Thoughts on HAM Radio - Page 2

Kitsune · 06-12-2007, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

Am I correct in assuming that HAM radio is analogous to a pre-internet internet, IE social networking infrastructure?

For thousands of engineering retirees between age 70-80 across the world with a beer in one hand an and a microphone in the other, it still is.

Flint · 06-12-2007, 12:38 PM

Oh, I know. I just meant it pre-dated the internet.

Kitsune · 06-12-2007, 12:46 PM

I was being a bit facetious. I think it has always been more about radios and tinkering than it ever was about socializing, although the two meter band is more of a modern day citizen's band and is a good way to chat with random people while on the road.

Shawnee123 · 06-12-2007, 12:47 PM

You need you a ham radio belt and clock

Shawnee123 · 06-12-2007, 12:49 PM

and a bumpersticker for your wife

Flint · 06-12-2007, 12:58 PM

My wife might have room for a few more bumper stickers...

Griff · 06-12-2007, 01:03 PM

When last heard from, MaggieL was still into the ham thing. She mentioned that the test is easier now since you don't have to learn Morse code anymore. (anybody hear from Mags lately?)

Kitsune · 06-12-2007, 01:26 PM

Time for morse code versus SMS (WMV). Battle of the centurah!

Happy Monkey · 06-12-2007, 01:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

You need you a ham radio belt and clock

Is that a belt for homophobic Norse prostitutes?

MaggieL · 06-12-2007, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Few hobbies bring the same high level of pissing off the neighbors.

Oh, I don't know. During the backyard cookout we had for the Delaware Valley Pink Pistols chapter, the neighbor boy and his associated cohort decided it would be a great time for tactical games with their paintball rigs.

I didn't mind much until stray rounds started hitting our gazebo. They might have been more careful if they'd known what percentage of us were packing.

At xob's prodding I'm adding my two $.02 on ham radio; having been otherwise GAFIAted from The Cellar of late.

There's actually a few non-octogenarian hams around, even some relative kids who just think it's a neat arcane toy. There's also a younger cohort enticed by other roles in first-responder contexts. Still others are active in space operations, high-power WiFi or software-defined radio technology

Field Day (a combination contest/emergency drill/camp-out even organized by the ARRL will be happening soon; check your local amateur radio clubs to find out if they'll be participating with a public demonstration.

Flint: I'm an ARRL Volunteer Examiner, so if there's anything you want to know about the licencing process I can fill you in.

My wife doesn't need a bumper sticker; her callsign is NG3P. :-)

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Margaret Stephanie Leber CCP, SCJP, SCWCD
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and to preserve change amid order."-A.N.Whitehead

Ibby · 06-12-2007, 06:05 PM

MAGGIE!

Gone since February?! We've missed you, Mags.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-12-2007, 09:34 PM

Thanks, maggie.

skysidhe · 06-13-2007, 12:16 AM

hello Maggie

Shawnee123 · 06-13-2007, 07:59 AM

Hi Maggie!

Flint · 06-13-2007, 08:43 AM

Thanks, Maggie.

I knew you couldn't resist this one! . . . I won't even mention the Gun Cult thread with sexy pics of Sean Connery...

06-12-2007, 12:38 PM	#17
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Oh, I know. I just meant it pre-dated the internet. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-12-2007, 12:47 PM	#19
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	you need to accessorize You need you a ham radio belt and clock __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 09-25-2007 at 11:49 AM.

06-12-2007, 12:49 PM	#20
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	and a sign for you and a bumpersticker for your wife __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 09-25-2007 at 11:49 AM.

06-12-2007, 12:58 PM	#21
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	My wife might have room for a few more bumper stickers... __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-12-2007, 01:03 PM	#22
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	When last heard from, MaggieL was still into the ham thing. She mentioned that the test is easier now since you don't have to learn Morse code anymore. (anybody hear from Mags lately?) __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-12-2007, 12:46 PM	#18
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	I was being a bit facetious. I think it has always been more about radios and tinkering than it ever was about socializing, although the two meter band is more of a modern day citizen's band and is a good way to chat with random people while on the road.

06-12-2007, 01:26 PM	#23
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Time for morse code versus SMS (WMV). Battle of the centurah!

06-12-2007, 06:05 PM	#26
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	MAGGIE! Gone since February?! We've missed you, Mags. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-12-2007, 09:34 PM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thanks, maggie. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-13-2007, 12:16 AM	#28
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	hello Maggie

06-13-2007, 07:59 AM	#29
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Hi Maggie! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-13-2007, 08:43 AM	#30
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Thanks, Maggie. I knew you couldn't resist this one! . . . I won't even mention the Gun Cult thread with sexy pics of Sean Connery... __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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