[AMPS] I don't get it!

[Jon Ogden]

>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

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Jon Ogden

jono@enteract.com
www.qsl.net/ke9na

"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."


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