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April 5th 07, 06:54 PM
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The First Month of the Revolution in USA Amateur Radio
AF6AY wrote:
From: on Tues, Apr 3 2007 6:35 pm On Mar 29, 11:24 pm, Dave Heil wrote: KH6HZ wrote: "Dave Heil" wrote: You're being disingenuous again, Leonard. I've stated that you are a newcomer to *amateur* radio. Each time I've done so, you've tried to make it appear that I've used the generic term "radio". I think Grandpa Lennie is simply jealous of the fact that due to his waiting 54 years to get an amateur radio license... It doesn't matter whether he's jealous or not, Mike. He can fill up his years with getting on 75m and telling hams who have been in the game for decades about his experiences at ADA in the 1950's. Wow, lots of envy and hostility in that statement... That's all I expect from the Robust Oberst. :-) There was envy expressed, Windy. But then, we are speaking of "Mister DeeEcks" of Department of State (Retired)...who BECAME DX Out Of Africa and Finland under State's generous "A DX of One" program to help hams worldwide get a rare one. Hard to beat that...and he got PAID to do it! Most folks who work for an employer expect to be paid. Did you ever work for any employer for free? Me, I just did (like you did) what I was told to do and also be proficient at "destroying the enemy" in my military service. Have you ever destroyed an enemy, Leonard? I dunno why Mister DeeEcks thinks I should "get on 75m" when there is already an established net on 20m of ex-RCA employees who get together every morning. Oh, I just picked a band at random. You can tell your tales on 20m if you choose. I worked with some of them in real life (as opposed to the imaginary life spent staring at front panels while gabbing with relative strangers). :-) If I'm to believe your statement, I never stared at a front panel and chatted with relative strangers, I simply imagined that I did. The fact is that I've already enjoyed 43 years in amateur radio. Ahem, minus one year during your tour in Vietnam. Remember, no ham radio for you... We really don't know how long he was there. No, you really don't. According to a couple websites, he was a rock musician - guitarist for ten years with several bands. Those aren't "ham bands." :-) ....nor was there any claim that they were "ham bands." That occupied some of the 22 years between first being licensed (1963) and being sent to the Finland Embassy (1985). Four of my years after licensing were spent completing high school. I was never sent to the Finland Embassy. I was assigned to the American Embassy. He got his Vanity call of K8MN in 1977... I don't have a vanity callsign, Len. ...and there's 8 years between that and his first Helsinki posting. Call them "mytery years" if you like, Leonard. They can remain a mystery to you. -- he will be unable to accumulate 230k+ QSOs that others accumulated here have. If he gets busy and hones his skills, he could get it done. I still don't understand this NECESSITY of "logging thousands of contacts"...just to log thousands of contacts? I see part of your confusion, Leonardo. They aren't done just to log thousands of contacts. What does one DO with all those logs? Ahhhh, another of life's eternal mysteries! I would suggest just recycling those logs to save real logs from being turned into paper pulp to "archive" ham logs. Putting it all into CD R/W discs for archival would require using Chinese-manufacture CD blanks whose plastic is made from non-renewable petroleum. There's no longer any requirement for you to maintain a log, Len. I made over that number in my nearly sixteen years overseas though it wasn't really that long since I was typically in the U.S. for two to three months between assignments and usually burned a month or so of leave in the U.S. or elsewhere each year. I've submitted nearly 30,000 QSOs to LOTW but I still have years of contest logs from the paper logging days which have yet to be entered into the computer logging database. 1985 to 2000 is just FIFTEEN years. Wow, all that FREE TIME (paid for?) between "assignments." Not a bad gig, 11 months of "work" a year. That "free time" isn't all "free time", Len. There are Washington consultations regarding the previous and upcoming assignments. There are visas to be obtained, medical exams, vaccinations to be obtained. There are classes to be taken, sometimes four or five of them. The "free time" can be either before or after those things. It is called Home Leave and it is not charged to annual leave. Usually thirty working days of Home Leave is mandated between assignments. Very "European." It's very American. The Home Leave is mandated by Congress. Most Foreign Service employees spend most of their working lives overseas. It'd be nice to have a half million or so QSOs logged before departure time. Better find a DXpedition. This time he gonna have to PAY for it out of his own pocket (and pension check). :-) ....at least that is your assumption. :-) If Len Anderson wants to pretend that he is part of some revolution, let him play. He'll unbox his JA transceiver, hook it to a vertical antenna and have all the fun he is capable of having. No different than you unboxing your TN transceiver... My Heil Sound ProSetPlus is made (somewhat) in a suburb of Chicago, IL. Really? Fairview Heights has been moved from the St. Louis area to near Chicago? You have made another in a long series of factual errors. I use the Heil products here, Leonard. As you may know, with quality microphones, what you get out of it is only as good as what you put into it. Dave K8MN |
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