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N5FOG
01-24-2008, 06:57 PM
Or should I say non-CW special event station.
With it being just a little over a month till the one year anniversary of the removal of the CW exam. I was wondering if there are any groups planning on having a special event or commemorative station on the air to mark the event http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
KI6NNO
01-24-2008, 07:11 PM
omg LOL!!!
kn4ds
01-24-2008, 07:13 PM
Yeah, let's rub their noses in it.
Jeez, man, what're you smoking?
Quote[/b] (n5fog @ Jan. 24 2008,11:57)]Or should I say non-CW special event station.
With it being just a little over a month till the one year anniversary of the removal of the CW exam. I was wondering if there are any groups planning on having a special event or commemorative station on the air to mark the event http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
Well kind of, All of the "KNOW CODERS" are going to the CW portion of the bands and have a "moment of silence" at the top of every hour.
There's already one! Don't miss it, FOG.
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N5FOG
01-24-2008, 10:06 PM
No-code jackass festival thats cute,,, almost funny.
Well Charles call it what you will but we won the battle and got on HF without the code test and you have to share the band with us. And in the end thats all that really matters http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
KD4IFB
01-24-2008, 10:21 PM
Quote[/b] (n5fog @ Jan. 24 2008,15:06)]No-code jackass festival thats cute,,, almost funny.
Well Charles call it what you will but we won the battle and got on HF without the code test and you have to share the band with us. And in the end thats all that really matters http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
Na, he didnt get all the detail in it...
N8CPA
01-25-2008, 12:20 AM
I think it's also the fiftieth anniversary of the deployment of CB. Apropos, isn't it?
And time has come full circle. Fifty years ago, the transceivers of both radio services were hollow state. Nowadays, it's the minds of the users of the transceivers of both services that are hollow state. And it's called progress.
KD4IFB
01-25-2008, 12:31 AM
I think its also the 69th Anniversary of the multiple choice questions on Amateur Radio exams too. It was 1939 or 1940. I think it was Feb. too. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
ab8ma
01-25-2008, 12:32 AM
Chopin Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 - Third movement. Funeral March.
wb4old
01-25-2008, 12:50 AM
Quote[/b] (n5fog @ Jan. 24 2008,15:06)]No-code jackass festival thats cute,,, almost funny.
Well Charles call it what you will but we won the battle and got on HF without the code test and you have to share the band with us. And in the end thats all that really matters http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
In winning lies the destruction. Job well done. The end does matter.
Quote[/b] (n5fog @ Jan. 24 2008,15:06)]No-code jackass festival thats cute,,, almost funny.
Well Charles call it what you will but we won the battle and got on HF without the code test and you have to share the band with us. And in the end thats all that really matters http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
I'll bet you have been on "HF without the code" for #many years haven't you?
Quote[/b] (n5fog @ Jan. 24 2008,13:57)]Or should I say non-CW special event station.
With it being just a little over a month till the one year anniversary of the removal of the CW exam. I was wondering if there are any groups planning on having a special event or commemorative station on the air to mark the event http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
That's a great idea.
5Khz up from the top of the Extra class CW segment so we can get away from the great unwashed hoard.
Wait a minute,.............we do that every weekend. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
N5FOG
01-25-2008, 01:10 AM
Quote[/b] (k9xr @ Jan. 23 2008,19:51)]Quote[/b] (n5fog @ Jan. 24 2008,15:06)]No-code jackass festival thats cute,,, almost funny.
Well Charles call it what you will but we won the battle and got on HF without the code test and you have to share the band with us. And in the end thats all that really matters http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
I'll bet you have been on "HF without the code" for many years haven't you?
If you implying I was or am a free bander, then your sadly mistaken.
FOG
KD4IFB
01-25-2008, 01:25 AM
Quote[/b] (n5fog @ Jan. 24 2008,18:10)]Quote[/b] (k9xr @ Jan. 23 2008,19:51)]Quote[/b] (n5fog @ Jan. 24 2008,15:06)]No-code jackass festival thats cute,,, almost funny.
Well Charles call it what you will but we won the battle and got on HF without the code test and you have to share the band with us. And in the end thats all that really matters http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
I'll bet you have been on "HF without the code" for #many years haven't you?
If you implying I was or am a free bander, then your sadly mistaken.
FOG
Well Ive got QSL cards on HF CW back before I had my Gen. Lic. to work HF..Id send them one and they didnt mind sending me one back#http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif And was only a no-code tech. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Quote[/b] (k9xr @ Jan. 24 2008,13:20)]Quote[/b] (n5fog @ Jan. 24 2008,11:57)]Or should I say non-CW special event station.
With it being just a little over a month till the one year anniversary of the removal of the CW exam. I was wondering if there are any groups planning on having a special event or commemorative station on the air to mark the event http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
Well kind of, All of the "KNOW CODERS" are going to the CW portion of the bands and have a "moment of silence" at the top of every hour.
And the NO CODERS will be using their mule fart & belch noise toys at the top of the hour. Also they will use their echo mics at the bottom of the hour.
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W5HTW
01-25-2008, 02:48 AM
Quote[/b] (n5fog @ Jan. 24 2008,15:06)]No-code jackass festival thats cute,,, almost funny.
Well Charles call it what you will but we won the battle and got on HF without the code test and you have to share the band with us. And in the end thats all that really matters :D
FOG
You're right, you did win.
Ham radio lost.
Ed
N5FOG
01-25-2008, 03:13 AM
Sorry Ed I don't buy that "ham radio lost". The only thing ham radio lost was a exam that didn't prove an applicant knew anything more than CW.
It didn't prove electrical or radio theory knowledge. Nor didn't prove they were a person of good character or integrity as proven by the clowns on 75 meters or anytime there is a DX pileup.
So tell me aside from a hazing ritual what did ham radio lose ??
FOG
Quote[/b] (KD4IFB @ Jan. 24 2008,15:21)]Quote[/b] (n5fog @ Jan. 24 2008,15:06)]No-code jackass festival thats cute,,, almost funny.
Well Charles call it what you will but we won the battle and got on HF without the code test and you have to share the band with us. And in the end thats all that really matters http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
Na, he didnt get all the detail in it...
Get a picture of your own and do something original you silly boy. Like this...
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i139/ag4yo/guysonholiday.jpg
Don't be lame like you usually are below.... so sad...
Sorry Ed I don't buy that "ham radio lost". The only thing ham radio lost was a exam that didn't prove an applicant knew anything more than CW.
It didn't prove electrical or radio theory knowledge. Nor didn't prove they were a person of good character or integrity as proven by the clowns on 75 meters or anytime there is a DX pileup.
So tell me aside from a hazing ritual what did ham radio lose ??
FOG
You belive the CW exams was nothing more than "a hazing ritual"? Then you'll never understand. :(
Amateur Radio lost part of it's history, it's uniqueness, it's soul. Non tangible things, yes, but important nonetheless. And all things that have left voids with their loss, voids that have yet to be filled.
That this was inevitable, that it was only a matter of time before it happened, is irrelevant. Spark, for example, was once part of Amateur Radio's soul too, but technology made that not only obsolete but an actual detriment to radio communications on a regular basis. Still, the loss of spark was a loss to the soul... but it was replaced by other methods and other modes.
The diminishment of AM and of mechanical RTTY were also losses to the soul of Amateur Radio, but again, their voids were replaced by SSB and electronic/digital RTTY and other modes.
The Morse Code examination was trumpeted by a noisy minority, specifically the No Code International folks, as a detriment to the Amateur Service and the Ham Radio hobby, as an obsolete examination for an outmoded mode that was keeping hordes of potential new amateurs away. So where are those hordes today? The silence from the lack of a stampede is deafening.
The loss of all code examinations was the culmination of an effort by a few to "dumb down" the Service entry requirements... to make it easier to get a license. Problem is, anything worthwhile is worth working for. By making all Amateur licenses easy to get, they have been devauled in ways we may never know.
But to think that the Code examination was nothing more than a hazing ritual? You know your history... not. And if we learn one thing from history, those who ignore it do so at their peril, for those who fail to learn from history will eventually repeat it.
KD4IFB
01-26-2008, 05:28 PM
http://pdt_fish_56Charlie KY5U is that the best you can do...?
KD4IFB
01-26-2008, 06:00 PM
Wow Charlie, did I get your goat or what... You ole homo thinking individual you..Na, I dont accept!! I always heard there was a CODE for most everything, but this takes the cake...:p Ha ha...Nice how you pulled that whatever out to try and get your attention need met... Try some of the others..Maybe youll do better with someone else.. You only wish you looked half that good you ole fat b*&^%$d...:) No Photos, Have been blocked..So I cant do that anymore...To challenging for AK5yu.. AK Yea, 2 words says it all.
You only wish you looked half that good you ole fat b*&^%$d...
ROFLMAO! You're my pet dweeb that I can nudge into hysteria any time I want. KD4IFB = OWNED! :eek:
KD4IFB
01-26-2008, 06:35 PM
ROFLMAO! You're my pet dweeb that I can nudge into hysteria any time I want. KD4IFB = OWNED! :eek: Charlie, its no secret to whos B*&^H you are!!:D But like I said earlier, No thanks!! Edited to say Id better stop, I know how you are.. And I just cant kiss A%^ for anything...We all know your lips can make a land mover tire....LIke haveing people blocked etc... I now cant put images on for being blocked...And your tire lips are worn pretty good I guess..
w4brf
01-26-2008, 07:17 PM
kd4ifb why did qrz block you they did not Block ky5u if they was going to Block you it looks like they would Block him to:)
KD4IFB
01-26-2008, 07:21 PM
kd4ifb why did qrz block you they did not Block ky5u if they was going to Block you it looks like they would Block him to:)
He was running out of goats I guess...They wanted to make it more challenging for me since hes such a big baby..:D
kd4ifb why did qrz block you they did not Block ky5u if they was going to Block you it looks like they would Block him to:)
Oh he's not "Blocked", he's just too doofus to figure it all out. :p Plus all that hostility he can't control :mad: has him in a tizzy. What a maroon.
k0dxc
01-26-2008, 09:18 PM
Or should I say non-CW special event station.
With it being just a little over a month till the one year anniversary of the removal of the CW exam. I was wondering if there are any groups planning on having a special event or commemorative station on the air to mark the event http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
Don't worry, the no-coders will come up with something
k0dxc
01-26-2008, 09:19 PM
Or should I say non-CW special event station.
With it being just a little over a month till the one year anniversary of the removal of the CW exam. I was wondering if there are any groups planning on having a special event or commemorative station on the air to mark the event http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
FOG
don't worry, those no-coders will come up with something
KD4IFB
01-26-2008, 10:16 PM
Oh he's not "Blocked", he's just too doofus to figure it all out. :p Plus all that hostility he can't control :mad: has him in a tizzy. What a maroon.
AK5yu, yea you wish it was that easy...Go ahead hit me while my hands are tied..You know whats going on. Its the only way P*&&%$ like you know how to do it..:p Your crying finally worked out for ya...:p Its like, Hold him tight yall, Id hate for that guy to hit me back, my mommy not around to shove my passyfier in my mouth if he hits me...And Mad, No ones mad here. Ill take locked out any day over loseing to your sorry A$%! And its real clear who cant stand the heat. Now go cry somewhere, you pitiful idiot. Ole AK 5yu..
k0dxc
01-26-2008, 11:35 PM
Sheeez, so harsh... who's side am I on? :)
W5HTW
01-27-2008, 12:02 AM
Speaking of special event CW stations, I was listening on 17 meters this morning and heard K2A/2 working slow speed CW. I don't know what the event is, no big deal. All of it was manual CW.
But one fellow stumped him. And me, too. Some guy tried calling him, and the best I could get of the call sign was "W lots of dits, some more dits, and some letters. Sounded sometimes like WB65xxx, sometimes like WBT54Txxx. Neither the K2A nor I could make any sense of the call sign, not even enough to guess. Was probably a WB6, but the "6" was a T followed by 5 or 6 dits, and the next letter could have been a 5, a 4 and a T, a 6 and a T.
I'm glad to see (hear) folks using CW but when you can't do it correctly, it is the same as folks who can't use the correct word when writing on these forums. Like "your" for "you're."
The K2A gave up. So did I. Have no idea who this guy was. This is what happens when someone who has no skills in CW grabs a keyer and just whacks away. It is why OTs always said "learn to use a straight key first."
One thing! It certainly wasn't computer generated Morse!
Ed
k0dxc
01-27-2008, 12:05 AM
I learned CW on a straight key, but when people use them on the air they always make the dits to long or the dahs to short and it is still hard to make sense of things, the real problem is, is that people need to practice
DXC
w5alt
01-27-2008, 12:47 AM
Speaking of special event CW stations, I was listening on 17 meters this morning and heard K2A/2 working slow speed CW. I don't know what the event is, no big deal. All of it was manual CW.
That would be the SKCC 2nd anniversary. The K2A call will be used during all of January and there are special certificates for working all of the K2A/x calls.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to hear them down here with my pitiful antenna ...
73,
Walt, W5ALT
How are you "locked out" little boy? I see your silly posts just fine amigo.
k0dxc
01-27-2008, 04:19 AM
How are you "blocked" little boy? I see your silly posts just fine amigo.
I didnt say I was blocked, am I? I tried to be good today :)
I didnt say I was blocked, am I? I tried to be good today :)
Nope, not you. Jack Dufus finally figured out he wasn't blocked from anything and just snuck away rather than be a man and apologize.
N8CPA
02-01-2008, 05:39 PM
I learned CW on a straight key, but when people use them on the air they always make the dits to long or the dahs to short and it is still hard to make sense of things, the real problem is, is that people need to practice
DXC
You are wise beyond your years, Brasshopper. I think part of the reason is that too many don't practice on a straight key, before trying bugs or paddles. For most people, the duration and spacing are fundamentals that must be developed before using advanced tools.
I suspect that practicing on a space bar with merely imagined auditory feedback would be better than some keying I've heard. Not that I'm flawless, of course.
Perhaps, But we DO NOT have to share the CW portion of the band with No-Coders
I have met some really nice No-Coders, but those are the ones that do not flaunt the fact they they got the license without knowing the code.
How about a QSO FOG? Say down around 14.020 ??
What's that? You can't operate there?
Sorry, My mistake.
No-code jackass festival thats cute,,, almost funny.
we won the battle and got on HF without the code test and you have to share the band with us. And in the end thats all that really matters
FOG