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VE7NOT
10-20-2005, 04:55 AM
The northwest country cousins I hear then most nights up here on vancouver island when i'm tuning around 80m...
I don't suppose you allow canadian members?
VE7NOT
10-20-2005, 07:39 AM
btwyou might want to up date your adress cause it shows you as a florida station on the oppisite side of the country (unless you take vacatiosn in the pnw in which case try 40m cause WA state and BC have mobile nets for 40 m
WA2ZDY
10-20-2005, 01:05 PM
His bio says he retired to Florida in 2000. Here in the US, there is no requirement to change one's callsign to match the current location of the station.
Quote[/b] (w7hn @ Oct. 19 2005,21:52)]BEYOND THE OPERATING STATION
There is More to Ham Radio than RF
I’ve had some very enjoyable experiences in Ham Radio, that had less to do with RF, and more to do about PEOPLE.
NORTHWEST COUNTRY COUSINS (my Mbr #1011)
South Central Washington State, on the outskirts of the town of Washougal, many years ago (10 or so), we all gathered in our motor homes, trailers, vans, trucks, cars, etc. for a day of fun, food, beer (for me anyway), and stories that were unbelievable (in some cases, for good reason :o) ).
The Wilson River near Tillamook, Oregon, same thing, same great time.
The Rebels, Toutle River, same thing, same great time.
The annual gathering of the Charley Charley Group, our host (now SK) Paul Salzman, KD7CC, and his beautiful wife, Gisela, on the cliff-side of Leavenworth Valley, overlooking the town of Leavenworth, Washington and just east of the Icicle River.
Ham Fests were great, especially the Stanwood, WA Ham Fest – the smaller the better.
It’s about PEOPLE and how important each of us mean to each other.
Exactly why I got in. It was the people. I can't begin to say the number of good friends I have in the Amateur ranks even in my relatively short time on the air. Oh I enjoy the rebuilding of old gear and using CW alot, but I really like hamfests for the chance to shake a hand. I enjoy the "groups" that I frequent like the Ragchewers and my buds on AM in the Mullet Society here in Pensacola.
Guess that is why people who QRM puzzle me. Why would you intentionally hurt another Amateur's enjoyment?
KD6NIG
10-20-2005, 03:52 PM
Quote[/b] (AG4YO @ Oct. 20 2005,08:27)]Quote[/b] (w7hn @ Oct. 19 2005,21:52)]BEYOND THE OPERATING STATION
There is More to Ham Radio than RF
I’ve had some very enjoyable experiences in Ham Radio, that had less to do with RF, and more to do about PEOPLE.
NORTHWEST COUNTRY COUSINS (my Mbr #1011)
South Central Washington State, on the outskirts of the town of Washougal, many years ago (10 or so), we all gathered in our motor homes, trailers, vans, trucks, cars, etc. for a day of fun, food, beer (for me anyway), and stories that were unbelievable (in some cases, for good reason :o) ).
The Wilson River near Tillamook, Oregon, same thing, same great time.
The Rebels, Toutle River, same thing, same great time.
The annual gathering of the Charley Charley Group, our host (now SK) Paul Salzman, KD7CC, and his beautiful wife, Gisela, on the cliff-side of Leavenworth Valley, overlooking the town of Leavenworth, Washington and just east of the Icicle River.
Ham Fests were great, especially the Stanwood, WA Ham Fest – the smaller the better.
It’s about PEOPLE and how important each of us mean to each other.
Exactly why I got in. #It was the people. #I can't begin to say the number of good friends I have in the Amateur ranks even in my relatively short time on the air. #Oh I enjoy the rebuilding of old gear and using CW alot, but I really like hamfests for the chance to shake a hand. I enjoy the "groups" that I frequent like the Ragchewers and my buds on AM in the Mullet Society here in Pensacola.
Guess that is why people who QRM puzzle me. #Why would you intentionally hurt another Amateur's enjoyment?
I don't know, but there seems to be some people in this world that will do anything they can to ruin someone else's fun. Its not just in ham radio, you see it in all walks of life every day. Like the person who lives next door to a home with a few kids, thier ball flies in his yard, and instead of just giving it back, keeps it, and laughs at doing so, and ENJOYS seeing the children cry.
Makes you just want to boil a large pot of water, put one large noodle in it, let it cook, then use said wet noodle to knock some sense into them http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
WA2ZDY
10-20-2005, 04:18 PM
Quote[/b] (AG4YO @ Oct. 20 2005,08:27)]. . . but I really like hamfests for the chance to shake a hand.
Charlie, you're kidding, right? You shake hands at hamfests? #Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Quote[/b] (KD6NIG @ Oct. 20 2005,11:52)]Makes you just want to boil a large pot of water, put one large noodle in it, let it cook, then use said wet noodle to knock some sense into them
I thought you were going to suggest putting the scuzzball in the pot with the boiling water. Hey, if it's good enough for crabs and lobsters . . . #I guess I've got too much aggression pent up inside. #I was thinking more like boiling oil actually. #Hmmmm . . .
N8CPA
10-20-2005, 04:25 PM
Quote[/b] (KD6NIG @ Oct. 20 2005,11:52)]Quote[/b] (AG4YO @ Oct. 20 2005,08:27)]Quote[/b] (w7hn @ Oct. 19 2005,21:52)]BEYOND THE OPERATING STATION
There is More to Ham Radio than RF
I’ve had some very enjoyable experiences in Ham Radio, that had less to do with RF, and more to do about PEOPLE.
NORTHWEST COUNTRY COUSINS (my Mbr #1011)
South Central Washington State, on the outskirts of the town of Washougal, many years ago (10 or so), we all gathered in our motor homes, trailers, vans, trucks, cars, etc. for a day of fun, food, beer (for me anyway), and stories that were unbelievable (in some cases, for good reason :o) ).
The Wilson River near Tillamook, Oregon, same thing, same great time.
The Rebels, Toutle River, same thing, same great time.
The annual gathering of the Charley Charley Group, our host (now SK) Paul Salzman, KD7CC, and his beautiful wife, Gisela, on the cliff-side of Leavenworth Valley, overlooking the town of Leavenworth, Washington and just east of the Icicle River.
Ham Fests were great, especially the Stanwood, WA Ham Fest – the smaller the better.
It’s about PEOPLE and how important each of us mean to each other.
Exactly why I got in. #It was the people. #I can't begin to say the number of good friends I have in the Amateur ranks even in my relatively short time on the air. #Oh I enjoy the rebuilding of old gear and using CW alot, but I really like hamfests for the chance to shake a hand. I enjoy the "groups" that I frequent like the Ragchewers and my buds on AM in the Mullet Society here in Pensacola.
Guess that is why people who QRM puzzle me. #Why would you intentionally hurt another Amateur's enjoyment?
I don't know, but there seems to be some people in this world that will do anything they can to ruin someone else's fun. #Its not just in ham radio, you see it in all walks of life every day. #Like the person who lives next door to a home with a few kids, thier ball flies in his yard, and instead of just giving it back, keeps it, and laughs at doing so, and ENJOYS seeing the children cry.
Makes you just want to boil a large pot of water, put one large noodle in it, let it cook, then use said wet noodle to knock some sense into them http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
I had these neighbors with two very cute 4 and 5 year old son and daughter. And they were always coming over because my wife and mother-in-law were adoptively grandmothering them.
One time the boy, the 5 year old, came to my door and told me he lost his jet plane in my backyard when it accidentally flew over the fence. It was a little plastic airplane, and sometimes he liked to put things over the fence just because he liked our yard. We really didn't mind because he and his sister were so cute--not to mention their mom looked like Cameron Diaz.
So I took the kid into the back yard and helped him look for his airplane. He kept telling me, "It's a bwonde aiwpwane--bwonde, just wike youw haiw." Just like my hair, so I was looking for a brown airplane.
I wanted to throw him back over the fence--Cameron Diaz look alike mother or not--when we found the plane.
It was GRAY!
Just one of those in-your-face, "You're old!" moments, that nobody needs too early in life. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
I have made lifetime friends beyond the key or mike. But, 97 percent of them copy lots of CW.
kl7aj
10-20-2005, 10:56 PM
Yes, there's also ozone, blue sparks and the sweet smell of smoldering rosin flux. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
eric
ve2nsm
10-20-2005, 11:07 PM
Quote[/b] (w7hn @ Oct. 20 2005,00:52)]NORTHWEST COUNTRY COUSINS (my Mbr #1011)
Inbreeding? http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif
KF0RT
10-20-2005, 11:33 PM
Quote[/b] (w7hn @ Oct. 19 2005,22:52)]There is More to Ham Radio than RF
Some definite truth to that, Dennis.
Years ago, I was involved in the startup of a repeater club. Once things really got rolling, we'd hold weekly license classes at a local church. After class, a bunch of us would stop by a local diner and everyone at the table was either teaching a class or taking one. Those were some seriously fun times.
Same club today is still around, but they no longer even have regular meetings. I think they still have the classes, though. Their repeaters are well maintained, but nobody uses them.
I met my wife at one of their (our!) picnics, and the annual "Booze and Boogie" Field Day was the highlight of the year. We had "Booze and Boogie" T-shirts printed every year for the event, and nobody ever got drunk enough that they couldn't run a CW station without making mistakes.
I got out of ham radio in the early 80's because it all got too serious and too egocentric. Seemed like everyone was into playing "repeater cop" or other things that took the fun out of it. You see the same sort of thing here on QRZ (and we should all be ashamed of that -- well, many of us).
Wonder what it would take to turn THAT clock back a tad...
73, Rob