[Milsurplus] Now hear yee all.....

[pete williams]

Pete D..Williams
METUNG, 3904
AUSTRALIA
jupete at bigpond.net.au
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "William Donzelli" <wdonzelli at gmail.com>; "Milsurplus" 
<milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Now hear yee all.....


"The Old  order Changeth, yielding place  to new....."

A view  from OZ....As a VK ham licence holder for 60+ years, I've  seen and have been 
part of the introduction of licensing  functions. Back in  1956 we  had no options... 
no ticket if you were younger than 16 ,.....a 14  wpm  send /receive and  stiff 
technical exam with  one  question as  I  vividly recall "describe a   floating 
paraphase  inverter and  sketch the  circuit."  Prohibitions  --no third  party 
traffic, all contacts to be made using the  English language, and  definitely no 
matters of political or  religious content to be  discussed.Power limits  to be 100W 
and special application for  portable operation.
Of  course, the  tsaumi of technical inquisitiveness generated  by WW2 flooded the 
evironment... no point in being a  ham operator unless that awareness existed... you 
had to roll your own via parts or surplus.  The  wave rolled  on and  dissipated. 
Today, no  code, say what you like in whatever language, bad or  otherwise and  with 
a  couple of levels of licensing in an effort to stimulate the  aforementioned 
technical awareness that the  new generations  take for  granted . A level little 
higher than CB radio. A forlorn ambition... no stimulus to  compromise and  MAKE 
somthing.... example. I  advertised in the "Amateur  Radio"  journal some  surplus 
gear. Apart  from my  advt, there was one other flogging some   commercial  ham 
radio.The piece that  took the  attention of one  guy  was a R-11A  the 200 to 500 
kHz  Command rx  close  equivalent. I 'd mentioned -- foolishly.--.as used for  a 
Q5er..but no dynamotor. His  phone  call asked  what's  a Q5er  and  why hasn't it 
got an AC  power  supply.!
I sold  nothing.... no  surprise?
Let's face it fellows...flogging  dead horses or trying to lead them to water is a 
wasted exercise/emotion. The  sacred  cowsof personal values have to left to 
historians to explain the  sacrifice.
Follow your own pursuits, bemoan the past by all means, but  don't let it  deflect 
making and  encouraging.  opportunities for  new developments.
Billy Shakespeare 's enigmatic  conundrum applies inpart..."there's nothing  either 
good or bad but thinking makes it  so"
All the  best for 2007 lads  and lasses
73
Pete VK3IZ




-----Original Message-----
>From: William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com>

>You guys are your own worst enemy.

Ahhh... I'm just sour-graping over the FCC
not keeping 5 WPM for Extra Class, Will.
I was *for* the rest of it, and filed comments
with them for the record.
And I think the cartoon/dialog were funny.
Kinda biting, but funny.
We'll see how it turns out.
Perhaps it will be better than what is reported
from G- and VK- land.... I hope.
D.S.
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