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Good Buddy
Jun 23, 2019, 9:14:12 AM6/23/19
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 13:56:00 +0100
Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer <headst...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> On 22/06/2019 22:12, Brian Reay wrote:
> >
> > During a recent visit to a relative who is fairly new to the
> > hobby, he showed me a Leixen VV-898 with a very worn mic socket.
> >
> > The radio was bought new, hasn't been used much (it was kept a
> > static caravan for use there), nor has it any signs of rough
> > handling etc.
> >
> > While I accept these are cheap radios, almost in the 'throw away'
> > price class, I find it hard to believe such a standard component as
> > an RJ45 socket is something you can save much on by buying poor
> > quality ones.
> >
> > Another radio, owned by the same amateur for longer, and used
> > regularly, doesn't show similar wear.
> >
> > This drags me towards wondering if Leixen have a mountain of
> > cheap/poor sockets and others have the same issue- specifically the
> > area where the latching tab locks wearing away.
> >
> > I've brought the radio to the 'OSN shack with the intention of
> > replacing the connector- I'm just hoping the PCB is up to being
> > reworked. I ordered some sockets off Ebay while still on holiday -
> > hopefully they will arrive in a few days.
>
> The essence of any radio amateur is technical motivation with
> hands-on application; something that is emphasised in the
> practical test for even the lowest level licence, that for
> 5-year-olds, the so-called Foundation
> Licence (AKA Fools' Licence for obvious reasons *****).
>
> Here we seem to have an example of the downright failure of
> the training regime if a licensee cannot even wield a
> soldering iron to replace something as simple as
> a connector and must expect
> it to be done by someone over a hundred miles away.
>
> Like many _REAL_ radio amateurs who are concerned that
> technical standards should be maintained, I refuse to QSO
> with M3, M6 and M7 licensees but always state that I would
> be more than happy to do so once they have acquired a proper
> (now Full) Licence. (Most recently 2 days ago when an M7
> licensee was assisting at a SK sale; nevertheless we
> got on famously for I'm not against them as people
> and it turned out that his good friend, the SK,
> had also had such an attitude. I have no hatred
> for such people for they have been merely misled
> into thinking that they are radio amateurs when, in
> fact, they are no such thing)
>
> ***** A grown adult with a licence that was targetted at 5-year-olds
> is surely a fool with a Fools' Licence?
>
> For many years, both the written RAE and the 12 WPM Morse test
> were passed with ease by otherwise-unqualified self-taught
> 14-year-olds, so such achievements by children qualifying
> at the level of what is now the Full Licence call into
> question why the Fools' Licence was ever introduced
> after petitioning by the RSGB. What did the RSGB have in
> mind by such petitioning, for it was not the good of
> amateur radio in Brit.
>
Fuck off, Evans.
--
Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer <headst...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> On 22/06/2019 22:12, Brian Reay wrote:
> >
> > During a recent visit to a relative who is fairly new to the
> > hobby, he showed me a Leixen VV-898 with a very worn mic socket.
> >
> > The radio was bought new, hasn't been used much (it was kept a
> > static caravan for use there), nor has it any signs of rough
> > handling etc.
> >
> > While I accept these are cheap radios, almost in the 'throw away'
> > price class, I find it hard to believe such a standard component as
> > an RJ45 socket is something you can save much on by buying poor
> > quality ones.
> >
> > Another radio, owned by the same amateur for longer, and used
> > regularly, doesn't show similar wear.
> >
> > This drags me towards wondering if Leixen have a mountain of
> > cheap/poor sockets and others have the same issue- specifically the
> > area where the latching tab locks wearing away.
> >
> > I've brought the radio to the 'OSN shack with the intention of
> > replacing the connector- I'm just hoping the PCB is up to being
> > reworked. I ordered some sockets off Ebay while still on holiday -
> > hopefully they will arrive in a few days.
>
> The essence of any radio amateur is technical motivation with
> hands-on application; something that is emphasised in the
> practical test for even the lowest level licence, that for
> 5-year-olds, the so-called Foundation
> Licence (AKA Fools' Licence for obvious reasons *****).
>
> Here we seem to have an example of the downright failure of
> the training regime if a licensee cannot even wield a
> soldering iron to replace something as simple as
> a connector and must expect
> it to be done by someone over a hundred miles away.
>
> Like many _REAL_ radio amateurs who are concerned that
> technical standards should be maintained, I refuse to QSO
> with M3, M6 and M7 licensees but always state that I would
> be more than happy to do so once they have acquired a proper
> (now Full) Licence. (Most recently 2 days ago when an M7
> licensee was assisting at a SK sale; nevertheless we
> got on famously for I'm not against them as people
> and it turned out that his good friend, the SK,
> had also had such an attitude. I have no hatred
> for such people for they have been merely misled
> into thinking that they are radio amateurs when, in
> fact, they are no such thing)
>
> ***** A grown adult with a licence that was targetted at 5-year-olds
> is surely a fool with a Fools' Licence?
>
> For many years, both the written RAE and the 12 WPM Morse test
> were passed with ease by otherwise-unqualified self-taught
> 14-year-olds, so such achievements by children qualifying
> at the level of what is now the Full Licence call into
> question why the Fools' Licence was ever introduced
> after petitioning by the RSGB. What did the RSGB have in
> mind by such petitioning, for it was not the good of
> amateur radio in Brit.
>
Fuck off, Evans.
--
Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer
Jun 23, 2019, 9:27:05 AM6/23/19
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gentlemanly conduct; conduct that is so lacking in the above
poster that she or he is clearly no more a radio amateur than
is a Foundation lIcensee.
Good Buddy
Jun 23, 2019, 9:30:40 AM6/23/19
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 14:27:01 +0100
Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
--
--
Stephen Cole
Jun 23, 2019, 10:11:27 AM6/23/19
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Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer
Jun 23, 2019, 11:44:07 AM6/23/19
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> Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
The other tradition, besides technical motivation, is international
gentlemanly conduct; conduct that is so lacking in the above
poster that she or he is clearly no more a radio amateur than
is a Foundation licensee, and such a limited vocabulary of responses
gentlemanly conduct; conduct that is so lacking in the above
poster that she or he is clearly no more a radio amateur than
as exhibited by the above poster is indicative of how far standards
are falling in our once jealously guarded privileged pursuit.
A pox on the Foundation Licence, its licensees and apologists!
Good Buddy
Jun 23, 2019, 11:53:02 AM6/23/19
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 16:44:05 +0100
Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans, you
demented, hypocritical twat.
http://www.laughingpoliceman.com/court_amateurs.htm
--
demented, hypocritical twat.
http://www.laughingpoliceman.com/court_amateurs.htm
--
Stephen Cole
Jun 23, 2019, 11:58:50 AM6/23/19
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Good Buddy
Jun 23, 2019, 2:39:56 PM6/23/19
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 19:30:55 +0100
> of justice, the better. However, it was 8 years ago and well spent
> and the reports thereto completely fail to mention the offensive and
> insulting outbursts of BRIAN REAY that lead to the m,atter; are you
> so desperate for attention in the manner of a disruptive infant?
> Have you nothing positive to contribute as an adult?
>
>
Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
--
> > Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans, you
> > demented, hypocritical twat.
> >
> >
> > http://www.laughingpoliceman.com/court_amateurs.htm
>
> > demented, hypocritical twat.
> >
> >
> > http://www.laughingpoliceman.com/court_amateurs.htm
>
> The other tradition, besides technical motivation, is international
> gentlemanly conduct; conduct that is so lacking in the above
> poster that she or he is clearly no more a radio amateur than
> is a Foundation licensee, and such a limited vocabulary of responses
> as exhibited by the above poster is indicative of how far standards
> are falling in our once jealously guarded privileged pursuit.
>
> As to the court case, the more publicity given to such a miscarriage
> gentlemanly conduct; conduct that is so lacking in the above
> poster that she or he is clearly no more a radio amateur than
> is a Foundation licensee, and such a limited vocabulary of responses
> as exhibited by the above poster is indicative of how far standards
> are falling in our once jealously guarded privileged pursuit.
>
> of justice, the better. However, it was 8 years ago and well spent
> and the reports thereto completely fail to mention the offensive and
> insulting outbursts of BRIAN REAY that lead to the m,atter; are you
> so desperate for attention in the manner of a disruptive infant?
> Have you nothing positive to contribute as an adult?
>
>
Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
--
Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer
Jun 23, 2019, 2:42:27 PM6/23/19
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On 23/06/2019 19:39, Good Buddy wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
>>>>
>>> Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans, you
>>> demented, hypocritical twat.
>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
>>>>
>>> Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans, you
>>> demented, hypocritical twat.
>
> Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
Grow up, sonny.
Good Buddy
Jun 23, 2019, 2:44:31 PM6/23/19
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 19:42:26 +0100
Fuck off, Evans.
--
--
Good Buddy
Jun 23, 2019, 3:22:34 PM6/23/19
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 19:58:01 +0100
>
> There, now, child.
>
>
Fuck off, Evans, and see if you can die while you are at it.
--
> On 23/06/2019 19:44, Good Buddy wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans,
> >>>>> you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>>
> >>> Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
> >>
> > Fuck off, Evans.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans,
> >>>>> you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>>
> >>> Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
> >>
>
> There, now, child.
>
>
Fuck off, Evans, and see if you can die while you are at it.
--
Good Buddy
Jun 23, 2019, 3:46:24 PM6/23/19
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:43:37 +0100
Gareth Evans wrote: <a load of self-serving old shite>
Fuck off, Evans.
--
> On 23/06/2019 20:22, Good Buddy wrote:
> > Fuck off, Evans.
> > Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
> > Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans,
> > you demented, hypocritical twat.
> > Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
> > Fuck off, Evans.
> > Fuck off, Evans.
> > Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
> > Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans,
> > you demented, hypocritical twat.
> > Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
> > Fuck off, Evans.
> > Fuck off, Evans, and see if you can die while you are at it.
>
>
>
You haven't coloured it in.
>
>
>
Gareth Evans wrote: <a load of self-serving old shite>
Fuck off, Evans.
--
Good Buddy
Jun 23, 2019, 4:14:58 PM6/23/19
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:08:18 +0100
want to prolong the interaction.
Fuck off, Evans.
--
> On 23/06/2019 20:46, Good Buddy wrote:
> >>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>> Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>> Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans,
> >>> you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>> Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
> >>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>> Fuck off, Evans, and see if you can die while you are at it.
> >>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>> Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>> Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans,
> >>> you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>> Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
> >>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>> Fuck off, Evans, and see if you can die while you are at it.
> > Gareth Evans wrote: <a load of self-serving old shite>
> > Fuck off, Evans.
>
>
And you still haven't fucked off or killfiled me. in fact, you seem to
> > Fuck off, Evans.
>
>
want to prolong the interaction.
Fuck off, Evans.
--
Brian Reay
Jun 23, 2019, 4:31:32 PM6/23/19
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He ‘vanishes’ for awhile, comes back under some pretext, starts a row, and
wallows in the attention.
If you ignore him, he will eventually crawl away.
--
Corbyn & the EU, the Nazi’s next step: "Our aim was Europe a nation. Our
faith European Socialism" Mosley "My Life" autobiography 1957.
Good Buddy
Jun 23, 2019, 4:42:12 PM6/23/19
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:31:31 -0000 (UTC)
Brian Reay <no...@m.com> wrote:
> Good Buddy <no...@m.invalid.invalid> wrote:
> > On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:08:18 +0100
> > Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer <headst...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 23/06/2019 20:46, Good Buddy wrote:
> >>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>>>> Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans,
> >>>>> you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
> >>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>>>> Fuck off, Evans, and see if you can die while you are at it.
> >>> Gareth Evans wrote: <a load of self-serving old shite>
> >>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > And you still haven't fucked off or killfiled me. in fact, you seem
> > to want to prolong the interaction.
> >
> > Fuck off, Evans.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> He’s looking for attention.
>
> He ‘vanishes’ for awhile, comes back under some pretext, starts a
> row, and wallows in the attention.
>
> If you ignore him, he will eventually crawl away.
>
I know what he's doing, he's scratching his itch to snitch.
Brian Reay <no...@m.com> wrote:
> Good Buddy <no...@m.invalid.invalid> wrote:
> > On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 21:08:18 +0100
> > Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer <headst...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 23/06/2019 20:46, Good Buddy wrote:
> >>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>>>> Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans,
> >>>>> you demented, hypocritical twat.
> >>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
> >>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>>>> Fuck off, Evans, and see if you can die while you are at it.
> >>> Gareth Evans wrote: <a load of self-serving old shite>
> >>> Fuck off, Evans.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > And you still haven't fucked off or killfiled me. in fact, you seem
> > to want to prolong the interaction.
> >
> > Fuck off, Evans.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> He’s looking for attention.
>
> He ‘vanishes’ for awhile, comes back under some pretext, starts a
> row, and wallows in the attention.
>
> If you ignore him, he will eventually crawl away.
>
--
Rambo
Jun 23, 2019, 5:22:15 PM6/23/19
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for the culprit.
Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer
Jun 23, 2019, 5:26:44 PM6/23/19
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does not have the strength of character to identify herself, are all
equally immature and obsessive.
Bernie
Jun 23, 2019, 5:30:30 PM6/23/19
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Bernie
Jun 23, 2019, 5:32:42 PM6/23/19
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 22:26:41 +0100
> and one yellow-bellied coward who
> does not have the strength of character to identify herself, are all
> equally immature and obsessive.
>
I'm pretty sure it's not Mrs Nugatory, Gareth.
> does not have the strength of character to identify herself, are all
> equally immature and obsessive.
>
Stephen Cole
Jun 24, 2019, 1:16:11 AM6/24/19
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Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer <headst...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 23/06/2019 22:22, Rambo wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:22:33 +0100, Good Buddy
>> <no...@m.invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 19:58:01 +0100
>>> Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer <headst...@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 23/06/2019 19:44, Good Buddy wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans,
>>>>>>>>> you demented, hypocritical twat.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
>>>>
>>>> There, now, child.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Fuck off, Evans, and see if you can die while you are at it.
>>
>> Judging by that witless remark, there is only one probable candidate
>> for the culprit.
>>
>
> M3OSN, CB0TEY, G4KFK, Tomlinson, and one yellow-bellied coward who
> does not have the strength of character to identify herself, are all
> equally immature and obsessive.
> On 23/06/2019 22:22, Rambo wrote:
>> On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:22:33 +0100, Good Buddy
>> <no...@m.invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 19:58:01 +0100
>>> Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer <headst...@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 23/06/2019 19:44, Good Buddy wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you demented, hypocritical twat.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Amateur radio will improve its image when you fuck off, Evans,
>>>>>>>>> you demented, hypocritical twat.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fuck off, Evans, you are a disgrace to amateur radio.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Fuck off, Evans.
>>>>
>>>> There, now, child.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Fuck off, Evans, and see if you can die while you are at it.
>>
>> Judging by that witless remark, there is only one probable candidate
>> for the culprit.
>>
>
> M3OSN, CB0TEY, G4KFK, Tomlinson, and one yellow-bellied coward who
> does not have the strength of character to identify herself, are all
> equally immature and obsessive.
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