Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) was thinking very hard :
A very blinkered and single minded view and almost insulting to many people
I'd suggest.
Listen on any weekend and you find those with and without technical
knowledge 'rag chewing' and putting the world to rights and engaging in
banter. AS I said before when you suggested foundation licences were just
glorified cbers, the church is wide enough to encompass many. When I could
see, I did play with electronics, but have never really wanted to transmit,
but do enjoy seeing what is receivable here in my home.
This is why I'm so outspoken on the RF problems in wall warts, plug in
internet over the mains adaptors and other naff equipment like fast internet
over telephone wires and some TVs. I am not just interested in the ham bands.
I have a problem with career competition hams who are never heard the rest
of the time and who are gentlemanly as an alligator.
The RF spectrum could easily be kept relatively clean for use, but profit
cheapness and expediency has stopped this from happening.
So don't get on this holier than thou crap here. This is not a ham radio
group or a short wave listener group but a diy group and as such I do bang on
about things people buy and fit that cause reception issues to non local
services.
bah humbug

Well said Brian, I gave up arguing with him many years ago - he is
beyond all help..