[Elecraft] little OT: sweating the details [END of thread]

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Let's also end this thread now..  Please, no more posts on this topic.

Also, as a general statement, ALL levels of technical questions are encouraged on the Elecraft reflector. Asking a question is a great way to learn more about this great hobby. Putting down those who dare to ask a question or those who might risk making an incorrect or uninformed statement is inappropriate.  

Its perfectly OK to correct technical mis-statements and to argue technical details, but it is not OK to personally put down others on the list (either directly or via indirect statements.) We want to encourage the free discussion of technical topics. 

73,

Eric  WA6HHQ
Elecraft List Moderator
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>
Date: Sunday, Aug 17, 2008 9:08 am
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] little OT: sweating the details
To: "'Charles Harpole'" <k4vud at hotmail.com>,        "'Stewart Baker'" <stewart at baker.nildram.co.uk>,        "'Ken K3IU'" <kenk3iu at cox.net>
CC: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>

Ha, ha! You are quite right Charles. In the 1950's a great many Hams looked askance at anyone operating a factory built rig. "Appliance Operator" was a highly pejorative term more often whispered about someone than spoken aloud in polite company. 

I believe the lack of chirps, clicks and poorly modulated phone signals on the bands today is a warning sign. Not enough Hams are tinkering, playing and learning how to build rigs or how the rig they have works. 

Worse, those signals are so rare these days there are some Hams who think they should be illegal. 

That is truly disturbing. 

Much of what I learned the first few years on the air came from fellow Hams who patiently answered my questions and made suggestions. I try to repay them in a small way by taking the time to answer questions and encourage others today. 

Ron AC7AC 



-----Original Message-----

Every now and then, I read every message placed

on several ham radio reflectors.  I am astonished at

1. the high level of detail that some hams worry about and

2.  the low level of basic knowledge that the ham test should

have caught and finally

3. the seeming unwillingness to just go ahead and try something

instead of asking "permission" from "those who know more" (see

the quote marks?)....

73


Charles Harpole

k4vud at hotmail.com

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