It has been said that you aren't a REAL HAM until you have passed a 20 WPM morse code test & have the license to prove it.
------ Original Message ------ Received: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:26:50 PM CST From: "Coy Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Failure to communicate..... > OH, I JUST HAVE TO REPLY TO THIS........As a technician..(Yes I > checked before starting) The way that I see it is that If you wanted > to get on HF enough, you would what ever it takes to get there even > if you do have to learn the simple 5 words a minute to get there. > Therefore I must assume that you don't care enough to study a few > days to do it. > I studied long enough to pass the 20 WPM to get my Extra ticket. > Why you ask well, because I wanted to be an EXTRA. Not to be better > than anybody else but to show my self what I had learned or what I > am capable of not what I had memorized from a Q&A manual. > > As for explaining technical concepts...well I'm sure that there are > people on this board that have been here for years that could smoke > you. It's obvious that you think that you are above the rest of us > in knowledge well may be you are well above me but, you don't know > me nore the rest of us or what we know. So your communications > skills leave much to be desired from my point of view. > > Sorry, goes out to the rest of the gang for my soap box stand and > ignorent rambelings. > > AC0Y > Coy Hilton > > > > --- In [email protected], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This is where the rubber meets the road as to the "problem with Ham > > Radio" > > > > As it has been stated before, Ham Radio seems to gather the most > > self-centered, egotistical, elite minded group of people who are > the > > poorest of communicators.. > > > > Each one should have been required to take a Semantics course in > order > > to not only understand the concept of word meaning, but how > delivery > > affects the message. If you can't get the concept from you brain to > > words, and deliver those words without clouding them so much with > your > > own bias that they are received poorly at the other end; you simply > > can't communicate. This is the most rudimental communications > model > > there is, and nowhere is it included in the testing material. > > > > There are a lot of truly great folks involved in Ham radio. > However, > > those who have the worst attitudes are often the ones chosen to > > interface with potential hams either on the Cram-Course or testing > > level. This is precisely where we need the best communicators > amongst > > us, ass well as those who understand the testing rules and don't > > introduce their own bias as fact. > > > > The CW issue in an emotionally driven one. There are few among us > that > > can address it rationally in conversation with someone having an > opinion > > that is counter to our personal one. This isn't likely to change. > > > > When I hear of a VE changing the rules to meet his/her own personal > > bias, I am again reminded of the very reason we aren't attracting > the > > young, technically competent minds that are available - to the > Amateur > > Radio Service. > > > > I would be willing to set up a digital station, build a data > slicer, > > explain serial communications hardware, IRQ priorities, discuss the > > importance of proper ground potential when operating logic-based > > equipment, talk about haw communications theory (of delivering the > > spoken or written word) is more important in getting the message > through > > the mental QRM..... Any of these things other than CW to advance > from > > Tech Lite to a "higher" class. However, that isn't an option. > > > > I am smart enough to repair their rigs (sometimes), but not > qualified to > > check them out on the air when they are working. > > > > Helluva Concept; this communications thing... > > > > David > > KD4NUE > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave VanHorn > > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 8:36 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Failure to communicate..... > > > > > > >Yup, a sheet full of dots and > > > dashes. Then she went back and translated each Morse character > to > > >it's appropriate letter, number, or punctuation. > > > > As far as I'm aware that's legal per the FCC. > > It's not up to the VE groups to arbitrarily tighten the > requirements or > > change the testing procedures. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > 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/
