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ham radio operator's credo:

1. Be a jerk to everyone you meet

2. Make assumptions about how things work based on the first explanation someone gives you and never change your mind or learn anything more about it for the rest of your career in HAM radio.

3. if someone gives you advice contrary to #2 call them names and insult them until they go away

4. Never do math, numbers are a lie. As long as you can hear someone talking in your radio then your assumptions are validated.

5. Under no circumstances should you actually learn how things work. Simply quote people with credentials and insist your misunderstanding of the quoted text is the only correct one. If someone disagrees with you remember your credentials are automatically the same as the authors, so you are right.

6. Make it a point to never understand the purpose or intent of FT8 and anytime you see anyone mention it make fun of them for not being a real HAM

7. CW is the only acceptable mode of operation, everything else is contrary to the spirit of HAM radio.

8. Only people over the age of 90 are allowed to be HAM radio operators, everyone else is ruining the hobby.

9. Making a joke of any kind should be treated exactly the same as a personal insult. You now have the right to respond to the person as rude as you'd like

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@adidal I dunno what the fuck you are talking about. I am a god damn fucking paragon of tranquility mother fucker!

(joking of course) :)

@freemo Sounds exactly like my experiences. Got my license, got on the air, promptly never touched it again because of the people on the other end.

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