Subj : Re: Various Things To : Brian Rogers From : Daryl Stout Date : Sun Jun 06 2021 23:22:00 Brian, BR> Dhey Daryl... not you the other brother Daryl Bob Newhart lives on Ham Radio. We have Larry, NN4H, as Net Control... then Darrell, AC4YD...and then the other brother Daryl, WX4QZ. DS> I thought it stood for "Have Another Meal", and you don't call us DS> "Late For Dinner". BR> It's definitely the making for a girl's match making scene... bald fat BR> guys glowing in the dark from RF and can barely move Activating Waddle Mode in 5 seconds. Then, you have Furniture Disease, where your chest has fallen into your drawers...and DickeyDoo Disease...where your belly hangs out more than your dickie do. Yet, you need a shed for your tool. 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. BR> That's awesome!! Too bad I can't find the meme, but I'm sure it's on the internet. PhotoShop can work with practically any photo. I used to use CompuPic, but it wouldn't work with anything above Windows XP. Photodex, the company that made it, has since gone out of business. 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". BR> Nice!! :D That's the only way you can get through to tell them that they hit the spacebar (or clicked the mouse) to transmit...and to do it again. On the frequency, if someone is keyed up, you can send something on QSO-TV, but you can't transmit...so there's no such thing as "doubling". It is a good idea to enable the PTT Lock, so you don't have to hold down the space bar or mouse button to keep talking. In that regard, you can also set a timeout limit with CQ100. I think on RF, the "gentleman's agreement" is "3 minutes". I know of one repeater that has a 4 minute timeout (for us long winded hams ), but at the other extreme, I know of 2 repeaters that timeout at 60 to 90 seconds. Trying to get a ham...especially on a net...to keep their transmission at 30 seconds or less, is like trying to get everyone to use UTC Time... it ain't gonna happen. BR> What's stopping you from setting up RF? On friday nights the NC does a BR> "question of the week". Sometimes it's a legit trivia question, other BR> times it's more of a survey where there's no wrong answer. That's BR> usually a very busy night. For one, finances. After a car wreck earlier this year (I wasn't at fault), and having to get a replacement pre-owned car (what I got from the insurance company wasn't enough, and I had some money left from my late Mom's death), but then repair costs on it (pre-owned cars are sold AS IS, NO WARRANTY). But, it was costing me at least $40 a day on Uber, and the insurance company of the guy at fault would only offer "the IRS limit of 14 cents per mile" on it. I had to take Uber back and forth to the chiropractor...the guy who was at fault, his insurance company had to pay a $9100 chiropractor bill (30 days of treatment for me over 2 months). Had I not taken the paltry settlement, I would likely have become overdrawn, and risked arrest and jail time...as one of the local police departments has a hot check division. I have overdraft protection on my account, but I get dinged $35 for each time there's an overdraft. I still may end up selling the car, as a device in one of the original toilets (nearly 50 years old, installed when the house was first built), failed 3 months ago, causing the tank to overflow, flooding both bathrooms. I'm still trying to work out a rebuilding deal with the contractor and insurance company. I have no sinks or cabinets/vanity in either bathroom...the "offending toilet" had the water shut off...stuff has been put into the walk-in tub/shower area (so only birdbaths), I have to go out to the kitchen to wash my hands...and at least still have 1 working toilet. The floor tile was torn up, the doors were taken off (they're stacked on each other in the living room), and the walls were removed, to mitigate the water damage. At least I live alone...never mind "pooping with the door open". :P To make matters worse, earlier today...my sound card, headset mic, ThumbDV, and BlueDV, that I was using for D-Star (since none of the area repeaters are on the gateway), all crapped out...along with the web browser. So, that knocked me off of a net earlier today...and it may have me off the air permanently. The arthritis is so bad that I can't do things with antennas, and electronics was never my forte'. I've been using cane in the house, and a walker everywhere else...and a wheelchair may be soon in the picture. With the deal with the plumbing, plus medical issues, getting the ham radio stuff replaced and getting back on the air, is the least of my worries right now. BR> I wouldn't want to see any such thing on ATV! Covered up or not because BR> you still know what transpired prior to the coverings made. I'm sure there are idiots out there who would do it anyway. There's a time and a place for everything, but you can't tell them that. BR> I haven't done any remote base operations. I have my own toys to play BR> with I can't even afford those. When I barely get over $1000 a month on disability, ham radio play toys are the least of my worries. Then, you have folks at Medicaid saying "$1500 a month between 2 people is too much money"...and the idiots in Congress are lamenting they can't survive on $250,000+ a year...do NOT get me started on that. The late Howard Hughes lies in his grave without even a wooden nickel in his hand. BR> Now I would never spend anything more than around $500 depending on the BR> rig. What gets me is that they're complaining about the $35 fee for a new, renewed, or upgraded license, or callsign change...but these same hams will drop $100 or more down for a brick of tickets at a hamfest for the door prizes. When I only bought $20 worth of tickets, that put me at a disadvantage. BR> Sounds like you're keeping "abreast" of some of these women They make great mammaries...although you could get titlash if you're not careful...so you have to nipple it in the bud. BR> I do the local nets as well and quite deep in packet. We're doing BR> something I don't believe anyone else is doing. Unfortunately, with the BR> developments and such that I've done over the years... and too many BR> application users out there... I can't hand off the knowledge. Guys BR> just don't grasp it. I don't know what the issue is... but having to BR> repeat the same things over and over to the same people for years on BR> end does grow quite tiresome and has put a very bad taste in my mouth. As noted earlier, the hardware and software failures have knocked me off the air. With trying to get the plumbing and transportation issues worked out, the BBS has had to take a back seat. For some, they think packet is what you do to a used TNC to take it to a local hamfest flea market. There hasn't been a hamfest in Little Rock since 2016...even though there are at least 3 clubs. They all are griping at each other, and no one wants to do the work involved. Three hamfests in February, March, and April, all got canceled again this year. The other 2 are in September and October...but both of them may get canceled again as well. BR> Coming from an insider in Newington... the league really is all about BR> contesters because they're the ones who become members. The league is BR> all about money and lots of it! I asked one of them why they don't push BR> my software and their response and I quote was "give up 6 figures cash BR> and we'd be happy to". I also asked NJ1Q if we could re-establish the BR> 220 link we had years go for him to push the league bulletins over BR> packet... he said the league only does that via email. So much for the BR> spirit... Every other organization is as well. The Life Membership for at least 3 other organizations I'm part of is far less than what it is at ARRL. For the record, besides an ARRL Life Member, I'm also one with the Quarter Century Wireless Assocation, the Portage County Amateur Radio Service, and Courage Kenny Handi-Hams...the rates are from "highest to lowest". BR> I try to check into the nets even when I'm not net control... other NCs BR> may have reports to send to me. It's usually the same crew on all the BR> nets that aren't on at the same time... but it still counts as figures BR> at the end of the month. I got so sick of the mad rush pile-ups. Now, with my stuff not working, I'm QRT. Storms are likely here through Wednesday, so I may not get to do any net work until maybe Friday...if even then...as if the stuff is still fried, then I'm QRT. BR> I've been telling the packet guys in the region just that, they just BR> won't let me go. Last time I was off packet for a month until guys BR> crashed a main hub. Guess who had to fix it? :\ These sound like folks who would sue The Good Lord for "wrongful death" when you become a Silent Key. There is a new acronym for N.A.V.Y. -- Never Again Volunteer Yourself. Once you do, you're doing that until you die...and that's for ANY hobby. BR> I'm surprised NTS nets still exist since Pae (sp?) denounced amateur BR> radio as a valid form of emergency communications just before he quit BR> being the commish! Such a horrible thing to do!! He thinks fema will do BR> better? At least those of us who do the nets are prepared! All they have to do is look what happened after Katrina. FEMA is Foolish Erroneous Management Association...a bunch of "Katrina Trailers" (mobile homes) were at the Mena, Arkansas airport for quite awhile. And, it was George W. Bush who originally wanted to defund the hurricane hunters. BR> We have a local cert net that meets weekly however it's on opposite BR> WestConn and I usually make it there. Here they've all gone DMR. BR> Nothing like trying to handle an emergency while in the tower of babel. Every time I hear DMR, I'm going to think of that meme I told you about in another message. There was one ham who thought it was "an EMERGENCY, if his ROUTINE traffic wasn't given PRIORITY, as his HEALTH AND WELFARE (ego) would be shattered". Well, I sent him a stern letter, telling him that I had talked to another net control, who was about to ban him from a net. On another net, this individual had the audacity to tell Net Control "this isn't the way you're supposed to a net!!". Had I been an FCC official, he would have had a pink ticket in his mailbox in short order!! When other Net Controls would ask for emergency traffic (life and death urgency to those involved), he'd key up, then start his diatribe with "today was a nice day", then would turn his rig off...so, he likely never heard the lecture he got from Net Control. He apparently has a lot of issues, but basically, he needs to be supervised just like third party traffic. Whenever he was called, he was never there. But, he thought "the world, ham radio, and nets, all revolved around him". And, apparently more than one net control was ready to ban him. I sent that letter overnight, signature required, and it showed he got it. Ever since that letter, he has "vanished". I hated to do that, but several net members and net controls were complaining about him. Had he still pulled that on a net where I wasn't the main net control or net manager, I would've told them "either you ban him, or find yourself another net control". BR> ... "...I have a bad habit of telling the truth..." - Kira Kira was never a lawyer. Daryl, WX4QZ .... I don't drink and drive, but I swig at stoplights. --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 þ Synchronet þ The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas .