WB2WIK
01-04-2002, 09:51 PM
Being a real ham has nothing to do with code proficiency.
However, real hams:
-Expend the time and effort to learn new things, to enhance not only their own knowledge or position, but to contribute to the hobby in general;
-Assemble collections* of books, magazines and data in order to achieve the above, and learn something new every single day as a result of these efforts;
-Realize that ham radio has nothing to do with hardware, budget or money; it's the love of the art and its continued advancement;
-Try hard to become excellent communicators, as the very hobby is based on this;
-And give back more than they take from the hobby and their fellow hams.
(*It doesn't cost a nickel to do so. Most of my amateur radio library, hundreds of texts, was garnered from libraries willing to give away old volumes. Yes, I actually had to travel to many, and ask, over a period of several years.)
WB2WIK/6
Contact: stevek@jmr.com
However, real hams:
-Expend the time and effort to learn new things, to enhance not only their own knowledge or position, but to contribute to the hobby in general;
-Assemble collections* of books, magazines and data in order to achieve the above, and learn something new every single day as a result of these efforts;
-Realize that ham radio has nothing to do with hardware, budget or money; it's the love of the art and its continued advancement;
-Try hard to become excellent communicators, as the very hobby is based on this;
-And give back more than they take from the hobby and their fellow hams.
(*It doesn't cost a nickel to do so. Most of my amateur radio library, hundreds of texts, was garnered from libraries willing to give away old volumes. Yes, I actually had to travel to many, and ask, over a period of several years.)
WB2WIK/6
Contact: stevek@jmr.com
