Lol! “He’s in love... With himself.” I always despised these guys who make a living off of ham radio like they’re God.. Thanks for the laugh Bert, I’m guilty of some of these things!
Love your content. Wow, it is a revelation, thank you very much for what you posted. By the way at 6:11, you stated "no one is all that anxious to talk to a king..." It should read eager not anxious. Recall, anxious implies fear, dread, anxiety, sadness, and the like, all negative emotions. Whereas eager indicated a positive feeling as in looking forward with excitement to something. Recalling my Latin studies, anxious came from the Latin word Angere, its implication was to choke or strangle someone. Thus, nobody is looking forward to being choked nor strangled. The word anxious has an emotionally negative connotation, unlike eager being a very positive feeling looking forward to something. Thank you for reading.
"Would you like to do an interview with me." "No." 🤣 You are so spot on. I have a lot of the same experiences with hams. Also, when they refer to "we", ask them about their multiple personalities or their voices in their head.
Came here after seeing your video from 2008! And this is a 4 yr old pre pandemic video! Really like the hobby, and I want it to grow. But i love your comments 😄. I believe it’s very healthy criticism. I wish the important people in this hobby appreciate your comments/feedback. But got to say, some of it is quite petty! Like the one about using Fahrenheit, nothing wrong in being clear. The one about equipment sale, thats their personal style. If you get to facebook marketplace or good or bad ol Craigslist ads, you will find how many of them are crappy ads. As well nobody sees money dropped into a hobby as investment, it’s all just lingos and figure of speech of current day. If you come down to the world of car and motorcycle upgrades and racing, you will be hit with far more heavy lingos. As well i don’t understand your gripe with license exam. The test to get an automobile license is really low, that wont let them drive at nascar, let alone f3/f2/f1. The bar to enter is low for general license does not mean it cannot get complex. In fact there is no license required to drive/ride off-road, but one needs a lot of skill. License is just so you don’t harm others and claim innocence “i did not know”. But license is not equal to skill. Any certification is the same almost. There is zero license required to compute, deploy code into the internet and have your apps/website live. Does it mean computing is for stupids? Far more greater and complex things have been written in the open source world if not better than proprietary. I respect your view point, but you have unfortunately taken the negative view to be your character you got to play and is continuing with it for ages now!
@@Capecodham Very true, and may I mention the cost of rigs these days...what teenager wants a used TS-440, or FT-747, when they can have the fanciest POS their parents can afford. Why? because it has so many features that they will never use. I won't even go in to the biggest, baddest antenna...Build your own dipole? What a concept.
I couldn’t think of anything you said that I disagreed with. I think you made a lot of good points. I have noticed many hams saying and doing a lot of the things you mentioned. Good video. A lot of food for thought. Jack Daniel / KF5SGC. 73.
I have been licensed for 42 years and only owned 10 radios. Four of those were in cars. I run them till they die. My first transmitter was a Heathkit DX40. Crystal controlled till I found a VFO.
You better secure some test equipment and new supply sources to keep one alive, and just use it till the end. I'm ashamed to admit I have unused rigs here that I've intended on disposing of, for 30 years. They still sit here. Likewise, I started with Heathkit, using a DX-20 with crystals. Great introduction to radio and circuity for me.
My TS520 is priceless!! I will never sell a rig as they are my children. So they are beyond value. On QRZ I love looking at hams who put effort into their page. It adds a dimension to the QSO to see Jose in his shack in Spain. 73 de VK2AOE
i agree on the oldsters with their large collection of radio equiptment, unless they pre-planned a way to "ease the pain" on their family and friends..
Missing NEARFEST, hope to see you in the spring. You forgot to mention the new habit of adding "QSL" at the end of every transmission. It's one of those nails on blackboard speech affects like "like", "you know",... It just screams "I'm an idiot, wanna be, radio operator". Ham radio works just fine without any jargon.
The guy in love with himself always put me off even when I started in amateur radio back in 1993 or so. Just something about him and his grandstanding and bragging never appealed to me. In fact, I never bought one of his license manuals or material over the years to get my license upgrades preferring information from other sources or what I learned in some cases by listening and trial and error especially with antennas and learning how to make things such as antennas, soldering etc. One of my biggest complaints about ham radio is the lack of decorum or decency on it these days. It sounds like a bunch of backwoods yokels here in the US of the lowest common denominator. It seems that 75 meters and 40 meters are the bane of the HF spectrum at least here in the Midwestern US since we get a lot of loudmouths from not only this region but the lower Ohio Valley, Upper South and Deep South along with Texas. It's like the worst of the worst and they might as well be playing banjos praising songs about the Bubbafication of America. In a lot of ways the lack of standards and not just Morse/CW no longer being required but also the dumbing down of the radio tests and license requirements is more of the dumbing down of amateur radio. My local suburban bedroom community hams are nothing to be proud of either because most of them sound like they just came up from the CB bands and Channel 19 and act like they don't know the difference between CB Radio and the vile stupidity that goes on there versus amateur radio which used to be an interest aka hobby that was something to be at least somewhat proud.
Great and so true. What upset me the most are the endless, one sided, political discussion on the radio. It has always been my understanding, and it used to be, that ham radio licenses were issued for technical discussions and technical advancements. Great video Bert.
Saw some folks getting butt hurt off of your posting / qrz sale. Then your interesting qrz page. Of course after that had to watch this vid. 😂 Stay cool buddy. 73 K0ATV
@@Capecodham Hey buddy I grew up in MA and CT, I understand (or think I do) your sense of humor. I'm a fan of telling it like it is. People are too sensitive these days and would rather spout off than just move on. Strange times!
Some good points, but every hobby I have ever participated in, or know about, has its idiots and quirks. I hope you don't loose sleep or get high blood pressure over any of this. It's never going to stop. Relax and have fun.
Tutoring from experience, as the presenter did, has its upside. Some people will listen, and some will listen and change. Prophets have their place. Most people will continue in poor habitual behavior, but some will listen and reverse their direction, with the help of others. Everyone has a role to play.
Hi Burt, recently had a nice cw contact with you and ran into this, hilarious! I don't agree with everything but I agree with most, love the "WE" and I'm definitely guilty of the "KN" ... will never use that again.
@@Capecodham Ah yes, that was me. Nice meeting you too. I agree. There is also the crabby old fart I take ham radio and myself a bit too seriously syndrome.
This is the kind of guy Bert is the lowest form of ham radio pond life, trashes Marcus a CB operator thinking of getting his licence Watch the video ua-cam.com/video/Ec_ku2v7984/v-deo.html
Burt, Been away from ham radio for a few years. Good to see you're still around and your channel is still active. I actually ONCE did have a CW break in from a ham in RI (I'm in MA) and that was because he knew me and wanted to say hi. Take care, Bill AA1TH
@@Capecodham Laziness does not enter into the equation. Based on your videos, one could argue there is no hobby better suited for lazy people than HAM. Or were you just referring to everyone else but you? Besides, as you have said repeatedly, getting licensed is not an accomplish. An eight year old could do it. No, you are correct. It is better to let the hobby die off with the boomers who ruined it.
@@jonathanfahrmann4068 HAM? No one has a hobby of "HAM." An 8 year has gotten a ham license but they were not turned off by one comment that was used as an excuse by a loser to not study for the test.
@@Capecodham you have been a HAM for too long, Burt. You continue to repeat yourself in hopes that someone is listening. Accept responsibility for contributing to the death march of the hobby.
I love it when amateurs say I’m just running legal limit to a th-7 up 100 feet so glad you are hearing me! (“Just” the legal limit to just a th-7 up 100 feet)
Ok... what grinds my gears are people that complain to much. For grins means for self amusement :) You seem to have put this video together just for grins......hihi..
Get a god damn life I hate assine term "for grins" and even worse, "hihi." I will not listen, and listen, and then listen again before calling. I will not only call if I can copy the DX station properly. I will rust the DX cluster and will be sure of the DX station’s call sign before calling. I will interfere with the DX station nor anyone calling and will never tune up on the DX frequency or in the QSX slot. I won't wait for the DX station to end a contact before I call. I will not always send my full call sign.
Very much enjoyed your summary of dislikes. I am stunned that you did not comment on the widespread mis-use of the term "QSL" on voice modes. Apparently the folks doing this think it is way cool and they use "QSL" to mean 'I received all of that'. It is right up there on the Dumb List with the expression "Roger Roger". There is some stupid net on 40 meter SSB every night where this one guy starts EVERY transmission by enthusiastically saying "Roger Roger". I guess I am just not cool despite being on the air for 61 years this summer, HI HI.
I agree with most of your points and using hi hi in a voice qso is obviously foolish. How it got spread worldwide that, on cw, hi or hi hi is the proper way to laugh is wrong. in 34 years as a cw operator everytime I send h e e which is actually the correct way. I get asked why. Because h e e is the correct way not hi or hi hi. Most will disagree with me but I am right. One of my elmers was around in the early twenties with the call 1alk and he taught me this early on and he is not the only one. A lot of times when written in books laughing can be signified by ha ha or hee hee but never as hi hi. You never mentioned the poor behavior of some contesters. I have had several cw dx contacts ruined by contesters by parking right on my frequency or maybe 100 to 200 cycles off of it and starting up without ever checking the frequency. I encounter this with regular hams wanting to call cq on a frequency too. Since they don't hear anyone there at the time they incorrectly assume the frequency is clear. This is irrelevant anyway as sending qrl ? should be sent at least once but twice is better. Proper cw procedures are not being taught much anymore with maybe a few exceptions. Using KN is proper if you want a one on one qso so I will continue using it unless anyone is welcome to break in whereby I will send just a K. I have conducted ham and military cw nets and spent a lot of time learning proper procedures but the culture now is radically different and not always for the better. In other respects it is a step forward. Oh yes, I am sure those contesters heard me but just didn't give a damn. Even if they did not hear me they never checked the frequency. And backup gear for hams who handle emergency communications is a very good idea. In fact, I highly recommend it.
One of my peeves is the use of "personal" , how does that word add to what you said? "my peeve are guys who say "hi hi".........", did the removal of the word change what you said?
HAHA, or maybe HIHI. great video...I hear this kind of stuff every day...You're a riot. Thanks for making the video...AI1B. Oh, and you forgot the hams that ask for your call sign over and over, then give you a"59" ...Really?... I run a hb QRP rig when the bands are good, and the rude comments from some big ops are, well, rude. "73's"..There's another 'good' one.
Prophets are lambasted for speaking truth, highlighting the difference between standards and practice, who shy away from the social activist's truth that varies like Spring fashion colors. It may be that you are an operator who interacts and talks normally, not using affected language, or maybe you have not heard hams you use any instances mentioned by the prophet. Then, you may be a placid person unaffected by unusual behaviors, which is really good.
Re: "bite the bullet"... what about the all time favorite of used car salesmen and wannabe types, "pull the trigger"? "Out the door" and "price point" fall into this category as well. Oh, well... at the end of the day, it is what it is (and conversely, it isn't what it isn't)… a virtual paradigm shift, and that's the bottom line. :)
Here's another one for you Burt. Mediterranean types who pollute the airways with their "hola, hola, hoooooooooola, ola ola, hooooooooooo.....hoooooo.....hoooooooo..la, ...hola"
There is nothing in ham radio that would ever cause me to be angry.Please quote a comment where I was either angry or did not say something that was based on fact.
i do disagree with a few things here and there, well not disagree..maybe just lighten up on some of the ,um sheep ,...,but it is true...many people are sheep and just say things out of habit .without thinking of the words or phrases they use, then again could have those ulterior motives, etc.
Amateur radio is on its decline. The function of the so called contests is to keep amateur radio artificially alive. The UHF/VHF bands are pretty much dead. I give the hobby about twenty more years to go before its phased out.
I had actualy one mad(at me) person in all those years that came to my house to drink a cup of coffee with me, that was a real supprise to me, other than that people say all kind of crazy things if you are honnest, they dont like me, welllll suprise i'm not here to be liked by everyone but if you ask for an opinion you will get a honnest one not a suggar coated one, wish everyone would do that instead of talking behind your back.
Ham radio is a great hobby, but the constant drumbeat that amateur radio is there "when all else fails" is super annoying. Good luck convincing anyone under 40 that they should get a ham license and buy an expensive radio so they can provide "emergency" communications at the local 5K race when cell phones do everything they need and more. Ham radio is fun, but let's not make it more than it is.
It sure is refreshing to hear someone else say this. It's far from being the popular opinion. In fact, during the recent hurricane drama, I was quite literally cursed at, banned, and even threatened for saying the same thing.
You are referring to handheld radios used for local events not long distance capable HF gear. If the grid or internet go down, and they will, what have you got left? The U.S. government allows us the privilege of using all this frequency spectrum but it is not a right. When hurricanes and tsunamis hit like they have in various parts of the world the grid and cell phones go down so all that is left is the military and us. I suspect you are fairly young and a newer "ham" otherwise you wouldn't be revealing yourself as the dumbass you evidently are. I am ex military and know we are headed for one bitch of a future if things don't radically change but I am more than likely wasting my time with the likes of you.You have been sold a bill of goods by the fools who don't know any better. Good luck with that.
The Andy Rooney of Amateur Radio thanks for the laughs
Andy was a communist too.
Lol! “He’s in love... With himself.”
I always despised these guys who make a living off of ham radio like they’re God.. Thanks for the laugh Bert, I’m guilty of some of these things!
Love your content. Wow, it is a revelation, thank you very much for what you posted.
By the way at 6:11, you stated "no one is all that anxious to talk to a king..." It should read eager not anxious. Recall, anxious implies fear, dread, anxiety, sadness, and the like, all negative emotions. Whereas eager indicated a positive feeling as in looking forward with excitement to something. Recalling my Latin studies, anxious came from the Latin word Angere, its implication was to choke or strangle someone. Thus, nobody is looking forward to being choked nor strangled. The word anxious has an emotionally negative connotation, unlike eager being a very positive feeling looking forward to something. Thank you for reading.
I love when people sell old rigs and they expect to get a lot of the money back that they paid for it. Even when it’s over 20 years old.
I get more, much more.
"Would you like to do an interview with me."
"No."
🤣 You are so spot on. I have a lot of the same experiences with hams. Also, when they refer to "we", ask them about their multiple personalities or their voices in their head.
Hams hide behind their mike.
Came here after seeing your video from 2008! And this is a 4 yr old pre pandemic video!
Really like the hobby, and I want it to grow. But i love your comments 😄. I believe it’s very healthy criticism. I wish the important people in this hobby appreciate your comments/feedback.
But got to say, some of it is quite petty! Like the one about using Fahrenheit, nothing wrong in being clear. The one about equipment sale, thats their personal style. If you get to facebook marketplace or good or bad ol Craigslist ads, you will find how many of them are crappy ads. As well nobody sees money dropped into a hobby as investment, it’s all just lingos and figure of speech of current day. If you come down to the world of car and motorcycle upgrades and racing, you will be hit with far more heavy lingos.
As well i don’t understand your gripe with license exam. The test to get an automobile license is really low, that wont let them drive at nascar, let alone f3/f2/f1. The bar to enter is low for general license does not mean it cannot get complex. In fact there is no license required to drive/ride off-road, but one needs a lot of skill. License is just so you don’t harm others and claim innocence “i did not know”. But license is not equal to skill. Any certification is the same almost.
There is zero license required to compute, deploy code into the internet and have your apps/website live. Does it mean computing is for stupids? Far more greater and complex things have been written in the open source world if not better than proprietary.
I respect your view point, but you have unfortunately taken the negative view to be your character you got to play and is continuing with it for ages now!
What a curmudgeon. And we wonder why amateur radio doesn't interest younger folks.
I said Something that wasn't true? A reason young people do not come to ham radio is precisely because of the things I mentioned
@@Capecodham I couldn't agree more.
@@Capecodham Very true, and may I mention the cost of rigs these days...what teenager wants a used TS-440, or FT-747, when they can have the fanciest POS their parents can afford. Why? because it has so many features that they will never use. I won't even go in to the biggest, baddest antenna...Build your own dipole? What a concept.
@@jeffherbster2850 What about the cost of rigs?
@@Capecodham You might be right about "Gordo" and you seem just as narcissistic.
I couldn’t think of anything you said that I disagreed with. I think you made a lot of good points. I have noticed many hams saying and doing a lot of the things you mentioned. Good video. A lot of food for thought. Jack Daniel / KF5SGC. 73.
Great stuff Bert,
To keep things interesting and the conversation lively, I quote my local temperature in degrees Kelvin...
I have been licensed for 42 years and only owned 10 radios. Four of those were in cars. I run them till they die. My first transmitter was a Heathkit DX40. Crystal controlled till I found a VFO.
You better secure some test equipment and new supply sources to keep one alive, and just use it till the end. I'm ashamed to admit I have unused rigs here that I've intended on disposing of, for 30 years. They still sit here. Likewise, I started with Heathkit, using a DX-20 with crystals. Great introduction to radio and circuity for me.
You were very patient with my poor CW this morning. Wonderful person you must be!!! Thank you. '73
Upstate NY
I figured you needed me to be slow. You were slow but accurate. You were NOT poor, just slow.
Love it! Reminds me of the 2 meter FM hams here. They wear yellow vests too. They like to say “hi hi”, but never get off the repeater.
My TS520 is priceless!! I will never sell a rig as they are my children. So they are beyond value. On QRZ I love looking at hams who put effort into their page. It adds a dimension to the QSO to see Jose in his shack in Spain. 73 de VK2AOE
i agree on the oldsters with their large collection of radio equiptment, unless they pre-planned a way to "ease the pain" on their family and friends..
I'm in my mid 50's and I've come to realize this about collections too. I got rid of any excess items and simplified and minimized them.
I confuse the whisky lot by telling them I'm using 400 vodkas! LOL
Missing NEARFEST, hope to see you in the spring. You forgot to mention the new habit of adding "QSL" at the end of every transmission. It's one of those nails on blackboard speech affects like "like", "you know",... It just screams "I'm an idiot, wanna be, radio operator". Ham radio works just fine without any jargon.
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The guy in love with himself always put me off even when I started in amateur radio back in 1993 or so. Just something about him and his grandstanding and bragging never appealed to me. In fact, I never bought one of his license manuals or material over the years to get my license upgrades preferring information from other sources or what I learned in some cases by listening and trial and error especially with antennas and learning how to make things such as antennas, soldering etc.
One of my biggest complaints about ham radio is the lack of decorum or decency on it these days. It sounds like a bunch of backwoods yokels here in the US of the lowest common denominator. It seems that 75 meters and 40 meters are the bane of the HF spectrum at least here in the Midwestern US since we get a lot of loudmouths from not only this region but the lower Ohio Valley, Upper South and Deep South along with Texas. It's like the worst of the worst and they might as well be playing banjos praising songs about the Bubbafication of America. In a lot of ways the lack of standards and not just Morse/CW no longer being required but also the dumbing down of the radio tests and license requirements is more of the dumbing down of amateur radio.
My local suburban bedroom community hams are nothing to be proud of either because most of them sound like they just came up from the CB bands and Channel 19 and act like they don't know the difference between CB Radio and the vile stupidity that goes on there versus amateur radio which used to be an interest aka hobby that was something to be at least somewhat proud.
Great and so true. What upset me the most are the endless, one sided, political discussion on the radio. It has always been my understanding, and it used to be, that ham radio licenses were issued for technical discussions and technical advancements. Great video Bert.
I welcome all discussion, politics, religion, prostates, we are not required to be boring although most are.
Regards from Germany (I'm not a ham, but listen to shortwave radio once in a while and like your radio presentations)
Saw some folks getting butt hurt off of your posting / qrz sale. Then your interesting qrz page. Of course after that had to watch this vid. 😂 Stay cool buddy. 73 K0ATV
The sale has a lot of comments.
@@Capecodham Hey buddy I grew up in MA and CT, I understand (or think I do) your sense of humor. I'm a fan of telling it like it is. People are too sensitive these days and would rather spout off than just move on. Strange times!
Some good points, but every hobby I have ever participated in, or know about, has its idiots and quirks. I hope you don't loose sleep or get high blood pressure over any of this. It's never going to stop. Relax and have fun.
Tutoring from experience, as the presenter did, has its upside. Some people will listen, and some will listen and change. Prophets have their place. Most people will continue in poor habitual behavior, but some will listen and reverse their direction, with the help of others. Everyone has a role to play.
Hi Burt, recently had a nice cw contact with you and ran into this, hilarious! I don't agree with everything but I agree with most, love the "WE" and I'm definitely guilty of the "KN" ... will never use that again.
This morning I worked a KN'er. He was also a F'er as if the temperature anywhere in the US would be 50C. Ham radio- monkey see monkey do syndrome
@@Capecodham Ah yes, that was me. Nice meeting you too. I agree. There is also the crabby old fart I take ham radio and myself a bit too seriously syndrome.
@@gilpi552 Some hams live for ham radio.
It is last on my do list.
This is the kind of guy Bert is the lowest form of ham radio pond life, trashes Marcus a CB operator thinking of getting his licence
Watch the video
ua-cam.com/video/Ec_ku2v7984/v-deo.html
Burt, Been away from ham radio for a few years. Good to see you're still around and your channel is still active.
I actually ONCE did have a CW break in from a ham in RI (I'm in MA) and that was because he knew me and wanted to say hi.
Take care, Bill AA1TH
Even a blind chicken occasionally gets a kernel of corn. Why did you say hello at the end of your comment?
@@Capecodham The RI ham who knew me wanted to say hello to me. Sorry for my apparently poor grammar. 73 from the blind chicken.
Burt, I was considering getting my license, but this video has convinced me that it is in fact a waste of time. The hobby will croak with the boomers.
You must be quite the lazy loser to let one ham video cause you to not put in the effort to not study.
@@Capecodham Laziness does not enter into the equation. Based on your videos, one could argue there is no hobby better suited for lazy people than HAM. Or were you just referring to everyone else but you? Besides, as you have said repeatedly, getting licensed is not an accomplish. An eight year old could do it. No, you are correct. It is better to let the hobby die off with the boomers who ruined it.
@@jonathanfahrmann4068 HAM? No one has a hobby of "HAM." An 8 year has gotten a ham license but they were not turned off by one comment that was used as an excuse by a loser to not study for the test.
@@Capecodham you have been a HAM for too long, Burt. You continue to repeat yourself in hopes that someone is listening. Accept responsibility for contributing to the death march of the hobby.
@@jonathanfahrmann4068 What is a "HAM?"
I love it when amateurs say I’m just running legal limit to a th-7 up 100 feet so glad you are hearing me! (“Just” the legal limit to just a th-7 up 100 feet)
Lighten up, Francis.
Great, now what do you really think? How about FT-8 , or hams that cant hear CW, or hams that think that its more than just a Hobby.
Ok... what grinds my gears are people that complain to much. For grins means for self amusement :) You seem to have put this video together just for grins......hihi..
Get a god damn life I hate assine term "for grins" and even worse, "hihi."
I will not listen, and listen, and then listen again before calling.
I will not only call if I can copy the DX station properly.
I will rust the DX cluster and will be sure of the DX station’s call sign before calling.
I will interfere with the DX station nor anyone calling and will never tune up on the DX frequency or in the QSX slot.
I won't wait for the DX station to end a contact before I call.
I will not always send my full call sign.
Very much enjoyed your summary of dislikes. I am stunned that you did not comment on the widespread mis-use of the term "QSL" on voice modes. Apparently the folks doing this think it is way cool and they use "QSL" to mean 'I received all of that'. It is right up there on the Dumb List with the expression "Roger Roger". There is some stupid net on 40 meter SSB every night where this one guy starts EVERY transmission by enthusiastically saying "Roger Roger". I guess I am just not cool despite being on the air for 61 years this summer, HI HI.
You are right I missed QSL.
Great Video! Thanks Burt!
I agree with most of your points and using hi hi in a voice qso is obviously foolish. How it got spread worldwide that, on cw, hi or hi hi is the proper way to laugh is wrong. in 34 years as a cw operator everytime I send h e e which is actually the correct way. I get asked why. Because h e e is the correct way not hi or hi hi. Most will disagree with me but I am right. One of my elmers was around in the early twenties with the call 1alk and he taught me this early on and he is not the only one. A lot of times when written in books laughing can be signified by ha ha or hee hee but never as hi hi. You never mentioned the poor behavior of some contesters. I have had several cw dx contacts ruined by contesters by parking right on my frequency or maybe 100 to 200 cycles off of it and starting up without ever checking the frequency. I encounter this with regular hams wanting to call cq on a frequency too. Since they don't hear anyone there at the time they incorrectly assume the frequency is clear. This is irrelevant anyway as sending qrl ? should be sent at least once but twice is better. Proper cw procedures are not being taught much anymore with maybe a few exceptions. Using KN is proper if you want a one on one qso so I will continue using it unless anyone is welcome to break in whereby I will send just a K. I have conducted ham and military cw nets and spent a lot of time learning proper procedures but the culture now is radically different and not always for the better. In other respects it is a step forward. Oh yes, I am sure those contesters heard me but just didn't give a damn. Even if they did not hear me they never checked the frequency. And backup gear for hams who handle emergency communications is a very good idea. In fact, I highly recommend it.
KN should never be used by domestic stations.
My call both starts and ends with the letter "K". Mainly for that reason I generally use KN to stand out from all the Ks.
You brought a smile to my face today Burt! If you're still teaching, I bet you scare the hell out of your students, and faculty! JK of course...
my personal peeve are guys who say "hi hi" on voice....or using Q codes on voice in general...
One of my peeves is the use of "personal" , how does that word add to what you said?
"my peeve are guys who say "hi hi".........", did the removal of the word change what you said?
HAHA, or maybe HIHI. great video...I hear this kind of stuff every day...You're a riot. Thanks for making the video...AI1B. Oh, and you forgot the hams that ask for your call sign over and over, then give you a"59" ...Really?... I run a hb QRP rig when the bands are good, and the rude comments from some big ops are, well, rude. "73's"..There's another 'good' one.
I wish I could understand the mind set behind the contesting thing. Do you get brownie points for staying up all night.
Competition in a certain form, for scoring or winning. Think running a foot race, but instead using a radio.
Burt a prophet? Sounds more like a total loss to me.
Tough guy as you hide behind your keyboard with no way to identify you.
Prophets are lambasted for speaking truth, highlighting the difference between standards and practice, who shy away from the social activist's truth that varies like Spring fashion colors. It may be that you are an operator who interacts and talks normally, not using affected language, or maybe you have not heard hams you use any instances mentioned by the prophet. Then, you may be a placid person unaffected by unusual behaviors, which is really good.
Re: "bite the bullet"... what about the all time favorite of used car salesmen and wannabe types, "pull the trigger"? "Out the door" and "price point" fall into this category as well.
Oh, well... at the end of the day, it is what it is (and conversely, it isn't what it isn't)… a virtual paradigm shift, and that's the bottom line. :)
I forgot, "pull the trigger."
FYI... it's actually "amateur radio".. you like that word "ham" don't you.
To my feeble knowledge, ham seems to be a North American term, while amateur is everywhere else. I wonder how this usage happened?
Here's another one for you Burt. Mediterranean types who pollute the airways with their "hola, hola, hoooooooooola, ola ola, hooooooooooo.....hoooooo.....hoooooooo..la, ...hola"
Are you sure? I thought it was "ooolaah, oooooolaaaaaah"? 😃
sounds like the George Carlin of ham radio
George Carlin? I would say, more like Don Rickles.
You can use a better microphone though.
@@nojiratzlaff9266 yeah this guy is a real dumb ass!
@@sirmordrede I don't believe he is. I like him, and he's got a good message.
Wow there is a lot of anger in your heart. I pray that you find peace some day.
There is nothing in ham radio that would ever cause me to be angry.Please quote a comment where I was either angry or did not say something that was based on fact.
@Kevin Faler He is typical for a ham with testicles the size of peas
I swear I saw this ten years ago not 3
I did the "Truth in amateur radio" in 2008.
ua-cam.com/video/IWE7FrVY9T4/v-deo.html
i do disagree with a few things here and there, well not disagree..maybe
just lighten up on some of the ,um sheep ,...,but it is true...many
people are sheep and just say things out of habit .without thinking of
the words or phrases they use, then again could have those ulterior motives, etc.
Amateur radio is on its decline. The function of the so called contests is to keep amateur radio artificially alive. The UHF/VHF bands are pretty much dead. I give the hobby about twenty more years to go before its phased out.
What hobby did you substitute?
Gordo is in love with Dr. Demento. Stole most of his persona from him. Deserves a pie in the face.
.Your Good...a George Carlin type..I see the similarity in certain ways...
CQ Contest....5 9 :)
I had actualy one mad(at me) person in all those years that came to my house to drink a cup of coffee with me, that was a real supprise to me, other than that people say all kind of crazy things if you are honnest, they dont like me, welllll suprise i'm not here to be liked by everyone but if you ask for an opinion you will get a honnest one not a suggar coated one, wish everyone would do that instead of talking behind your back.
Ham radio- monkey see monkey do syndrome
Ham radio is a great hobby, but the constant drumbeat that amateur radio is there "when all else fails" is super annoying. Good luck convincing anyone under 40 that they should get a ham license and buy an expensive radio so they can provide "emergency" communications at the local 5K race when cell phones do everything they need and more. Ham radio is fun, but let's not make it more than it is.
It sure is refreshing to hear someone else say this. It's far from being the popular opinion. In fact, during the recent hurricane drama, I was quite literally cursed at, banned, and even threatened for saying the same thing.
You are referring to handheld radios used for local events not long distance capable HF gear. If the grid or internet go down, and they will, what have you got left? The U.S. government allows us the privilege of using all this frequency spectrum but it is not a right. When hurricanes and tsunamis hit like they have in various parts of the world the grid and cell phones go down so all that is left is the military and us. I suspect you are fairly young and a newer "ham" otherwise you wouldn't be revealing yourself as the dumbass you evidently are. I am ex military and know we are headed for one bitch of a future if things don't radically change but I am more than likely wasting my time with the likes of you.You have been sold a bill of goods by the fools who don't know any better. Good luck with that.
R H my previous reply is proven with the reply from newhampshireBOY
@@ChadBlack You are correct.
I would be happy if I had your problems.
KN :)
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