View Full Version : The BOOK -is- the RADIO
New pop-up book series by the league. Just pop in a battery or put in the light (for the photocells), then type away on digital modes! Completely idiot proof! No rig to buy, read as you use the rig, store in your bookcase. What a great idea!
K8MHZ
04-23-2008, 02:32 AM
Gutenberg would be proud.
Now all that needs to be accomplished is to be able to type legibly.
Some hurdles for some people simply cannot be overcome.....
Charlie - are you an ARRL member?
Do you even bother to read the guidelines about using the ARRL logo?
W4INF
04-23-2008, 04:14 AM
Ryan, you should know... Charlie doesn't care who he agitates. Its like a past time for him. :D
K7JEM
04-23-2008, 04:18 AM
Come on Ryan, lighten up. Charlie has my permission to use that logo.
But that cat has got to go! Freaks me out to no end.
Joe
ab1ga
04-23-2008, 12:52 PM
Come on Ryan, lighten up. Charlie has my permission to use that logo.
But that cat has got to go! Freaks me out to no end.
Joe
Nope. The avatar has to stay until I can figure out what it REALLY is.
:)
Somebody has too much time on his hands.
Somebody has too much time on his hands.
Sad thing is that this thread will likely go 10+ pages...
Sad thing is that this thread will likely go 10+ pages...
Of that, I have no doubt.
Charlie - are you an ARRL member?
Do you even bother to read the guidelines about using the ARRL logo?
Yes I am a member. No I can't read mumbo jumbo. Besides it is NOT a put down, mainly a reference to the next step in AR. I hereby assign my rights to this idea over to the ARRL for the value of a life membership.
Imagine a pop-up book that has electronic circuitry for a QRP data rig built in. Could have photocells running it with a super small interface cable stored in the spine of the book for signal and interface. With the cost of ICs you could probably sell it for under $100 with MixW built in. The soft chicklet keyboard could pop up and the screen could be a thin LCD of about 2-4 lines.
N8CPA
04-23-2008, 06:13 PM
Sorry, Charlie. You didn't think it through. Why waste all that software IQ on mere radi operation? It should be a license manual that takes the test for the candidate.
;)
w3dub
04-23-2008, 06:20 PM
Yes I am a member. No I can't read mumbo jumbo. Besides it is NOT a put down, mainly a reference to the next step in AR. I hereby assign my rights to this idea over to the ARRL for the value of a life membership.
Better watch it Charlie, looks like somebody's gonna report ya! I'm sure the ARRL has something better to worry about than an obvious joke.
Now if you are serious.. then thats a whole 'nother story. Now with everything shrinking these days the way it is, who knows this could someday happen heh
w6ire
04-23-2008, 07:43 PM
New pop-up book series by the league. Just pop in a battery or put in the light (for the photocells), then type away on digital modes! Completely idiot proof! No rig to buy, read as you use the rig, store in your bookcase. What a great idea!
How much is it? Do you take PayPal?
How much is it? Do you take PayPal?
Does it come with a pre-cut dipole?
ab1ga
04-23-2008, 11:50 PM
Yes I am a member. No I can't read mumbo jumbo. Besides it is NOT a put down, mainly a reference to the next step in AR. I hereby assign my rights to this idea over to the ARRL for the value of a life membership.
(Edited, response limited to this paragraph)
You may want to reconsider this, Charlie. If you call it a parody, use of the ARRL logo could more easily called a fair use application.
You may want to reconsider this, Charlie. If you call it a parody, use of the ARRL logo could more easily called a fair use application.
If the ARRL feels threatened by KY5U then heaven help them.
Does it come with a pre-cut dipole?
It will come with one of Nathan Cohen's fractal antennas built into the cover. Or an Isotron. LOL!
ad5nd
04-24-2008, 04:57 AM
Come on Ryan, lighten up. Charlie has my permission to use that logo.
But that cat has got to go! Freaks me out to no end.
Joe
I've got to clean my glasses. I thought it was a possum.
I've got to clean my glasses. I thought it was a possum.
A pussum maybe...
wb5ydk
04-24-2008, 08:22 PM
A pussum maybe...Are they in need of a mascot over on 3.843MHz? :)