Subj : Re: Learn, Amateurs Learn! To : All From : Nigel Reed Date : Mon Nov 03 2025 13:14:12 On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 09:48:10 -0500 "Randall Schad" (1:226/44) wrote: > On 21 Oct 2025, Sean Dennis said the following... > > SD> MM> Which is definitely the wrong way to do it. It's so > SD> MM> dissapointing to hear hams ask questions about even the > SD> MM> most basic stuff they would've known if they actually > SD> MM> bothered to /learn/ the material, instead of just > SD> MM> memorizing. > SD> > SD> Case in point: making antennas. That's one of my favorite > SD> things about being a ham. But yes, I have seen new hams ask > SD> some quiestions about things they should already know,.,. > > Based on some of the questions and comments I hear, there are a > couple "Extra" class operators near me that I am thoroughly convinced > never came close to even smelling a passing score on their exams. > (Not knowing what the legal power limit is, or asking questions about > re-broadcasting commercial content, ad nauseam.) > > I'm like you, though: antennas! I have one lone commercially made > antenna, and that's the 2m whip on my truck. Every other antenna in > my arsenal is made by hand with common materials, and I absolutely > love the process. I can learn enough to pass and forget the next day. That's why we have the internet, so I don't have to fill my junk with stuff I will never use. Some people can pass exams and forget what they learned. Some people can remember everything but couldn't pass an exam to save their life. -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 --- SBBSecho 3.31-Linux * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016) .