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currantly i am a Ham and still CB..

That said..

Few yrs ago...back in 83 i was looking to make the jump to ham..
Tried to enlist help of various hams..

All i got back then was.....go back to cb you dummy..

Obviously i found a bunch of hams who were themselves dummies..

If not for another friend of mine a few yrs ago who had himself failed the ham test 3 or 4 times..
I was like why...and set for taking the test with him...
45 mins before test took him on line ( to qrz) and showed what he needed to know..

The point is..

Many who are ham ( thankfully not all ) look at those in CB as some sort of low class 2 way communications people..

Well MOST ham operators came from the ranks of CB..
Yet so quickly after their obtaining ham licensing distance themselves from CB..

Why they do that...i am clueless..

Yet it seems this attitude still prevails ( and that is Totally Wrong)
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The other reason i see so many fail to make the jump to ham operators is simply afraid or seemingly unable to pass the tests ( i never understood this...the tests are quite easy)

<blockquote data-quote="KingCobra_CDX882" data-source="post: 148216" data-attributes="member: 11">currantly i am a Ham and still CB..That said..Few yrs ago...back in 83 i was looking to make the jump to ham..Tried to enlist help of various hams..All i got back then was.....go back to cb you dummy..Obviously i found a bunch of hams who were themselves dummies..If not for another friend of mine a few yrs ago who had himself failed the ham test 3 or 4 times..I was like why...and set for taking the test with him...45 mins before test took him on line ( to qrz) and showed what he needed to know..The point is..Many who are ham ( thankfully not all ) look at those in CB as some sort of low class 2 way communications people..Well MOST ham operators came from the ranks of CB..Yet so quickly after their obtaining ham licensing distance themselves from CB..Why they do that...i am clueless..Yet it seems this attitude still prevails ( and that is Totally Wrong)_______________________________________________________The other reason i see so many fail to make the jump to ham operators is simply afraid or seemingly unable to pass the tests&nbsp; ( i never understood this...the tests are quite easy)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KingCobra_CDX882, post: 148216, member: 11"] currantly i am a Ham and still CB.. That said.. Few yrs ago...back in 83 i was looking to make the jump to ham.. Tried to enlist help of various hams.. All i got back then was.....go back to cb you dummy.. Obviously i found a bunch of hams who were themselves dummies.. If not for another friend of mine a few yrs ago who had himself failed the ham test 3 or 4 times.. I was like why...and set for taking the test with him... 45 mins before test took him on line ( to qrz) and showed what he needed to know.. The point is.. Many who are ham ( thankfully not all ) look at those in CB as some sort of low class 2 way communications people.. Well MOST ham operators came from the ranks of CB.. Yet so quickly after their obtaining ham licensing distance themselves from CB.. Why they do that...i am clueless.. Yet it seems this attitude still prevails ( and that is Totally Wrong) _______________________________________________________ The other reason i see so many fail to make the jump to ham operators is simply afraid or seemingly unable to pass the tests ( i never understood this...the tests are quite easy) [/QUOTE]

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