[TowerTalk] FCP vs On ground.txt

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

On 2022-01-21 2:48 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

> And most of what I post online is aimed at helping folks learn. The 
> disappointing thing is when I do that, questioners seem to post new 
> questions suggesting they didn't bother to study either what I (or 
> others) had written on the reflector, or what I'd posted links to on
> my website, some of which I'd spent weeks or months learning and
> writing about.

How true!  Amateur Radio has become infected with the same "entitlement
mentality" that is so common in society, particularly younger members
of society.  I don't want to count the number if times I have posted
references to User Manuals, software help files, software WiKis, FAQs,
etc. only to hear "I don't have time to read <pick the reference>,
just tell me what to do".

<you can guess what I *WANT* to tell them to do <G>!>

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2022-01-21 2:48 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 1/21/2022 11:19 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
>> Thankfully for any of us that actually consider ham radio to be a 
>> technical hobby instead of just a wireless chat room, not everyone 
>> here shares your perspective.
> 
> YES!  Much of the ARRL Handbook is tutorial material. Indeed, I'd wager 
> that most if not all of the teams that have put us in space first 
> learned electronics and radio from the Handbook.
> 
> And most of what I post online is aimed at helping folks learn. The 
> disappointing thing is when I do that, questioners seem to post new 
> questions suggesting they didn't bother to study either what I (or 
> others) had written on the reflector, or what I'd posted links to on my 
> website, some of which I'd spent weeks or months learning and writing 
> about.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
>