Text 1473, 77 rader
Skriven 2007-01-05 12:02:00 av bob klahn
     Kommentar till en text av Roy Witt
Ärende: N60 x E20
=================

 HG>>>>>> I thought radio amateurs were clever enough to find out the
 HG>>>>>> geographical location given the coordinates.

 RW>>>>> After reading the guesses made by some, it's apparent that
 RW>>>>> they're really not radio amateurs as we know they should
 RW>>>>> be. At least not into the DX part of amateur radio.

 bk>>>>  I wasn't aware anyone here gets to set the standard for amateur
 bk>>>>  radio operators.

 RW>>> It's an opinion, not a standard.

 bk>>  And worth every nothing of it.

 RW> But worth 100 times more than 10 messages with a lot of
 RW> guessing and no knowledge of what you're talking about. I

 No, it's not. We were having fun.

 RW> could understand it if the guesses were coming from a
 RW> Novice, but coming from someone who claims to have been
 RW> licensed for years, I have a low opinion of their AR skills.

 I have operated mostly on 2 mtrs. And not even that for years.
 My HF time is measured in hours, over more than 25 years.

 My technical skills are likely far better than yours. Just based
 on 40 years of working in electronics. Most of that in
 industrial automation, so I probably am familiar with things you
 have never seen.

 The First class commercial dated back to 1969, 38 years.

 bk>>>> Some of us seldom operate, but go wild at building equipment.


 RW>>> I design and build antennas. My air time is used in testing
 RW>>> my designs. I see no reason to build equipment or antennas
 RW>>> if you're not going to use them.

 bk>>  You may not, other's milage may vary.

 RW> You mean like junk collecters...

 Sometimes, yes. I still have a number of old Benton Harbor Lunch
 Boxes in my garage.

 bk>>>>  That's amateur radio as much as DX is.

 RW>>> I gave DX up ages ago. Right before I gave up listening to
 RW>>> Techs (codeless) make fools of themselves on two meter
 RW>>> repeaters. I do use 40m to keep in touch with my first
 RW>>> Elmer and best high school friend, in Missouri...

 bk>>  I haven't gotten on the air in years. Maybe I will, again,
 bk>>  someday.

 RW> Uh huh.

 However, aside from all the above. Amateur radio is a hobby, and
 a fraternity. Trashing others is bad form. I can communicate in
 this echo with others I can't deal with at all in other echos.

 It was that way until you started this.

 To some of us, including me, radio is practically sacred.

 RW> --- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000
 RW>  * Origin: SATX Alamo Area Net * South * Texas, USA * 
 RW>  (1:397/22) 

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

 * Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg]
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5a
 * Origin: FidoTel & QWK on the Web! www.fidotel.com (1:275/311)