There is no difference nowadays...most hams and cb'ers alike are four-eyed
pencil necked geeks,who couldn't get laid in a monkey whore house with a
bag full of banana's!
ROFLMAO!
73 and keep smiling!
-chuck K8CPA
>Message: 2
To: <amps@contesting.com>
>Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 09:24:41 -0500
>To: amps@contesting.com
>From: "Steve Cloutier, 978-597-3311" <cloutier@bicnet.net>
>Subject: [Amps] CB'ers - what *IS* the problem, anyway???
>Hmm..
>What *IS* the real difference between a modern "Amateur" operator and a
>CB'er, anyway. Yes, back in the old days (before the dumbing down of the
>amateur radio test) there was a real technical difference between *most*
>(but not all) of the CB'ers and amateurs.
>However, I have met many CB'ers who are VERY technical - can design (not
>just assemble) equipment, but did not become hams because of the code
>test. Some people just can't do code.
>However, many times - at least on 75 meters, I see VERY little difference
>between many of the so-called amateur radio operators and the CB'ers that
>so many chastise for existing. I have personally administered the General
>class test as a VE, and I will say that virtually ANYONE can pass this test
>who has better than an 8th grade education.
>There is *no* technical distinction between the CB'ers and many modern-day
>amateurs. Most amateurs today are appliance operators. They pass a simple
>test, buy an expensive piece of equipment, plug it in and get on the
>air. What *is* the difference between this and what a CB'er does - except
>that the CB'er doesn't have to pass any test at all. The difference is
>rather thin, if you ask me.
>Just as background, I designed and built virtually every piece of radio
>equipment in my station - including converting an old BC1004 receiver to
>solid-state (basically, a complete rebuild). To *me* this is what Amateur
>radio is all about - being technical, experimenting, building. But I would
>not ever accuse someone who enjoys a different aspect of the hobby, or is
>here for different reasons as "lesser". Personally, I include the CB'ers
>in this category. Why are they less than us? They just want to
>communicate and have fun, so let them. Plenty of hams do the exact
>thing.... No one of us is "better" than anyone else.
>(Sorry about the old-buzzard transmission :-).
>Regards,
>Steve WA1QIX http://www.netway.com/~stevec/ham
>
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