snob! This time it isn't a mistake


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Olver" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 12:59 AM
Subject: reflections


> Thank you Cullen for proving my point, I couldn't have said it any better.
>
> Well, maybe we should all just go back to the CB band, oh, yah, that's
> right, we have licenses to be stupid where-ever our license will let us.
> I
> look forward not to seeing you c-b'ers on the HF bands.
>
> Fred Olver  n9bso
>
> P.S., or in the CW portions either.  Thank you for not learning CW.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <
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> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 1:17 AM
> Subject: Re: Reflections on the Past 44 Years
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>> perhaps the only difference in the hobby these days is that its a little
>> less of an alete group of techy minded individuals and is more open to
>> many
>> different people with different levels of education and who have other
>> interests, perhaps not the biggest of which is amateur radio?
>> is there something terribly wrong with folks on the air who dont spend
>> all
>> their waking hours on the radio or dedicate their lives to ham radio?
>> If they use it as a higher form of CB, well, what is wrong with that,
>> since
>> that is precisely what it is.  Amateur radio is a hobby dedicated to
>> communications through radio devices and which is regulated by licensing
>> but
>> availible to all citizens regardless of their race age sex bla bla bla,
>> which, as it happens, is what the CB band happens to be, except without
>> the
>> licensing aspect.   Citizens band, and with ham radio, bands.
>>
>> Ham radio doesn't have to be all about radio, its about people and the
>> social interaction of people from all over the world who have different
>> interests and different points of view...its not supposed to be all about
>> the discussion of radio theory, or how many contacts you made in the last
>> contest or about how to build antennas, at least, not all the time.
>> There is no reason for the hobby to be open only to those who are
>> technically minded or who give their all to the hobby.  Its open to
>> anyone
>> who chooses to pass the regulated accepted and rather thorough exam that
>> is
>> in place to make sure they have some level of understanding and know
>> their
>> responsibilities.
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
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