{"id":10505,"date":"2012-03-15T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=10505"},"modified":"2012-03-15T10:51:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T16:51:00","slug":"real-ham-i-liked-these-two-articles-about-being-a-real-ham-or-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/15\/real-ham-i-liked-these-two-articles-about-being-a-real-ham-or-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Ham\u2013 I liked these two articles about being a real ham or expert\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Came through the reading list this week\u2026 seems there must be a push again about something or someone really complaining that others are not \u201creal hams\u201d if they didn\u2019t do something from the past.  Guess we all get a little protective about things that we have done and figure<\/strong> others have not earned that same status<\/strong> by not doing that same thing<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

In some cases I think it may apply if the function<\/strong> in question is still current or relevant, but in many (most) cases it is just a badge that we all think we have earned that puts us ahead of the others that have not.  I have been a ham now for \u2026.. uh\u2026 34+ years.  Takes awhile to figure<\/strong> all that up\u2026 maybe not as long as some but long enough that I had to go through a lot of those things that make<\/strong> one<\/strong> appreciate the hobby.  I also have grown to understand that I have not done it all and maybe never will.  Just do not like all the different facets of the hobby but that doesn<\/strong>\u2019t deter me from doing the parts I like and conversing with fellas about the other parts as well.   Give a read to see what is going<\/strong> on here. <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\" Newsflash: Not Everyone Is Going to Be an Expert<\/a><\/h4>\n

\"\" 10 March 2012 | by Bob K\u00d8NR<\/a>  |  Share<\/a> |   |  Leave a Comment<\/a> (9<\/a>)<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve probably run<\/strong> into this situation\u2026some of the more experienced radio<\/strong> amateurs<\/strong> commenting about how so many of the newer hams are incompetent. \u201cYeah, they\u2019ve dumbed down the FCC<\/strong> exam, so now anyone can get a license. Back when I got my license, I had to copy Morse Code in my head, design a triple-feedback-loop vacuum tube amplifier and recite the Gettysburg addressbackwards<\/em> in front of an FCC<\/strong> examiner.\u201d<\/p>\n

A while back, I wrote about the time <\/a>when a newbie\u2026..<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\" Are You a Real Ham?<\/a><\/h4>\n

\"\" 11 March 2012 | by Ron AE5NO<\/a>  |  Share<\/a> |   |  Leave a Comment<\/a> (0<\/a>)<\/p>\n

One night<\/strong> I am tuning around on 75 meters and I hear a piece of a ragchew QSO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cRoger, Roger OM<\/strong>. I am a Real Ham<\/strong> too.\u201d After a minute<\/strong>, I wondered, what other kinds of hams could there be? Unreal hams, imaginary hams, weird hams or phantom hams? I didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Puzzled, I grabbed my FCC<\/strong> license and scrutinized it carefully. I was stunned. Right there in the middle<\/strong> of the license, under Special Conditions\/Endorsements it says, \u201cNone\u201d. Is that a mistake<\/strong> or a typo perhaps? Maybe I am a Non-Ham<\/strong>? I broke out into a cold sweat.<\/p>\n

In a panic, I called my old buddy Ralph. Ralph knows everything about ham\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Came through the reading list this week\u2026 seems there must be a push again about something or someone really complaining that others are not \u201creal hams\u201d if they didn\u2019t do something from the past.  Guess we all get a little protective about things that we have done and figure others have not earned that same status by not doing that same thing. <\/p>\n

In some cases I think it may apply if the function in question is still current or relevant, but in many (most) cases it is just a badge that we all think we have earned that puts us ahead of the others that have not.  I have been a ham now for \u2026.. uh\u2026 34+ years.  Takes awhile to figure all that <\/p>\n

“And Now the Rest of the Story – “Real Ham\u2013 I liked these two articles about being a real ham or expert\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"yoast_head":"\nReal Ham\u2013 I liked these two articles about being a real ham or expert\u2026 - And That was How it Went<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/15\/real-ham-i-liked-these-two-articles-about-being-a-real-ham-or-expert\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Real Ham\u2013 I liked these two articles about being a real ham or expert\u2026 - And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Came through the reading list this week\u2026 seems there must be a push again about something or someone really complaining that others are not \u201creal hams\u201d if they didn\u2019t do something from the past.  Guess we all get a little protective about things that we have done and figure others have not earned that same status by not doing that same thing. 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