hobbyist, trying to volunteer within my hobby. > > ----- > > This is a current and still operating ARRL VE Team. They make the ARRL > VE organization look bad, regularly, I'm sure. I told him so, and good > day. > > I'll spend my time running a ham club, working on the repeaters, > volunteering for anything needed with the frequency coordination group, > running servers for IRLP, chatting on every radio I have from DC to > Daylight, a little VHF contesting and 40M SSB once in a while... > > And generally staying the HELL away from his attitude and his VE team. > > > My feeling is each to his/her own--whatever mode you wish to use is > > fine, as long as you are licensed for it. But comments like the above > > and commonly are made by the hard core "elite" is just another of many > > reasons why this hobby continues to die a slow, lingering death, due > > to a lack of new blood. > > Yep. Damn right. > > Sorry I wasn't just on the soapbox, you got me to jump up onto the > ledge. Climbing down now... > > (Just the mention of the words "VE Team" around me in person sets me > off, too. Sorry.) > > Nate WY0X > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
