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[AMPS] I don't get it!

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Subject: [AMPS] I don't get it!
From: wsz@ginko.de (Werner S. Zielke, DJ2HZ)
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 21:26:13 +0200
Jon, you did not understand me. The quality is exellent on this reflector.
But sometimes it's hard to follow all the msgs with different subjects 
without any notices of the authors of the first title or reflector mail.
That is wat getting confusing me. The best example is your own mail. Another
reader can't follow you. Nothing about the first writer and using a new
subject. And that is what make it difficult to find an association.

>>Often I think some guys forget that we are amateurs and not professionals.

That means not a niveau of appliance operators. That means not all players
are professional players. The amateur would like to lern from the professional
but he can't when the professional is not giving any chance. Don't forget,
this is an amateur reflector and not a professional forum.

73, Werner DJ2HZ /VE7HBI


Jon Ogden wrote:
> 
> >Pete, I agree 100% what you said. I'm an active reader on this reflector
> >and mostly more confused as to get any news or good ideas. Often I think some
> >guys forget that we are amateurs and not professionals. Some of them are
> >splitting hairs and some others are good attention hunters. But anyway, the
> >reflector is a very good place to find news and good techniques.
> >Over a long time I guess I find out the specialists and the AH's.
> 
> I don't get it.
> 
> People complain about the fact that ham radio is no longer a technical
> hobby - that all we are is appliance operators.
> 
> Yet when a technical discussion ensues where they can learn something,
> they suddenly throw up their hands and say, "Hold on a minute.  I am an
> amateur, not a technical person!"
> 
> So which is it, folks?  I like to think that those of us on amps are more
> technically skilled than the rest.  I also like to think that there is a
> lot that all of us can learn.  I know I have learned a great deal about
> tube amplifier design from the members of this list.
> 
> As to all the ">>>>" attribution quotes, perhaps they go to far, however,
> being that I've read all of the previous messages, those don't end up
> confusing me.  Only when I haven't read the entire thread is it a problem.
> 
> And regarding splitting hairs: Yes, there are some here that are
> extremely guilty of that.  And while I don't necessarily try to split
> hairs, I get caught up in it because I feel that a point is not been
> properly explained or understood.  Undoubtably, there are others like
> myself.  And there are people who exploit that.
> 
> If you aren't interested in a particular topic after a while, use the
> delete key.  That's not a slam or a flame, but just the way you should do
> it.  I do this with a lot of messages.
> 
> Anyhow, are we as hams a technical lot who want to continue to grow our
> technical knowledge or are we appliance operators?
> 
> Which is it?  We can't have it both ways.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Jon
> KE9NA
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The Second Amendment is NOT about duck hunting!
> 
> Jon Ogden
> 
> jono@enteract.com
> www.qsl.net/ke9na
> 
> "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
> 
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