Re:My experience with a Ham Group (Score 1)

It's a shame your first (and I'll presume only) contact with a ham happened to be with someone who may well be a jerk. Many others would have been willing to help.

Sadly, "Anonymous Coward" is the victim of some heavy interference which rendered about $200.00 of his equipment ineffective. These are devices which, by his own admission, he does not need, but desires. (Substitution of a wired phone works, although not really what is wanted... and a Cat 5 LAN COULD substitute for 802.11...) It sounds to me like "Anonymous Coward" has found the solution to his interference problem- get rid of wireless.

Read a few of the other posts... the ham world isn't tiny, and has contributed more than you'd ever realize to the world economy and humanity in general.