Subj : Re: Various Things To : Brian Rogers From : Daryl Stout Date : Sat Jun 05 2021 10:44:00 Brian, BR> I think a good part of it comes from the lack of support from BR> Newington. They want nothing more but for packet to totally vanish! BR> They've basically squashed Amateur TV. Tis a shame. We used to have a BR> net on Mondays that had a repeater on our local Channel 61's tower and BR> they'd have weekly contests: BR> Who could find the sexiest nudie and cover her up with their callsign BR> in the most provocative way(s)... *that* was a fun net Look up ham BR> in Websters: BR> ham (adj): Horny aged men I thought it stood for "Have Another Meal", and you don't call us "Late For Dinner". Someone did a photoshop deal of Sarah Palin in a patriotic bikini (looking like the American Flag), and put it on QSO-TV on CQ100 once (I don't have that one anymore). As Richard Pryor said about Gene Wilder's girlfriend, Jill Clayburgh, in "Silver Streak"..."Have Mercy". All 3 of them are dead and gone now...but that was a funny movie. QSO-TV is a quasi-amateur TV deal with CQ100. On the QCWA (Quarter Century Wireless Association) CQ100 Net I do on Friday, some stations will checkin that way (and some advise they're short time). If they forget to unkey the "transceiver", I send a graphic "Unkey the CQ100". It's VoIP only (no RF), but some hams (like myself) can't have RF gear or antennas. There are several nets on there (I want to say W2BLC has a page with the nets on there), and The Hoot Owl Net (one of the net controls is Rita, W1UZR), has a trivia question. The last time I checked into that net, it was a busy one. With "The Felony Question", I've known hams caught in sex sting operations, or busted for passing child pornography. I'm waiting to hear of those "hot pix" to show up on CQ100 or Amateur TV. I think in all cases, each of those hams lost their license as a result. Once you see the story in Amateur Radio Newsline, it's basically "Public Domain", as it had already appeared in the local newspaper. Some examples are as follows (callsigns intentionally omitted)...they were caught in: 1) A sex sting operation set up by law enforcement at a local park. 2) An incestuous relationship with his 2 daughters. 3) Passing child pornography. In telling another ham, he lamented "we've got some sick puppies out there". While "dirty old hams need love, too" , there's a time and a place for everything...and to me, you don't need to have that stuff out in the open...let alone doing such at all. I even created a bulletin on the BBS, with the difference between pornography and nudity. Back to the hobby...with remote base operations, if someone is using a particular node already when you want to use it, you're out of luck, unless you can find another node. While remotehams.com is free, a similar service charges through the nose and out the wazoo...so you better have a big bank account for it!! It reminds me of a bulletin I have on the BBS (and this was back in their heyday nearly 40 years ago), when it talked about upgrading your computer hardware and software...including the modem, operating system, BBS software, doorgame and utility registrations, etc. -- "be prepared to open your wallet wide". Nowadays, that's like going to a big hamfest; there was a DC to Daylight rig at Hamvention a few years ago for over $20,000!! Now, I could outfit a nice shack, or get a nice pre-owned car for that...but for one rig, that's overkill. DS> Arkansas has quite a bit of hills and some mountains. BR> Your women don't count.. braggart Dolly Parton is over in Tennessee...I have no idea where Morganna (the "kissing bandit") is. Both of them are "double breasted down". Then, you have Jessica in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (she's not bad...she's just drawn that way). BR> I was in the woods of New Hampshire past few days... almost had a bear BR> get me for breakfast! On 2 days he walked right past my window while I BR> was in bed. Glad you "bearly" got out of there, Grizzy Adams. BR> What I don't get is, why all of a sudden are these issues when they BR> weren't 10 years ago? Answer: technology made us L A Z Y. Half the fun BR> of radio is working for that contact... not having it handed to you. Contesting is one thing that never appealed to me...or looking for a new contact. There's something in the hobby for everyone...my niches are doing nets, elmering new hams (I have a PDF file on a forum I did at a regional hamfest over 2 years ago off of a hyperlink on my QRZ bio), and license exams. I also will ragchew, but it's rare I get a sked request...and it's not because of halitosis...although one ham said on a local repeater to me one day after I got off of work, that bad breath was why no one would talk to me. I had finished a day at silkscreen printing, and smelled of nasty solvent (methyl-ethyl-ketone). BR> The one TXing would insure he had the best SWR etc while the receiving BR> station did what they could to pull the signal out of the mud. Now that BR> is basically gone. I won't get into what it's doing to the band plan. The only time I'm on the air now is for nets that I do...and as noted, it's rare that I get a sked request. BR> Sounds very similar to here to be brutally honest. Well, there are other things in life besides ham radio (some would consider that as heresy ). But, what drives me nuts (and I likely have said this before) are what I call "Hi, Bye, and QSY" hams, in regards to checking into nets: "Net Control, please checkin [callsign], [name], [location], short time, no traffic". Not a minute later, they're doing the same on other nets. I looked at the Excel Net Spreadsheets I have of selected D-Star, D-Rats, and Echolink Nets (there's at least 200 nets a month)...and I noted on one day, there are 6 nets meeting at the same time!! In short, there are too many nets, and too little time for them. I do 6 weekly nets, and 1 monthly net as Net Control. On the "checkin only" nets, it's rare I check into them anymore, as it's such a mad rush to get in. For these, I wait until the net is nearly over, and the pre-net pileup is gone. Rick, KA2BSM, who does the CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) Net, and the MDARC (Memphis Digital Amateur Radio Club) Net (the darc side of digital (hi hi)), wonders if these folks "have a life outside of ham radio". BR> Ahh but did it work? Y/n Analog also has a farther carrier distance BR> than digital does. Well, after one exchange, the nurse said to the parrot "Yeah, yeah, I heard him"...and the parrot growls "I don't know what they need me for". DS> That's like the one in church where the woman tells her husband DS> "I just let a silent but deadly fart!! What should I do??!!". He DS> curtly replies "Change the batteries in your hearing aid". DS> Another deal has this elderly couple sitting on this couch, and DS> the old man says "My butt's asleep"...and his wife says "Yeah, I DS> can hear it snoring". BR> In both cases was the wife Whoopie (cushion) Goldberg? I saw a pair of sweatpants, with a silkscreen printed design of hands pushing up the butt cheeks, and the words "Push 'Em Up!! Push 'Em Up!! Way Up!!" There was another meme of a female, walking through the airport concourse, but her portable pillows were (how can I say this?) "critically placed" to where her butt cheeks were...so, it looked like her cheeks were hanging out. It reminds me of the exchange in Smokey And The Bandit, where the late Burt Reynolds is talking with Sally Fields (she played "The Flying Nun" years ago...that shows how old I am )...and Sally mentioned a deal about her cheeks...then tapping her face, she says "THESE CHEEKS". Maybe those are the ones who got busted for 50 pounds of "crack". Daryl .... They stopped too soon with 6 Up and Preparation G. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas .