Well, I truly believe it is time to chime in email reflectors and the like......
What has happened to "hams" these days?
Can no one actually READ "Help" files or "instructions" on how to install and operate software?
Jesus, Mary and Joseph. I am about fed up with having my email INBOX full of questions / comments from 'operators' (not true HAMs), who ask endless question after question about things that are 100% covered in the help files or instructions. So, memo to all those "Morons" and inept fools that use the excuses of, "I don't have time to read the manual", or "I'm not a technical type", or "I just don't understand this complicated program".... Well my dears, if that is the case, go back to gardening, or bathing in the sun and leave these "oh so tough" issues to real men and women who take time to INVEST IN THEMSELVES and actually LEARN. READ THE FREAKING MANUAL!!!!!
Folks, this is not hard. If you are the bleeding liberal type that that requires you be "spoon fed" data and have things "given to you" and "handed to you" without so much as an "OUNCE" of energy on your part..... JUST STOP pretending you are a ham. You are no more than a mere "Operator".. .no more....no less....
So let's regroup here......
Going forward... before you ask a dumbass question...(and yes, some questions ARE in fact DUMB as hell.....), READ the MANUAL or HELP files... Now...it MAY not give YOU the answer YOU want as FAST as YOU want it....but you ain't in no race ...you are NOT going to miss NORTH KOREA on FT8...so you have time... RELAX... and prove to yourself, you have what it takes to SEEK TO UNDERSTAND more than just POWER ON and TX.... LMAO...
ALSO.. another tip... regarding EMAIL REFLECTORs... Keep your "two bit" comments like, "loaded the program and running it now", and "Installed it with no problems here", and "works great".... to yourself... NO ONE FREAKIN CARES! NO ONE! You see, there is a misconception that email reflectors are CHAT ROOMS...they are not! Do not use them the same way. Again, most of our "ham community" has NO idea what reflectors are, how to use them, (and how NOT TO USE THEM)...
So, take it from me sports fans.... Find an ELMER, one who is a GOOD operator and KNOWS what the hell is going on. If you do NOT find a good ELMER, then you are going to be photo copy of some MORON who will turn YOU into a MORON...and the MORON cycle will continue......and more importantly, for God's sake, LEARN how to do things CORRECTLY and if you have the "courage (aka:balls)" to become a MENTOR for someone else...maybe over the next 50 years or so, we can "right the ship" and return Ham Radio to a sense of decency where 'most' know what the hell is going on, how your gear and antennas REALLY work and how to solder, and how propagation works, and KNOW CW <smiling>, etc etc etc....but it is a bunch of small steps to get there...
But first you can contribute to this goal by doing one thing first.....
READ THE FREAKING MANUAL/Help INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!
Mr. DX,
Jose
N4BAA
