From: G4gvw@aol.com
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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 17:40:29 EDT
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Subject: Re: LF: CW MODE
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<DIV>To g3kev</DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Mal,</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>It is with great reluctance that I rise to your bait!</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>You are not the only old timer on this band or any other!</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>I am now into my sixties but recognise that this hobby whether pursued for 
leisure or scientific reasons is meant to be a broad church. there are times 
when I too feel that maybe&nbsp;I should resent those who have obtained their 
licences in a less rigourous manner than maybe I judge was the case for me. But 
so be it! I don't make the rules. We live in a free and democratic country and 
if we do not approve of life as it is lived we are conditionally free to 
exercise our democratic rights.</DIV>
<DIV>I too can remember spending hours into the grey dawn learning how to 
program a 4-bit micro to send my callsign. I can also remember the embarrasment 
of spending hours while a local G3+++ debugged some of my awfull soldering on a 
UK101 single board computor!</DIV>
<DIV>At various stages both in professional life in the comms industry and in 
the hobby&nbsp;I was and still am humble enough to request and acknowledge with 
gratitude the help, advice and assistance of those with greater knowledge and 
experience. Sometimes I am both humbled and flattered when someone expects the 
same from me.</DIV>
<DIV>Now,&nbsp;I think this is getting out of hand and let's face it! Life is 
too short and the field of human endeavour worth far more than childish put 
downs. The future of this hobby requires that we all behave as a community, 
supporting each other.</DIV>
<DIV>If anyone is trying to keep score, then, please don't. And that includes 
participants! </DIV>
<DIV>Can we please, please get back to AMATEUR RADIO ?</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>g4gvw&nbsp;</DIV>
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