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G Zero - any value yet?
Jeff wrote:
On 16/09/2019 23:43, jim.gm4dhj ... wrote: On 25/09/2004 09:41, Brian Reay wrote: "brainz" wrote in message ... Hi, crustys, thirty somethings and M3's alike I was a SWL in the 70's. Tuned SSB on my homebrew regenerative set by hand movement - closer or further - usually as I smoked a roll - up. Now that took real skill and what a thrill. Anyway, I digress. By '87 I had the ticket, G0 blah. Back them we were treated like the scum on a G 2's shoe. "G Zeroes omfg" they would cry. ( on 80 ) But now, nearly 20 years on like, I'm wondering if a G0 blah is actually worth a brownie point or two ? Am I looked up to by 2E's and M3's purely because I'm 'old skool' now ? Rather like 'we' ( G zeroes ) in our time, held in awe a contact with a G2 blah. Or am I just still the scum on someones shoe somewhere ? Thats what I'd like to know. A callsign prefix, or even the presence or absence or a callsign, is not a sureÂ* guide to 'knowledge'.Â* OK, your G0 shows you passed the RAE and a Morse test so, at the time, you had the required knowledge and skill for both.Â* You could have had much more then, have gained much more since, or forgotten the lot. Same goes for all of us. Callsign snobbery is a nonsense-Â* whether you are trying to use it as a measure of techical knowledge or on air behaviour. It is a sop to the insecure, no more, no less. As an aside, I'm not against newer entrants to the hobby adopting an 'old' callsign butÂ* I do find it 'amusing' when an ex (say) G7 suddenly "elevates" himself in the technical rating war by getting a G2- then goes on to spout nonsense re the dB. Talking of which, what happened to Dominic? shocking Come on Jim stop trawling through old post trying to generate noise. Jims trying to kill the group, Jeff. Thanks, Jeff. -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
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G Zero - any value yet?
Jeff wrote:
As an aside, I'm not against newer entrants to the hobby adopting an 'old' callsign butÂ* I do find it 'amusing' when an ex (say) G7 suddenly "elevates" himself in the technical rating war by getting a G2- then goes on to spout nonsense re the dB. Talking of which, what happened to Dominic? shocking Come on Jim stop trawling through old post trying to generate noise. Jims trying to kill the group, Jeff. Thanks, Jeff. It would also help if you stopped cross posting for no good reason, like you just did with your reply!!!!! Theyre all on-topic; unn.management because Im demonstrating Jims abuse of the hierarchy; uk.d-i-y because Im warning them that Jims a troll and not to be taken seriously; and uk.local.glasgow because Jims a Jock. HTH. -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
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G Zero - any value yet?
Jeff wrote:
On 17/09/2019 11:37, Stephen Cole wrote: Jeff wrote: As an aside, I'm not against newer entrants to the hobby adopting an 'old' callsign butÂ* I do find it 'amusing' when an ex (say) G7 suddenly "elevates" himself in the technical rating war by getting a G2- then goes on to spout nonsense re the dB. Talking of which, what happened to Dominic? shocking Come on Jim stop trawling through old post trying to generate noise. Jims trying to kill the group, Jeff. Thanks, Jeff. It would also help if you stopped cross posting for no good reason, like you just did with your reply!!!!! Theyre all on-topic; unn.management because Im demonstrating Jims abuse of the hierarchy; uk.d-i-y because Im warning them that Jims a troll and not to be taken seriously; and uk.local.glasgow because Jims a Jock. HTH. ********!! No, Jims definitely a Jock. Thanks, Jeff. -- M0TEY // STC www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
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