mini-RANT
nothing against the users at all...would love to get up into the frequencies myself. I guess my issue is with "the system".
Basic (which i believe is the same as "tech" in the US) you need to learn electrical. K, i can understand knowing the difference between AC and DC and the basic principals...but what the hell do you need to know about resistors, caps, etc etc for when you're not allowed to build your own transceiver? Antennas, sure teach me...coax, sure teach me...etiquette, qs, frequencies and anything else having to do with the respectful operation of a radio....sure teach me. But make me learn about something electrically beyond the on/off switch that i'm, according to your description of the basic certificate not supposed to mess with is imo kinda ridiculous
it's like having to learn about air brakes to drive a car....but do you? no. you learn about road signs and speed limits and how to share the road with other drivers.
You don't have to stick your finger into a light socket to know it's a bad thing. It'll hurt like a bitch and could kill you. Really, what more do you need to know
Tech (which i believe is the US "general" classification) you're allowed to build your own rig...hell build a 2k kicker to go in there too, it's all good
Here i can see having to have a much more advanced knowledge of the workings of a radio and the dangers once you pull off the covers.
Basic ham to me should be like free-band (or how it was in the day...old skool free-banders would know what i mean). A solid understanding of protocol, consideration and a desire to conduct a respectful and clean qso.
I've been on brain overload for months, this hasn't been a good year. Guess it pisses me off some that I have to learn a bunch of stuff that I really won't ever need to know. I make some good cash...what ever radio I want I'll buy...the only thing i'll ever need to do is open it up to access no-man's land, and hell even that i can pay someone to do. Do I need to know about picofarads and how to convert them to .0000000xxxxxxx farad?
RANT done, back to the book that i'll only ever have a need for once :headbang
nothing against the users at all...would love to get up into the frequencies myself. I guess my issue is with "the system".
Basic (which i believe is the same as "tech" in the US) you need to learn electrical. K, i can understand knowing the difference between AC and DC and the basic principals...but what the hell do you need to know about resistors, caps, etc etc for when you're not allowed to build your own transceiver? Antennas, sure teach me...coax, sure teach me...etiquette, qs, frequencies and anything else having to do with the respectful operation of a radio....sure teach me. But make me learn about something electrically beyond the on/off switch that i'm, according to your description of the basic certificate not supposed to mess with is imo kinda ridiculous
it's like having to learn about air brakes to drive a car....but do you? no. you learn about road signs and speed limits and how to share the road with other drivers.
You don't have to stick your finger into a light socket to know it's a bad thing. It'll hurt like a bitch and could kill you. Really, what more do you need to know
Tech (which i believe is the US "general" classification) you're allowed to build your own rig...hell build a 2k kicker to go in there too, it's all good
Here i can see having to have a much more advanced knowledge of the workings of a radio and the dangers once you pull off the covers.
Basic ham to me should be like free-band (or how it was in the day...old skool free-banders would know what i mean). A solid understanding of protocol, consideration and a desire to conduct a respectful and clean qso.
I've been on brain overload for months, this hasn't been a good year. Guess it pisses me off some that I have to learn a bunch of stuff that I really won't ever need to know. I make some good cash...what ever radio I want I'll buy...the only thing i'll ever need to do is open it up to access no-man's land, and hell even that i can pay someone to do. Do I need to know about picofarads and how to convert them to .0000000xxxxxxx farad?
RANT done, back to the book that i'll only ever have a need for once :headbang