[ICOM] recent flame

[Dick Flanagan]

Kevin, thanks for your message.  For what it is worth, I agree with you 
100%.  As long as the topics are Icom-related, all levels of inquiries are 
welcome and encouraged.

73, Dick
--
Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
E-mail: k7vc at arrl.org

At 10:10 AM 1/13/2005, NOLET, KEVIN J wrote:
 >I feel the need to express myself here in this forum on this the latest
 >flame.
 >
 >This individual posted stating that they are leaving this list for
 >various reasons which is fine, but why can't they just leave and not
 >blast those that ask questions that to him (gender neutral) seem simple?
 >Isn't this list supposed to be for those to learn?  I read more than I
 >write to the lists and get quite a lot out of the postings and questions
 >that others ask.  Yes I have been a ham for a short time, only ten
 >years, and do not have the skills to build my own radio from scratch.
 >But that is not the reason I got involved in this hobby.
 >Congratulations if it is why you did.  We need those folks and their
 >expertise to propagate the technology.
 >
 >I got involved in this hobby because the people I have met were
 >compassionate and honestly nice people who were willing to help me
 >understand what a guy wire was.
 >
 >I know this is an Icom forum, and this post is a general Ham statement,
 >made because in the last two days this is the second similar flame on
 >two different ham posts that blast those that ask simple or basic
 >questions.  Provide an answer or move on, but there is no need to flame
 >the person
 >
 >Thanks for the opportunity for expression
 >
 >Kc7iel
 >
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