In article , Mike Coslo writes:

Carl R. Stevenson wrote:

So ... 54.8158101% of US hams will immediately benefit from
dropping the Morse test (Techs/total of all classes, since Novices
already have 5 wpm credit for life.

Interesting fact ... I'll have to remember that for my comments. Thanks.

Except it's not a fact at all. The correct percentage is about 30%, which is a
little more than half what Carl posted.

Don't forget that 300 million or so would benefit if all the
requirements were dropped.

Those derned writtens...

73 de Jim, N2EY

On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 10:02:29 -0400, Bob Brock
wrote:

Actually, the last time I subscribed to the ng, TIT's had left the
group and vowed never to return. Things changed I guess.

I told myself when she vowed to the group that she'd never return...

"she'll be back".

On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 21:37:04 -0600, S. Hanrahan
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 10:02:29 -0400, Bob Brock
wrote:

Actually, the last time I subscribed to the ng, TIT's had left the
group and vowed never to return. Things changed I guess.

I told myself when she vowed to the group that she'd never return...

"she'll be back".

Did she ever really leave?

"Kim W5TIT" wrote:

Pretty astute of you, Dwight. Since having this
callsign I've been on the air very little.


Well, get on the air, girl! This is, after all, what this is all about.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
.. .
"Kim W5TIT" wrote:

Pretty astute of you, Dwight. Since having this
callsign I've been on the air very little.


Well, get on the air, girl! This is, after all, what this is all about.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/


heh heh...yeah, I know. There's been one reason or another for not having
the equipment connected. Right now, it's been for the last (nearly) two
years because of the new truck, having to find where I want the equipment;
then having to pause all that while I have some work done, etc.

Never have really talked from the house, except to run a training net, so
that's pretty much out of the question. In fact, both of us still wonder
why we put up a 70' tower, loaded it up with antennas and don't even have a
radio connected in here now. We used to have the HF rig set up and used to
use it every night; but haven't done that in nearly four years...maybe
longer.

Kim W5TIT

"Kim" wrote in message ...

put up a 70' tower, loaded it up with antennas and don't even have a
radio connected in here now.

I know a ham who did that - put up the tower and antennas when they
first moved in and left all of the coax ends coiled in a bucket
outside the house. hen they set about doing various move-in projects
and did not unpack the rigs right away, nor run the coaxes into the
house.

Sure enough, one of the neighbors with Gladys Kravitz syndrome
complained about "interference" and such that supposedly happened
since the antennas went up. Called FCC as I recall. Ham invited over
the neighbor and other interestested parties and showed 'em the coax
ends. No more complaints.

73 de Jim, N2EY

"N2EY" wrote in message
om...
"Kim" wrote in message
...

put up a 70' tower, loaded it up with antennas and don't even have a
radio connected in here now.

I know a ham who did that - put up the tower and antennas when they
first moved in and left all of the coax ends coiled in a bucket
outside the house. hen they set about doing various move-in projects
and did not unpack the rigs right away, nor run the coaxes into the
house.

Sure enough, one of the neighbors with Gladys Kravitz syndrome
complained about "interference" and such that supposedly happened
since the antennas went up. Called FCC as I recall. Ham invited over
the neighbor and other interestested parties and showed 'em the coax
ends. No more complaints.

73 de Jim, N2EY


ROFLMAO!!! N5TIE, down here, name is Robert. Had a neighbor that would
raise the roof every time he got on CW. Well, one day she starts
complaining. Called him up. He sets his station up to ID every couple of
minutes and send a CW call (automatically). Then, he goes over to visit
with the neighbor.

heh heh, she never called again.

Kim W5TIT

"Kim W5TIT" wrote:

heh heh...yeah, I know. There's been one reason or
another for not having the equipment connected. Right
now, it's been for the last (nearly) two years because
of the new truck, having to find where I want the
equipment; then having to pause all that while I have
some work done, etc.


All petty excuses. Anyway, speaking of trucks, mine was almost stolen last
night. I was up late and just happened to look out the door as a guy
approached the truck. I watched him as he looked in the window for several
seconds and then raised a rock over his head to break the glass. At that
point, I shouted for him to get away from the truck. He then ran to a
waiting pickup where his friend sped off. Sadly, the tailgate was down on
the pickup, so I couldn't see the license plate. Since there has been a
string of vehicle thefts around here lately, I called the police and gave
them the best description of the vehicle I could. Of course, by the time
they got here, the guys were long gone.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

"N2EY" wrote:

(snip) Sure enough, one of the neighbors with
Gladys Kravitz syndrome complained about
"interference" and such that supposedly happened
since the antennas went up. Called FCC as I recall.
Ham invited over the neighbor and other interestested
parties and showed 'em the coax ends. No more
complaints.


That is funny. Years ago (at a retirement community), the boss suggested I
tell everyone my antennas were for television. Sure enough, two days after
the largest antenna went up (18 foot wide and 20 foot boom), a female
neighbor asked about it. When I told her it was for television, she looked
at it, paused for several seconds (obviously thinking), and seriously said I
must get really great reception. I almost died laughing (as did the boss
when I told him about it). That was my most humorious antenna situation.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
nk.net...
"Kim W5TIT" wrote:

heh heh...yeah, I know. There's been one reason or
another for not having the equipment connected. Right
now, it's been for the last (nearly) two years because
of the new truck, having to find where I want the
equipment; then having to pause all that while I have
some work done, etc.


All petty excuses. Anyway, speaking of trucks, mine was almost stolen
last
night. I was up late and just happened to look out the door as a guy
approached the truck. I watched him as he looked in the window for several
seconds and then raised a rock over his head to break the glass. At that
point, I shouted for him to get away from the truck. He then ran to a
waiting pickup where his friend sped off. Sadly, the tailgate was down on
the pickup, so I couldn't see the license plate. Since there has been a
string of vehicle thefts around here lately, I called the police and gave
them the best description of the vehicle I could. Of course, by the time
they got here, the guys were long gone.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/



Oh man.... Well, I've thought about how I would "handle" the robbery of my
truck--it literally took me a lifetime of dreaming to get one; and I really
never thought I would be able to do it. BUT, if it was stolen I would hope
it was totally destroyed beyond being able to be returned and then I would
hope that the extra coverage I am carrying on it would hook me back up.
Kind of like when the house caught on fire...man the insurance company was
10X worse than the damned fire! I'm scared to death of fire again for fear
of what I'll have to go through with the insurance company!!

I told my neighbor that if he ever gets over here with a garden hose to put
the thing out again, I'll choke him. First he took serious risks standing
at an outside window that had blown, not to mention that the "smoke"
(actually fumes as you know) had reached that greenish-yellow phase, where
they can flash-fire at any point and he was standing right in the middle of
it as it war barreling out the window!! He just doesn't realize what could
have happened to him...and nothing in my home is worth the life of anyone,
nothing.

Kim W5TIT