AVR-Chat

On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Russell Shaw wrote:

> 
> >>I know of several radio hams that run rs232 from their radio room to
> >>things outside and up radio towers (10-30m).
> >
> >   With all due respect to radio amateurs, who, as a group, have
> > contributed greatly to the advancment of communications technology,
> they
> > *ARE*, by self-definition, amateurs, after all.
> 
> Yes but they do a better job of grounding and interference suppression
> than most so called "engineers" that are barely more than tinkerers.
> 

If you take a look at the derivation of the word "amateur", you will see 
"From Latin amator, lover, from amatus, pp. of amare, to love". In other 
words, we participate in the hobby because we love it.

Some of the topnotch EE's in the world are also radio amateurs.  I know 
some engineering companies look on EE's who are also hams as a curse and 
some see them as a blessing.  I myself can't see what is wrong with 
someone who loves the subject of his work so much that he spends most of 
his own spare time at it too.

Zack (W9SZ)