Subj : Re: Various Things To : Daryl Stout From : Brian Rogers Date : Sun Jun 06 2021 09:09:00 Dhey Daryl... not you the other brother Daryl -=> Daryl Stout wrote to Brian Rogers <=- DS> I thought it stood for "Have Another Meal", and you don't call us DS> "Late For Dinner". It's definitely the making for a girl's match making scene... bald fat guys glowing in the dark from RF and can barely move DS> Someone did a photoshop deal of Sarah Palin in a patriotic bikini DS> (looking like the American Flag), and put it on QSO-TV on CQ100 once (I DS> don't have that one anymore). As Richard Pryor said about Gene Wilder's DS> girlfriend, Jill Clayburgh, in "Silver Streak"..."Have Mercy". All DS> 3 of them are dead and gone now...but that was a funny movie. That's awesome!! DS> QSO-TV is a quasi-amateur TV deal with CQ100. On the QCWA (Quarter DS> Century Wireless Association) CQ100 Net I do on Friday, some stations DS> will checkin that way (and some advise they're short time). If they DS> forget to unkey the "transceiver", I send a graphic "Unkey the CQ100". Nice!! :D DS> It's VoIP only (no RF), but some hams (like myself) can't have RF DS> gear or antennas. There are several nets on there (I want to say W2BLC DS> has a page with the nets on there), and The Hoot Owl Net (one of the DS> net controls is Rita, W1UZR), has a trivia question. The last time I DS> checked into that net, it was a busy one. What's stopping you from setting up RF? On friday nights the NC does a "question of the week". Sometimes it's a legit trivia question, other times it's more of a survey where there's no wrong answer. That's usually a very busy night. DS> With "The Felony Question", I've known hams caught in sex sting DS> operations, or busted for passing child pornography. I'm waiting to DS> hear of those "hot pix" to show up on CQ100 or Amateur TV. I think in DS> all cases, each of those hams lost their license as a result. Once you DS> see the story in Amateur Radio Newsline, it's basically "Public DS> Domain", as it had already appeared in the local newspaper. I wouldn't want to see any such thing on ATV! Covered up or not because you still know what transpired prior to the coverings made. [snip] no need to repeat... DS> Back to the hobby...with remote base operations, if someone is using DS> a particular node already when you want to use it, you're out of luck, DS> unless you can find another node. While remotehams.com is free, a DS> similar service charges through the nose and out the wazoo...so you DS> better have a big bank account for it!! I haven't done any remote base operations. I have my own toys to play with DS> It reminds me of a bulletin I have on the BBS (and this was back in DS> their heyday nearly 40 years ago), when it talked about upgrading your DS> computer hardware and software...including the modem, operating system, DS> BBS software, doorgame and utility registrations, etc. -- "be prepared DS> to open your wallet wide". Nowadays, that's like going to a big DS> hamfest; there was a DC to Daylight rig at Hamvention a few years ago DS> for over $20,000!! Now, I could outfit a nice shack, or get a nice DS> pre-owned car for that...but for one rig, that's overkill. The most I've spent on a rig was 2K when the FT-990 first came out. I've used it I think 5 times total. It just sits in the box. I'd love to set it up on Net105... but HF antennas are a deal breaker here (sound familiar?). I was fortunate to get allowed 4 UHF/VHF antennas. Now I would never spend anything more than around $500 depending on the rig. DS> Dolly Parton is over in Tennessee...I have no idea where Morganna DS> (the "kissing bandit") is. Both of them are "double breasted down". DS> Then, you have Jessica in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (she's not DS> bad...she's just drawn that way). Sounds like you're keeping "abreast" of some of these women DS> Glad you "bearly" got out of there, Grizzy Adams. I had a muscle relaxer in me... I wouldn't have moved. In fact I didn't! DS> Contesting is one thing that never appealed to me...or looking for a DS> new contact. There's something in the hobby for everyone...my niches DS> are doing nets, elmering new hams (I have a PDF file on a forum I did DS> at a regional hamfest over 2 years ago off of a hyperlink on my QRZ DS> bio), and license exams. I also will ragchew, but it's rare I get a DS> sked request...and it's not because of halitosis...although one ham DS> said on a local repeater to me one day after I got off of work, that DS> bad breath was why no one would talk to me. I had finished a day at DS> silkscreen printing, and smelled of nasty solvent DS> (methyl-ethyl-ketone). I do the local nets as well and quite deep in packet. We're doing something I don't believe anyone else is doing. Unfortunately, with the developments and such that I've done over the years... and too many application users out there... I can't hand off the knowledge. Guys just don't grasp it. I don't know what the issue is... but having to repeat the same things over and over to the same people for years on end does grow quite tiresome and has put a very bad taste in my mouth. Coming from an insider in Newington... the league really is all about contesters because they're the ones who become members. The league is all about money and lots of it! I asked one of them why they don't push my software and their response and I quote was "give up 6 figures cash and we'd be happy to". I also asked NJ1Q if we could re-establish the 220 link we had years go for him to push the league bulletins over packet... he said the league only does that via email. So much for the spirit... DS> The only time I'm on the air now is for nets that I do...and as DS> noted, it's rare that I get a sked request. I try to check into the nets even when I'm not net control... other NCs may have reports to send to me. It's usually the same crew on all the nets that aren't on at the same time... but it still counts as figures at the end of the month. DS> Well, there are other things in life besides ham radio (some would DS> consider that as heresy ). But, what drives me nuts (and I likely DS> have said this before) are what I call "Hi, Bye, and QSY" hams, in DS> regards to checking into nets: DS> "Net Control, please checkin [callsign], [name], [location], short DS> time, no traffic". I've been telling the packet guys in the region just that, they just won't let me go. Last time I was off packet for a month until guys crashed a main hub. Guess who had to fix it? :\ DS> Not a minute later, they're doing the same on other nets. I looked DS> at the Excel Net Spreadsheets I have of selected D-Star, D-Rats, and DS> Echolink Nets (there's at least 200 nets a month)...and I noted on one DS> day, there are 6 nets meeting at the same time!! In short, there are DS> too many nets, and too little time for them. I do 6 weekly nets, and DS> 1 monthly net as Net Control. On the "checkin only" nets, it's rare DS> I check into them anymore, as it's such a mad rush to get in. For DS> these, I wait until the net is nearly over, and the pre-net pileup is DS> gone. I'm surprised NTS nets still exist since Pae (sp?) denounced amateur radio as a valid form of emergency communications just before he quit being the commish! Such a horrible thing to do!! He thinks fema will do better? At least those of us who do the nets are prepared! DS> Rick, KA2BSM, who does the CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) DS> Net, and the MDARC (Memphis Digital Amateur Radio Club) Net (the darc DS> side of digital (hi hi)), wonders if these folks "have a life outside DS> of ham radio". We have a local cert net that meets weekly however it's on opposite WestConn and I usually make it there. Here they've all gone DMR. Nothing like trying to handle an emergency while in the tower of babel. .... "...I have a bad habit of telling the truth..." - Kira --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52 þ Synchronet þ SBBS - Carnage! *73 de N1URO* bbs.n1uro.com:2300 .