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From: fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,rec.ham-radio
Subject: Re: Public Digital Radio Service wireless modem proposal
Message-ID: <749@ssc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Aug-87 11:50:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: ssc.749
Posted: Thu Aug 27 11:50:08 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 30-Aug-87 01:53:31 EDT
References: <77@splut.UUCP> <1398@killer.UUCP>
Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA
Lines: 30
Summary: I hate beeps too
Xref: mnetor comp.dcom.modems:887 rec.ham-radio:2388

In article <1398@killer.UUCP>, elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) writes:
> in article <77@splut.UUCP>, jay@splut.UUCP (Jay Maynard) says:
>                        ... and forced one of those introductory kits upon me,
> you know, the one with the Morse code tape in it. I read the first few pages,
> and listened to a few beeps, and then I said, "Why the hell am I sitting here
> listening to a damn tape beeping at me, when I could be doing something
> useful?!" 

Can't argue with you.  I was interested in getting my ticket from about
age 10.  I got my technician ticket in high school because you are forced
to waste your time anyway so why not take a class where you can waste it
learing morse code.  I then got back to my interest, electronics.  I got
to build transmitters and remote base stations and test them out because
I now had my ticket.  Did I ever use morse code? No.  Did I learn about
electronics and further the state of the art? Yes and I hope so.

Next came college and 4 more wasted years.  Sure enough, a class where
you got a B if you had a technician license by the end of the class,
A if you got a general or higher.  As I already qualified for a B
if I didn't even attend class (really, I checked it out) I decided
to take the class time and try for an A.  I got an advanced ticket
and 4 units of upper division A.

In the 20 years since that time I have built a lot of stuff, learned
a lot and, um, morse code, what's that?

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