Let's pick this one apart....

Fractenna wrote:

1. I ID every time I post. If you can't figure it out, it goes to show
your lack of attention to detail.


Hmmm...here's what I believe to be relevant; this knowledge may be incomplete
or wrong. Kindly correct? Apologies if wrong. No slight meant in any way. Still
don't know your proper callsign..assuming you have one.

You're named Chris.

That's correct
You operate out of Michigan. Livingston.You live in the next town over
(Howell).

Yep.
Most of the time you drive big rigs down the southern corridor into Nashville
and beyond.

That information is a few years old. I run a regional route from
Illinois over to Mass, down to VA.
You stop and eat often in E-Town Kentucky and don't like Po-Folks restaurant.
You eat at Cracker Barrel, but they all look the same...same fare.

I have nothing against Po-Folks. I only rarely stopped in E-Town. I
like Cracker Barrel, but much prefer Outback or Chilis. Hard to get a
big-rig into either of those during business hours, so I usually eat
at the truckstops. Nope. Wrong there.
Divorced? Two kids?

Divorced. No kids.
Me-a-n fisherman. Fish fear you. Prefer big mouth bass.

Nope. Catfish and Trout. No time for it since I started my new
business, though. That's one of the things I miss.
Sounds cool! Let me know the next time you're out fishin in KY!

That's not going to happen any time soon. No time, and no desire to
get within 100 yards of you. At least not until you can show you're
man enough to provide the data I requested on your fractal antennae.
Even then, I'm not sure I want that much to do with you.

73,
Chip N1IR

Oh, and I am licensed. In fact I went from 22 years on just CB to
Extra in 6 months, without having to study anything except the Code.
I'm dyslexic, so I had quite the time with that. Took me three tries
to pass the code, but I did it, without a waiver.

So just take the "you're not smart enough to have an intelligent
conversation about antennas" attitude and point it elsewhere.

-SSB

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:08:58 -0700, Wes Stewart
wrote:

If these folks haven't bothered to register before and educate
themselves on the issues, why should they be voting?

Hi Wes,

The HAVE. The problem is we've had a spate of "volunteer" groups
who've pre-screened some registrants and those forms NEVER making it
into the office. Another problem is that we have had a FLOOD of new
registrants this summer (100,000+) in this county, and that has choked
the system such that when they go to check their status, their form
may have not cleared the bottleneck, and the office suggests if there
is any doubt they should apply again. At our first stop, quite a few
have been Troops and the families of Troops and I suppose they've been
too busy out of country (or on their way) to read the paper. The
problem of getting Absentee Ballots has been widely reported in the
Army Times (they had offered solutions last summer, Congress has had
problems fulfilling those solutions for some reason).

To All,

Anyway, it is now national law that any registered voter must be given
a ballot even if their name does not appear on the Voter's Roll.

If any of you is denied a ballot because they claim you do not appear
on the Roll, they cannot deny you a "Provisional Ballot" (this name
may vary by state). If they stonewall you claiming they "never" heard
of such a thing, then you simply go to another Polling Station and
make the same demand (you do not have to be at "your" Polling Station
to vote this way). If your state varies from this significantly, then
you should move out of Florida. When you vote "Provisional Ballot" be
prepared to have it placed into a security envelope, where you will
provide your name, signature, place of residence such that when your
name does appear on the Roll that it can be reconciled and the vote
tallied.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Fractenna wrote:
Genuinely--please correct my lack of knowledge on this: what is the value of SW
BCB in an era of web cast?

73,
Chip N1IR


In a wartime situation, the internet may, and probably will, be down.
The knowledge and expertise of people who can both receive and
transmit on HF will be invaluable in such situations.

If BPL is trashing the bands, it will make it that much more difficult
to receive HF broadcasts, and HF Amateur transmissions, which will
tend to get people away from HF. They won't want to put up with the
interference. Bad idea.

-SSB

I'd
like gain figures, and directivity figures of your 10M fractal against
a balun fed 10M dipole oriented in the same direction at the same
height above ground,...

Two element 10M FQY= 4dBd compared to such a dipole; F/B about 20 dB at that
gain. Last version had bandwidth of 1.5 MHz for 2:1 SWR.

You can see a professional 3 el version for a higher frequency on the slideshow
gif on www.fractenna.com.

From what I've seen, about 50 science fairs have had these quads over the
years. Always happy to help those who are polite and have legitimate interests,
such as students.

Chris, when someone pays you a compliment, don't take it as an insult to your
intelligence. Truck driving is AOK with me; I have relatives out your way who
drive trucks.

So, when are we goin' fishin'?

73,
Chip N1IR

Who's your friend, anyway? Doug, N8WWM? George, WA3MOJ? Known trolls
in rec.radio.cb.

Don't know who these folks are.

73,
Chip N1IR

If BPL is trashing the bands, it will make it that much more difficult
to receive HF broadcasts, and HF Amateur transmissions, which will
tend to get people away from HF. They won't want to put up with the
interference. Bad idea.

-SSB

How can you be on CB and say that no one puts up with interference? Also, the
actual number of hams affected is probably very small, so the point is
interesting but probably better posed in the context of :"if we don't get
novices again, with no code privileges, then..."

73,
Chip N1IR.

Buuuut you still don't answer the question... Didn't think you would,
but had to ask anyway.

-SSB

Fractenna wrote:

Who's your friend, anyway? Doug, N8WWM? George, WA3MOJ? Known trolls
in rec.radio.cb.


Don't know who these folks are.

73,
Chip N1IR

"Fractenna" wrote in message
...
If you don't understand the ultimate utility of the HF spectrum then
rolls
eyes... SWL includes a whole world more than just broadcasting. Your
ignorance, or at least a very poor assumption, is showing. And BCB...

Thanks for your opinion.

Firsty, I am not the FCC. This issue was duly considered and carefully
thought
through, so please don't use me as a proxy: they know more about the SW
BCB
than me.


With the caveat that I think the FCC is about the most open example of our
Federal government, I have to point out that "due consideration" is a real
hoot. Oh sure, issues move along in their majestic dance through the FCC's
bureaucracy, but, after all the technical discussion has been input, there's
a big, heavy political thumb on the scales of justice. Every FCC
Commissioner is a political appointee, and they are all professional
administrators, without a trace of experience in electromagnetics or
communications theory. Each Commissioner has his own philosophy that he
tries to bend the FCC toward, with top-down influence and an eye toward his
next career step. To think that hot-button political issues (internet access
for everyone) and special interests (what politician doesn't need money, if
only to periodically fund his re-election) don't guide the technical issues
is to be willfully naive.

Shocking as this may be, Fractenna (and my dog) just might know more about
some aspects of electromagnetics than one or more of the FCC Commissioners.
OTOH, FCC Commissioners have more friends, dress better, get more sex, and
are far more wealthy and articulate than either.


Ed
wb6wsn

Ouch. Even I wasn't going to be THAT succinct..

-SSB

Ed Price wrote:

With the caveat that I think the FCC is about the most open example of
our Federal government, I have to point out that "due consideration" is
a real hoot. Oh sure, issues move along in their majestic dance through
the FCC's bureaucracy, but, after all the technical discussion has been
input, there's a big, heavy political thumb on the scales of justice.
Every FCC Commissioner is a political appointee, and they are all
professional administrators, without a trace of experience in
electromagnetics or communications theory. Each Commissioner has his own
philosophy that he tries to bend the FCC toward, with top-down influence
and an eye toward his next career step. To think that hot-button
political issues (internet access for everyone) and special interests
(what politician doesn't need money, if only to periodically fund his
re-election) don't guide the technical issues is to be willfully naive.

Shocking as this may be, Fractenna (and my dog) just might know more
about some aspects of electromagnetics than one or more of the FCC
Commissioners. OTOH, FCC Commissioners have more friends, dress better,
get more sex, and are far more wealthy and articulate than either.


Ed
wb6wsn

FCC Commissioners have more friends, dress better,...
are far more wealthy and articulate than either.


Ed
wb6wsn

Mr. Powell is one bright guy, IMO. He, an attorney, has dozens of engineers
and scientists at his call, some of the very best in the country one may
presume. He has great respect for radio amateurs and our issues, also my
opinion.


You are right that he dresses better than me, at least for daily fare.

I think he knows what he's doing.

73,
Chip N1IR