Hams are Nerds on Parade

[AC7XC]

Wired News Article (http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67615,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1)
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[K8YS]

I did not see Bernie Goetz at the Hamvention this year. I did meet him at the Cincinnati hamfest many years ago however.

[k4kyv]

The famous (or infamous, per your viewpoint) subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz is evidently a ham:

Quote[/b] ]The Swapfest is also said to be a former stomping ground for that most notorious of nerds, Bernhard Goetz. New Yorkers dubbed Goetz the "subway vigilante" after he shot four youths he believed were about to mug him in 1984.

Goetz in an e-mail said he was unavailable for an interview. He indicated in his message that he was busy at the Dayton Hamvention.

[K0RGR]

I don't find him in the QRZ database, however.

[ad5td]

Let's face it, were nerds, plain and simple. Look around at any Hamfest, you see 40-90 year old nerds, geeks, what ever. If we had computers then, we would have been geeks. We are now "teh 1337" of the electronics hobby.

1 own joo!

If you want to know "Leet speek" look here" Urban dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/)

[ai4ep]

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif # #Well, might as well make the best of it by being #" a HAPPY NERD " # # #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[kf6rdn]

Quote[/b] ]Another ham pastime is "ragchewing," in which operators chat about everything from new gadgets to runaway brides from their shacks or their cars, with the help of rooftop antennas and local repeaters.

They forgot about long drunken dissertations on one's medical problems. I guess they weren't listening to 80 mtrs (thank god)

[k4ah]

My favorite part was that if you belong to a club with a large transmitter you can talk to other hams around the world. Darn I have been doing it wrong, I don't belong to a club and my transmitter is small. Now I have transmitter envy. Hi HI.

Steve K4AH

[w5lda]

4EP

I thought corncob fit you better than nerd,,heheheh

[wa4brl]

Hey, I'm a longtime nerd and proud of it! A loooong time back, I was a "hippie nerd" (see below).
Now, if that's not an oxymoron, I don't know what is!

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A HIPPIE NERD: WA4BRL in younger days


(see this and even more disgusting history at the URL in my signature line)

[n9yb]

BRL,

You kinda look like Weird Al!

[kc7jty]

brl: Did you use alligator clips as roach holders?

[wa4brl]

Quote[/b] ]Did you use alligator clips as roach holders?

The true nerd hones the tip of a PL-259, and leaves a few inches of RG-8 as a handle. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[KC0NBW]

Quote[/b] (wa4brl @ May 26 2005,09:05)]Hey, I'm a longtime nerd and proud of it! #A loooong time back, I was a "hippie nerd" (see below).
Now, if that's not an oxymoron, I don't know what is!

http://www.geocities.com/oblast51/steve18.jpg
A HIPPIE NERD: WA4BRL in younger days


(see this and even more disgusting history at the URL in my signature line)
ftdx-560? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[KG4RUL]

Ah Yes,

The nerds at Wired would know all about the genre?

Dennis http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif

[wa4brl]

Close... FTDX-570. Good eye!

[wa4brl]

...and the T-shirt had the Alka-Seltzer logo and the message: "I can't believe I ate the W-H-O-L-E thing!"

Let's see -- ham ticket, Yaesu rig, Alka-Seltzer T-shirt... #I guess I was a CAPITALIST HIPPIE NERD. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

(I was still all forfree love, though!) http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[KC5SAS]

Quote[/b] (wa4brl @ May 27 2005,05:36)](I was still all forfree love, though!) http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Free love is ALWAYS a good thing.

[kc7jty]

Quote[/b] (KC5SAS @ May 26 2005,06:44)]Free love is ALWAYS a good thing.
Her pees His pees Clamidya Warts Aids Clap Sift Crabs Delerym Tremens? Rigormortus!
Unwanted stem cells

[KC0NBW]

Quote[/b] (wa4brl @ May 26 2005,20:59)]Close... FTDX-570. #Good eye!
i used to have a 560 and the remote vfo for it.

it was a good radio.

[WA2ZDY]

Nerd? Did you call ME a nerd???

Ya know what, that's not a bad article. Sure, it says we're nerds and most of us are. But then it gets mostly into the positive sides of ham radio. It's not bad at all for us. More like it would be fine with me.

[KC0NBW]

are you talkin' to me ?

are ''you'' talkin' to me ?

are you ''talkin' '' to me?

are you talkin' to ''me''?

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[KF0RT]

Quote[/b] (wa4brl @ May 26 2005,10:05)]Hey, I'm a longtime nerd and proud of it! A loooong time back, I was a "hippie nerd" (see below).
Now, if that's not an oxymoron, I don't know what is!
Hippie nerds unite! Here's one of me during the 1974 ARRL DX (CW) contest.

http://rbton.home.comcast.net/hnerd.jpg

73, Rob

[al2i]

What is a "beeb"? I glean that a "beeb" is something to do with the BBC, but what?

[K3UD]

Quote[/b] (KC0NBW @ May 28 2005,13:36)]Quote[/b] (wa4brl @ May 26 2005,20:59)]Close... FTDX-570. Good eye!
i used to have a 560 and the remote vfo for it.

it was a good radio.
I had a 560, in 1973.

That thing put out almost 300 watts into my "invisible" antenna of #28 wire strung between the back window of my apartment and a tree on the property. The antenna was almost invisible but the 300 watts was not, as I found out from my neighbors http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif Nice radio though.

73
George
K3UD

[W3MIV]

Look at the old-showroom photo given some prominence in the current AES catalog and check out the guys -- particularly the one in center frame with glasses.

Nerds and ham radio have always been a happy m.

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[N8CPA]

But the difference between ham radio nerds of the past and today's internet nerds is that the former could get real girlfriends, and so they didn't settle for phonesex or the internet equivalent. True--CW sex could cause some NASTY burns. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[ad5td]

Quote[/b] (N8CPA @ May 30 2005,02:42)]But the difference between ham radio nerds of the past and today's internet nerds is that the former could get real girlfriends, and so they didn't settle for phonesex or the internet equivalent. #True--CW sex could cause some NASTY burns. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
If you know how to find the "key", you can send a beautiful message! I've been told I have a pretty good "Fist". http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[wa4brl]

Like I've always said: "Girls dig guys who know the Code". AD5TD reveals that he knows why.

Keyboarders just don't get it. Although the guys deft at using a mouse with a scroll wheel might come close! Still, rhythm is the key.

The "Pointer Sisters" made it clear in their song Slow Hand (if you're not familiar with it, you better look up the lyrics!) Yep, I've found 7 WPM is just about right! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[ad5td]

Quote[/b] (wa4brl @ May 30 2005,03:44)]Like I've always said: "Girls dig guys who know the Code". #AD5TD reveals that he knows why.

Keyboarders just don't get it. #Although the guys deft at using a mouse with a scroll wheel might come close! #Still, rhythm is the key.

The "Pointer Sisters" made it clear in their song Slow Hand (if you're not familiar with it, you better look up the lyrics!) #Yep, I've found 7 WPM is just about right! http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
QSL Brother http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[kj5t]

Not sure why Mr. Goetz is not listed in the FCC database. Maybe he is not a ham. But then again why does he go to hamfests? Interesting indeed.

I loved the article.. and I know that I am a nerd. I used to have long air, but everytime it grows out the school always makes me cut it. I enjoy working DX on my IC-718 and listening to the Beatles on my Apple Ipod.. I am a super nerd.. HAHA!

[WA2ZDY]

Bernie Goetz was a ham some years ago. I met him at a hamfest. During his time in jail on the bogus gun charge, he fixed NY City two way radios. That was his jailhouse job. Guess it beat making license plates.

[wa4brl]

OWO: How appropriate, listening to the Beatles on the Apple Ipod. All their later work was on their own Apple label. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif