On 2/26/07, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL [email protected] wrote:
The 30 Steps below will help all new co-code HF'ers, it will also help you to find others just like yourself...
Funny, one would have thought all these inanities would have been just as lame while a CW exam was still required for HF access, especially since they all seem to apply to FM repeater usage.
Helpful Steps for Old Hams:
Find some old humorous list of annoying habits of noobs on FM repeaters, and repost it implying that all these gaucheries are somehow caused by the fact that there's now no practical test of CW skill to get legal access to HF.
Ignore the fact that there's never been any practical test of skill with SSB, AM, Packet, SSTV, ATV, PSK31, RTTY, AMTOR, WSJT, EME or Feld Hell, all of which are also obvious hallmarks of superior intelligence, character, ethics and high operating standards.
Extra points are awarded for equating all new hams with CBers, since that worked so well last time around.
There's an additional bonus for annoucing that "the end of CW tests for licensing" is the same as "the end of anybody ever using Morse Code on the amateur bands", thus making it clear to all the newcomers that the only reason anybody ever used CW was because they were forced to.
You won't have any trouble finding others just like yourself....just turn off your notch filter so you can clearly hear the sound of whining...
-- 73 de Maggie K3XS Editor, Phil-Mont Mobile Radio Club Blurb - http://www.phil-mont.org Elecraft K2 #1641 -- AOPA 925383 -- ARRL 39280