[Boatanchors] Wouff Hong for sale Scam

[J. Forster]

I'm not getting into code/no code.

Realistically, most modern ham gear simply cannot be repaired in the
field. You need a SMT work station or other special tools and test
equipment.

Given that, reducing the requirements makes some sense.

Ask yourself, is it better to have 20 possible contacts with little
knowlege, or 1 expert?

YMMV,

-John

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> I guess the ARRL and the manufacturers lobbied the FCC to ease up on  the
> tests to increase the market place. IMHO, they should go back to the early
> amateur exams where you had a code test and much more technical questions
> to
> weed out the appliance operators we have today.  I'd be willing to bet
> that
>  many of them couldn't draw a block diagram of a simple ham station much
> less a  diagram of a simple transmitter or receiver.
>
> I realize that the marine and military have given up on CW but my favorite
> question when the subject comes up is:  You are out in the boonies and
> your
>  only communication is your ham rig.  You have an emergency situation and
> your mic cable is broken. What are you gonna do, Charlie?  You had better
> hope that you know the code and that the guy on the other end does, too!
>
> Happy New Year,
>
> John,  W4AWM
>
>
>
>
>>> Based on the current Amateur Radio Operators that we  all deal
>>> with, I'd put it in the simple view that The Wouff Hong  needs to
>>> be dusted off and physically branded on this generation  of Amateurs.
>
> Sorry to say, relatively few of the current crop of  so-called "amateur
> radio operators" have any idea what a Wouff Hong is, or a  rettysnitch, or
> an
> elmer... they live in a world where "negatory" and  "seventy-thirds" and
> "the
> personal here is..." and "your signal is nine  over"  >>
>
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