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   From: roger@hayter.org   
      
   Jimbo in Hawick ...  wrote:   
      
   > "Roger Hayter"  wrote in message   
   > news:1nnz0ku.17or5hi11ejq1N%roger@hayter.org...   
   > > Alan  wrote:   
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   > >> Roger Hayter  wrote:   
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   > >> > However, I don't think I would have ever become a radio amateur   
   > >> > if it had meant approaching some middle-aged volunteer via a club and   
   > >> > doing a sort of show-and-tell test.   I would have had too much   
   > >> > self-respect.   
   > >>   
   > >> A fair and valid point - I'm sure those purely interested in the theory   
   > >> side of amateur radio would concur. As you highlight, the world has   
   > >> changed, and getting a full licence now requires candidates to   
   > >> demonstrate   
   > >> a level of practical compentancy as well as a solid understanding of the   
   > >> theory.   
   > >>   
   > >> BR de Al   
   > >   
   > > A level of practical competence that I had acquired from books by age   
   > > 14, so unremarkable, but a level of social tolerance and sociablity   
   > > greater than some of us wished to acquire, especially at that age.   
   > >   
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   > >   
   > you talk in riddles .....   
      
   Try "I don't like clubs"!   
      
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