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<H1>Danger, Beware of Ham Radio </H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The YouTube is a fabulous video sharing facility. There
are plenty of good and informative videos about many aspects of amateur
radio.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>But there’s one – the <EM><STRONG>Truth about Ham
Radio</STRONG></EM> by <STRONG>Bert Fisher K1OIK</STRONG> – that interestingly
gives one man’s opinion about what’s wrong with our hobby and some within
it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Talking from his radio shack during a ten minute pay out
on the amateur radio community, he stereotypes hams in a series of over
generalisations that could have many of his ill-informed viewers believe we are
mostly all fat, engaging in meaningless activity, intellectual deficient,
elitist and<BR>gutless when not behind a microphone.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Bert K1OIK obviously does not like contests and
contesters. He claims they go nuts, abandon their families and even withdraw
from important social occasions.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>He likens packet clusters that list all active DX stations
during a contest, to a hunter going into a zoo and killing a whole lot of caged
animals.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The video ends with an industrial-style sign that states:
Danger, Beware of Ham Radio.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Bert Fisher K1OIK, is obviously a great character. He has
other videos including ‘Ham Radio, a critical evaluation’, and ‘The Real World
of Ham Radio’, that make interesting viewing.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>He obviously has enjoyed amateur radio most of his life,
and shares the hobby with his daughter Erin KB1LOQ.</FONT></P>
<P><EM><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana>Jim Linton VK3PC</FONT></STRONG></EM></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Now.. watch the video <A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPCSxq1H5po">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPCSxq1H5po</A></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>