You know if you're a No-Code Ham if...

[2IR473]

you get tired of hearing the phrase "the real hams are on HF".



After being involved with radios for a good part of my life...first listening, then talking...I went and got a tech license a few months ago.



I had wanted to do this for close to 30 years, but never had the time to apply myself to this (funny how life gets in the way of the things we want to do).



Having done it, I am disappointed in the Ham community.

I read the posts on Eham and QRZ, and see a lot of griping from the old timers about the no code license, and how it has brought amateur radio down to the levels of "CB" and the evil "freebanders".



I have to say that the people I have met on 11 meters, and in particular, on this forum, are far more pleasant, courteous, and helpful, than many of the licensed operators I have heard or met.



Got the license so I could enjoy more of the radio spectrum, but I so far, I seem to have gained little other than become another "unwanted" member of an elite community.



Just blowing off some steam here <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/mad.gif ALT=">:">


<span style="color:maroon;">Paul</span>

<span style="color:maroon;">CDX8412</span>



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[EDUK8TR]

Dan & Paul,



You guys have really "hit the nail square on the head and drove it clean thru the board". Although I let my novice ticket expire too many moons ago, I haven't really given it much thought to get back in the Ham scene. To be totaly honest I have had more fun and met really great people "Freebanding". I agree that the Ham scene is in a state of decline for the very reasons that you guys have described. If these "operators" continue to look down their noses at "CB'ers and Freebanders" the pool of prospectives will continue to dry up. Perhaps I'm wrong, but it is almost as if we are witnessing a dying breed here. With the peak of 11 meter propagation dropping off I don't know if more of us will take the plunge back into the Amatuer bands. I don't think I will just yet. I have a local Ham who wants me to get back in and he has encouraged me to do so, but time and work are taking priority right now. Well I'm rambling now. So I'll just shut up. Just wanted to contribute my thoughts.



formally known as WN4IOH (too, too many moons ago)


Wayne C.

CDX-787

Magna Force 900

HR2600 & HR 2510

MR. COILY Single Coil

Every man is a damn fool for at least 5 minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub86.ezboard.com/bworldwidecbradioclub.showUserPublicProfile?gid=eduk8tr>EDUK8TR</A> at: 4/1/03 11:34:10 am