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: [Amps] CB'ers - what *IS* the problem, anyway???

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Subject: : [Amps] CB'ers - what *IS* the problem, anyway???
From: wlfuqu00@uky.edu (Bill Fuqua)
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:16:26 -0500
Well, Chuck. It sees by the language in your message you do hang out with 
too many CBers after all.
Besides you do sell the stuff. Right?
73
Bill wa4lav


At 12:31 PM 12/6/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>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
>
>
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>>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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