[CW] The Dumbing Down of Amateur Radio

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:04:16 -0600

Quoting Bob Wilder <[email protected]>:

Hello Bob:  I get tired of simple questions too but...if they dont ask,
maybe they wont learn from their "on the air elmers"???

I do wish they would read the books a bit before asking but then, I was
a Novice one time too!!

"Confucious" say "He who is not patient, soon become one" (sorry).

73 DE K0NG  ..

> of course you would put both on 80 meters and tune for maximum smoke...
> one less lid on the bands..
> 
> 
> At 02:39 PM 3/31/2004 -0800, Rich wrote:
> 
> >I found this question posted on a ham forum. Now
> >some say the current study material and question pool
> >have truly dumbed down the hobby. And with the current
> >suggestions by the ARRL and others it is stated it
> >will continue to dumb down the hobby. Read this
> >question and you decide in which direction this hobby
> >is heading in.
> >
> >"Would like to use my 40 m invrtd v on 15 m , on what
> >band ( 40 or 15 ) do I place my Icom 500 ant tuner
> >?also which band for my Collins 30L-1 amp ?"
> >
> >
> >
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