[BC] HAMS

[Robert Meuser]

I think we agree across the board. I have a major problem with those who
avoid proper engineering on general principles just to go it alone. On the
other hand I would be the first to experiment if something was missing in
the current art.


On 5/10/08 12:19 PM, "Mike McCarthy" <Towers at mre.com> wrote:

> Robert, you're mixing bath water with oil and painting a VERY broad
> swath.  I agree with you in premise that some things are better left
> out of the "commercial" club shack, and the various installations
> should be on par with the remaining facility's standards at that
> location.  You are dead on about some people having better protoboard
> skills than others.
> 
> Conversely, I could not think of a better incubation setting than a
> technical professional's club shack to tinker with making something
> new or better.  I'm not going to go into the whole schpiel of how
> things discovered in the "commercial" ham shack has paid countless
> dividends because it gave the developer easy access to "real"
> conditions on which to experiment without the rigid limitations of
> the FCC's experimental license process. I think the skills of a
> prototyper are honed in that environment.
> 
> Now...back to the club...one has to look at the priorities of the
> club for that type of decision.  If the CLUB wants to simply be a
> group of appliance operators, then your position is on target. Keep
> the shack clean, tidy, and all matters of installation tightly
> controlled. If the club's members wants to experiment and tinker,
> then the club should lay out some minimum QC standards so that the
> rest of the shack doesn't suffer as a result.  Like not leaving the
> experiment spread all about the shack and keeping all the circuits
> neatly housed in some sort of enclosure (Bud boxes, et al) and
> carefully power protected.
> 
> There is a balance which can be achieved.  But it belongs to the
> total club to decide that.
> 
> Now as for hiring a ham...  The license is but one aspect which needs
> to be considered.  Your points about "rolling your own" V simply
> buying commercial carries some validity.  In today's time managed
> world, managers need to decide where rolling your own runs short of
> simply calling BSW or BGS to buy something or the local rigger,
> electrician, or choose your skill set to install something.
> 
> I, however, view rolling your own as a skill which could serve me
> well IF the skills and motivation are channeled correctly.
> 
> 73 OM...MM
> 
> At 05:57 PM 5/9/2008 -0700, rameuser at tmo.blackberry.net wrote
> 
>> A few, though, want treat the installs the same as they would at
>> home without regard to the other broadcast systems around. They feel
>> you are not a real ham unless you do everything yourself. The latter
>> is the type of Ham I would avoid hiring.
>> 
>> Don,t get me wrong, experimenting and home brewing is a very
>> enjoyable part of the hobby. It is just you need to keep your dead
>> bug proto board at home and not in the broadcast environment.  Some
>> people get that while others do not.
> 
> 
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