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From: Michael Coslo on Thurs 16 Jun 2005 12:52
wrote: wrote: From: Mike Coslo on May 29, 9:57 pm wrote: Mike Coslo wrote: Many people lament that there is not enough interest in Ham radio by young people. Agreed - but how much would be enough? Dunno. I personally agree somewhat with Brian K's assertion that the absolute number of Hams could indeed drop without serious problems. On the other hand, I believe that we should have a good mix of ages. Younger hobbyists have to be there to "take orders" from the older ones? :-) You'd like it if we younger folks took orders from you, but we won't. Deal with it, Len. Tsk. Jimmie sounds all upset. Nobody is telling him any "orders." Not to worry. Those who've never served in the military won't get bothered about taking orders. However, "radio manufacturers" very much need to take orders. As many as they can handle! :-) Jimmie said he was a "radio manufacturer." Better give him an order right now, keep him solvent. [or was that "soylent...?"] Some of us were using computers back in the punchcard and paper-tape days. Yeah, like me! Ancient IBM mainframes that took up an entire room in the late '70s. First personal size computer was the venerable Trash-80 with a tape drive around 1981. First computer hooked to a modem was a C-64 a few years later. Got a number of the Commodore Amigas. Had a A500, an A2000,A3000, and an A4000. Got the Macs starting with a II-CX, then to a 7100, 7500, G3, G4, and now a G5. PC's from the 286, 386 PS2, Several laptops, and some HP Pavilions at home. Woweee! Keep that consumer market afloat with buy, buy, buy... Ever BUILD your own PC, Michael? Like etch the PC, drill them holes, solder them pins, PROGRAM the monitor ROM? No? Tsk. Remember: You can't say "first personal" in here. That sort of talk is CB trash and CBers are supposed to be the evil scourges of radio, satan's henchmen on earth... I've been around computers a while, despite diatribes to the contrary . Tsk, tsk. When I was young we carved our own ICs out of wood.... :-) To get an HF transceiver in their vehicles, both young and old could buy a set of transceiver, antenna, microphone for under $200 from Sears, K-Mart, Wall-Mart, etc. in the morning and have it installed and working in the afternoon. And it had a few channels, one mode and 5 watts of power at most. 23 or 40 channels is "few?" In an urban area of 10 million+, yes, too few. :-) But, "5 watts of power" can WORK THE WORLD!!! :-) Only 5 Watts of RF output? Nay, see the General Radiotelephone CB manufactured by the thousands here in beautiful uptown Burbank. 35 Watts out with the "modification" clearly spelled out in the instruction manual! :-) The way many cb radios were used was in clear violation of the Communications Act and FCC regulations. Riiiiight you are Mr. Noblestoneofall...all CBers are dastard souless lawbreakers and should all be taken out and shot. All the righteous, noble, "federally authorized" hams deserve a lifetime of respect and admiration for being scrupulously honest with everything! My experience has been that it must be a small "somewhat" indeed! Is there some rule that "real electronikers" can't use reference material? With ham radio among the mighty macho morsemen, ALL you need is morsemanship. That's enough. "Morse gets through when everything else will..." B. Burke, 2004 Real technicians don't look up pinouts either! ;^) Oh? You "KNOW" every single tube, transistor, IC pinout by heart? If you do, you're ten kinds of dum**** braggart, Michael. What sort of antennas do *you* have, Len? Two. But the number of covenants against them are only one and that one was issued by the FAA. :-) How many children have you parented, Len? Ah! The Master Pediatrician accuses! :-) Last time I looked, NO ONE in ANY discipline of electronics was required to be a parent in order to work in that field! :-) Would you accept an MD's signed test paper on sperm count? :-) HOW MANY CHILDREN AS JIMMIE MICCOLIS "PARENTED?" So far, we've not heard any answer in public...and are not likely to. Jimmie wishes to be dominatrix here? This NG is about amateur radio, Len. Something you are not a part of. This newsgroup is about AMATEUR RADIO POLICY, Jimmie, NOT pediatrics or How To Raise Kids. So far, we have to assume YOU ARE NOT A PART OF THAT. So you're old, Len. Big deal. You grunt and grumble, rant and rave more than anyone here. No, I don't. :-) If we can celebrate those who *DO* things instead of simply consume things, we might reverse that trend. That has been going on in nearly all technological endeavors for as long as I can remember. The DO-ers are celebrated. Yep - like the hams who pioneered HF radio in 1923... Woweee! Like they got TOSSED OUT of MF and had to go where wavelengths were shorter than 200 meters...by ACT OF LAW!!!! Some "pioneering!!!" The first of the "homeless" in radio and now you say they were "pioneers?!?" Geez, talk about rationalizations!!! You mean like the person who posts their military and work experience over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, oops, you missed one, Jim! Awwwwwwww! You poor guys, never worked the Big Leagues of radio? Well, somebody in here used to say (in a bad paraphrase), "It ain't braggin' if ya done it!" I did it. I ain't braggin. :-) in a failed attempt to win the praise and admiration of others, even though it has nothing to do with amateur radio? Tsk, tsk. That's a perfect description of Jimmie Miccolis!!! :-) Or the person who says "I'm going for Extra right out of the box", but as of 5 years, 5 months and 27 days hasn't done so? Tsk, tsk. No Holy Vows were taken in the writing of that. :-) I can't be "ex-communicated." I'm still communicating... :-) Or the person who talks endlessly about their supposed technical knowledge prowess but cannot show a single home-made amateur-radio-related project or practical article? Woweeee!!! "Radio manufacturer" Jimmie shows ONE picture of a tube rig "designed" and built in the 1990s? :-) Fabulous...that's even better than the 30-year-old crib from Superior Electric on autotransformers "published" in the Electric Radio webzine! Wheeee...lots of real swell PRACTICAL things to do...nothing at all like that damn useless "theory" that mighty macho morsemen hate so much. "Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Hams pioneer radio in 1923!" Run right out and buy a copy for a dime from the newsboy! :-) |
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![]() "Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Hams pioneer radio in 1923!" Run right out and buy a copy for a dime from the newsboy! :-) / Septuagenarian Lennie, like his Relys, runneth over yet again. |
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Cmd Buzz Corey wrote:
wrote: Ever DESIGN and BUILD an HF amateur radio transceiver, Len? Not from someone else's plans, but from your own design? Didn't think so. Lennieboy couldn't even build one from someone eles's plans. That claim is not necessarily correct. Maybe Len could, maybe he couldn't. All we know for sure is that he hasn't. (If he had, we'd never hear the end of it). All the righteous, noble, "federally authorized" hams deserve a lifetime of respect and admiration for being scrupulously honest with everything! Would you rather that hams followed Part 97 the way cb users follow Part 95? Seems Lennieboy scoffs at those who go by the rules, that speaks volumns about him I would say. He does seem to have trouble with certain radio regulations. For example, there was a long series of diatribes from Len about how ITU-R wasn't really a "treaty". Len also claimed that all hams could legally operate with licenses that were expired but in the grace period. Wrong, of course. He's also claimed that Novices and Advanceds will have to retest to retain their privileges - also wrong, their licenses can be renewed and modified indefinitely; FCC just isn't issuing new licenses of those classes. Len will go on and on about how awful ham radio, and many hams, are - accorcding to him. But you will never see a single negative word from him about cb radio. Not one. You'd think cb was an absolute paragon of rules compliance and a model of an orderly radio service, if Len was your source of info. Seems he is jealous since hams are 'federally authorized' to use the ham bands Sure seems that way! and he can't become a member of the fraternity. Why not? He can get a license just like anyone else. All it takes is passing the required tests. Heck, the Technician has not required a code test for 14+ years, and 5 years ago its written test requirements were cut almost in half. And it gives all amateur radio operating privileges above 50 MHz. It's not about me, Len. I'm not the one asked FCC to exclude everyone under the age of 14 years from any class of amateur radio license, without *any* example of problems caused by the licensing of young people as radio amateurs. *You* are. Just about any 14 year old or younger would make a better ham than Lennieboy. Many already have, but poor Lennieboy can't make the grade. That is why he doesn't want 14 year olds getting a license, it makes him look bad. Maybe. It sure does seem to burn Len's toast that some of us were hams before age 14. 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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On 17 Jun 2005 04:47:43 -0700, wrote:
wrote: From: Michael Coslo on Thurs 16 Jun 2005 12:52 wrote: wrote: From: Mike Coslo on May 29, 9:57 pm wrote: Mike Coslo wrote: snip So you're old, Len. Big deal. You grunt and grumble, rant and rave more than anyone here. No, I don't. :-) Maybe John Smith does more these past few days... Maybe you and he are one and the same. Oh oh. The "Everybody might be somebody else" thing again..... We're down to two degrees of seperation! ![]() snip ("73 Jim, N2EY" sig missing) 73, Leo |
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From: Leo on Jun 17, 5:46 pm
On 17 Jun 2005 04:47:43 -0700, wrote: wrote: From: Michael Coslo on Thurs 16 Jun 2005 12:52 wrote: wrote: From: Mike Coslo on May 29, 9:57 pm wrote: Mike Coslo wrote: So you're old, Len. Big deal. You grunt and grumble, rant and rave more than anyone here. No, I don't. :-) Maybe John Smith does more these past few days... Maybe you and he are one and the same. Oh oh. The "Everybody might be somebody else" thing again..... Jimmie is into his paranoid phase again. Tsk, tsk. Too much exposure to beeping is what causes it. We're down to two degrees of seperation! ![]() Nah. Jimmie is off on a tangent again, trying to figure the angles. He is only fitting hisself for a hypoten-oose. :-) snip ("73 Jim, N2EY" sig missing) OH! HEAVENS ABOVE! NO "SIG!!!" TERRIBLE! :-) 73, Leo We wonder how many kids Jimmie has "parented?" He no say. Jimmie not member IEEE yet claims to be "in electronics." Jimmie not vewwy professional. Maybe he NOT in electronics? |
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Well, my 7 yr. old lass made five QSO's today during Kid's Day, two of them
were CW contacts. So QSL cards go out today for the "young'un" who managed to practice enough over the past few weeks to pound out my call, her name, favorite color, age, QTH and wrap it up with a not-too-shabby 73. (I helped w/her copy tho.) http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/kd-rules.html I couldn't have asked for a better Father's Day gift. -- Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI FISTS #9384/CC #1736 QRP ARCI #11782 |
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