.... and I should have pointed out, "There is nothing wrong with women like
that..." Just stops everyone from confusion and being able to claim, "I
didn't know he/she was like that!"

However, I am involved directly in technical classes at a jr. college... the
ratio of women to men is VERY LOW at higher classes--this is fact--not
fiction--and my comment was more to that area... pointing out that
technical minded men just might miss female colleges...

.... indeed, I think a sexist comment would be one discouraging women from
certain areas of society--not encouraging them--and pointing out they are
desirable to have there... or, a condensending/shallow/protectionist
comment for womens' benefits...

Warmest regards,
John
--
When Viagra fails to work--you are DOOMED!!!

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
| Doug:
|
| I have never found "it runs the women off fast" to be of any real
| importance--granted, it may run the ones off which take themselves far too
| seriously--or, even the ones who have some "axe to grind" and are
naturally
| tending towards a male/female conflict--but think about--those are best
| avoided anyway!
|
| Better to find this out right up front...
|
| Warmest regards,
| John
| --
| When Viagra fails to work--you are DOOMED!!!
|
| "Doug McLaren" wrote in message
| ...
|| In article ,
|| John Smith wrote:
||
||| Where have you been all my life? If you are taken, do you have
||| sister which are single? grin
||
|| Translation: if you're a female, and in ham radio or some other male
|| dominated hobby, better hide your sex, or people will do this sort of
|| thing. I realize that you're kidding, John, but even so, it runs the
|| women off, fast.
||
|| Answer to the question ...
||
|| You might be able to work the ISS with your setup right now. Except
|| that it's always in packet mode nowadays ...
||
|| But beyond that, you ought to be able to work many of the low Earth
|| orbit satellites just by adding a directional antenna. The Arrow
|| Antenna 2m/70cm antenna is very popular for that, or there's a number
|| of sites out there with instructions for making similar antennas.
|| Google is your friend.
||
|| --
|| Doug McLaren,
|| $__
|| (o0)
|| /||\ when Cthulhu calls...he calls collect
|
|