Is there not room here for all of us?
Lin
WB1AIW
George Bennett wrote:
> I've been a ham for a very short period, but have already discovered that
> the participants in this activity are very similar to photography
> enthusiasts and probably most other hobbyists.
>
> In photography there are photographers who are active in taking photos,
> developing, printing, and mounting them and who are studying and striving to
> learn more about their craft. Then there are equipment enthusiasts who must
> always have the latest equipment, have become proficient in testing
> procedures and in comparing cameras, printers, computers, etc. They rarely
> photograph anything other than test cards and never take a good photograph.
> Their forte is in finding fault with equipment.
>
> I suspect that the best ham operators (whatever that means and however you
> measure such a concept) don't spend much time in hand wringing, breast
> beating, finger pointing, tongue clucking and ear bending about the merits
> of their equipment. I'll bet they "get on with it" and spend their time
> learning to operate their equipment better and to becoming better overall
> operators.
>
> These are the guys we don't hear usually from on this list in the
> discussions concerning the faults of Ten Tec, the equipment, the employees,
> blah blah . I'll get back under my rock now.
>
> George Bennett
>
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