On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:08:52 +0000, Dave wrote:
Personally, I've suggested that CB'ers and Free Banders be issued
complimentary ham licenses for 10 meters and let them fight it out.
I'll be betting that the CB'ers win. Most of the "new hams" these
days are former CB'ers. With a few notable exceptions, most are quite
nice, but also technically lacking.
Hahahahahahahahahaha!
I'm serious. It's kinda like the red light districts in many cities.
If you can't supress prostitution, at least you can control it in a
confined space. Give the lunatics room to jam each other, and they
won't be tempted to land on licensed frequencies.
It's also great for contesting. The art of rudeness, jamming, and
tuning up on other peoples conversations have been sufficiently
optimized on the ham bands. Time for a new challenge, which will be
contesting in a band full of hostile interference. I was running
PSK31 on CB for a while, much to the irritation of the channel
"owners". Worked nicely and there was little intererence. I consider
this advancing the state of the art in communications effectiveness.
Surely the FCC and Congress will recognize the value of ham radio to
global harmony, where international cooperation is enhanced by the
wireless exchange of a signal report, call letter, and contact number,
with foreign operators sufficiently politically connected to obtain a
ham radio license in their country. Perhaps ham radio should be
nominated for the Nobel peace price.
I dread to think what such hams might do with their spare time if ham
radio were to disappear. Give them a sandbox in which to play and get
out of the way.
Like this?
http://members.cruzio.com/~jeffl/pic...nas/index.html
Ugh. That's my "old" site, where I've been playing with JAlbum
formatting. I haven't updated it in a while. Go unto:
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/antennas/
for the latest version. The coffee can antenna is in there with
better 4NEC2 output.
Ooops. The NEC model files seem to have evaporated. I'll fix later
tonite.
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Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060
http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558