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October 16th 05, 02:49 AM
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BTW Stevie were watch the news lately about NASA
Cmd Buzz Corey wrote: wrote: It is a fun hobby, an activity done for personal pleasure but one that requires federal regulation due to the nature of EM propagation. Some want it to be MUCH MORE than what it is in order to fulfill some kind of daydream they have to show their personal greatness. shrug And often it is MUCH MORE. Yep. Often it is higher class hams dissing lower class hams. As usual, ham radio operators help sustain wide-ranging relief efforts True enough. But those efforts must obey the same laws of physics that the other radio services obey. Amateur radio isn't magical. Morse code isn't magical, mystical, nor mythical. |
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October 16th 05, 04:14 AM
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BTW Stevie were watch the news lately about NASA
wrote Amateur radio isn't magical. I think belief in magic IS a necessary requirement to really enjoy Amateur Radio. Of course, you won't see a question concerning magic or metaphysics on the test you take to obtain your license, but in your heart you will come to believe in that powerful, intangible force. All of us in the hobby have felt its influence at one time or another. Some night when the band is dead as a doornail you'll be tuning aimlessly, not expecting to hear a single signal because NOTHING could be coming through at that hour. But then, rising out of the noise like a ghost, there will be a faint call from another stalwart explorer thousands of miles distant. You pounce, establish contact and both of you marvel at the fact that the conversation is taking place at all. A few minutes later, however, the signal vanishes as quickly as it came. Your rational mind will shrug it off as a quirk of propagation, but that little tingle in your gut will tell you otherwise. If you could travel back in time to, say 500 years to 1505 AD, you'd probably be burned at the nearest stake for even suggesting that two human beings could communicate with each other over great distances without a physical connection. No doubt they would accuse you of dabbling in magic -- and they'd be right! As Amateur Radio operators, we work feats of magic every day. Many of us have become jaded about our powers and we tend to dismiss them as commonplace. We hardly think twice when we use our equipment to sommon the elemental forces of the universe. But every so often we need to pause and remind ourselves of what we are really doing. We need to remember the essence of what drew us to our unusual avocation in the first place: the wonderful magic of wireless communications. (With thanks to WB8IMY) 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Corners Of The Earth! What King Of Old Could Do Thus?" --AC6V |
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October 16th 05, 04:46 AM
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BTW Stevie were watch the news lately about NASA
KØHB wrote:
wrote Amateur radio isn't magical. I think belief in magic IS a necessary requirement to really enjoy Amateur Radio. Of course, you won't see a question concerning magic or metaphysics on the test you take to obtain your license, but in your heart you will come to believe in that powerful, intangible force. rest of an awesome post snipped Excellent, Hans, simply excellent! - Mike KB3EIA - |
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October 16th 05, 08:05 PM
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BTW Stevie were watch the news lately about NASA
Mike Coslo wrote: KØHB wrote: wrote Amateur radio isn't magical. I think belief in magic IS a necessary requirement to really enjoy Amateur Radio. Of course, you won't see a question concerning magic or metaphysics on the test you take to obtain your license, but in your heart you will come to believe in that powerful, intangible force. rest of an awesome post snipped Excellent, Hans, simply excellent! - Mike KB3EIA - Un-friggin-beleivable! After spending the better part of a month dissing religion, you become a witch. Hi! |
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October 17th 05, 03:59 AM
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BTW Stevie were watch the news lately about NASA
Mike Coslo wrote: wrote: Mike Coslo wrote: KØHB wrote: wrote Amateur radio isn't magical. I think belief in magic IS a necessary requirement to really enjoyAmateur Radio. Of course, you won't see a question concerning magic or metaphysics on the test you take to obtain your license, but in your heart you will come to believe in that powerful, intangible force. rest of an awesome post snipped Excellent, Hans, simply excellent! - Mike KB3EIA - Un-friggin-beleivable! After spending the better part of a month dissing religion, you become a witch. Almost as unbelievable that you derive that we are wiccans from our fascination in what radio does at times. Gosh, golly. Where DO I come up with this stuff? "We hardly think twice when we use our equipment to sommon the elemental forces of the universe..." "I think belief in magic IS a necessary requirement to really enjoy Amateur Radio." "Excellent, Hans, simply excellent!" Radio isn't going to save our soul, and it isn't going to impose our will on the world. Do you think that anything is going to save your soul? Do you have a soul? It is just exceptionally cool, and sometimes some interesting and strange things happen there. "Jesus was one cool dude" and "sometimes some interesting and strange things happen" in his presence. Had a guy who used to work for me who thought that participating in a discussion was to zone out for most of the time, not paying any particular attention, then jump on how I (or others in the conversation) pronounced a word, or some other trivial thing. - Mike KB3EIA - Yet I read every word that Hans wrote, that Dee wrote, and you wrote. Trying to discredit me and attempting to compare me to one of your substandard employees is not the right tactic to take. Try to stay on topic and be rational. Thanks. |
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October 17th 05, 04:03 AM
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BTW Stevie were watch the news lately about NASA
wrote: Mike Coslo wrote: wrote: Mike Coslo wrote: cut Had a guy who used to work for me who thought that participating in a discussion was to zone out for most of the time, not paying any particular attention, then jump on how I (or others in the conversation) pronounced a word, or some other trivial thing. - Mike KB3EIA - Yet I read every word that Hans wrote, that Dee wrote, and you wrote. Trying to discredit me and attempting to compare me to one of your substandard employees is not the right tactic to take. Try to stay on topic and be rational. Thanks. it is SOP around here esp when you don't have any facts to use |
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October 17th 05, 04:22 AM
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October 16th 05, 01:37 PM
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BTW Stevie were watch the news lately about NASA
"KØHB" wrote in message ink.net... wrote Amateur radio isn't magical. I think belief in magic IS a necessary requirement to really enjoy Amateur Radio. Of course, you won't see a question concerning magic or metaphysics on the test you take to obtain your license, but in your heart you will come to believe in that powerful, intangible force. All of us in the hobby have felt its influence at one time or another. Some night when the band is dead as a doornail you'll be tuning aimlessly, not expecting to hear a single signal because NOTHING could be coming through at that hour. But then, rising out of the noise like a ghost, there will be a faint call from another stalwart explorer thousands of miles distant. You pounce, establish contact and both of you marvel at the fact that the conversation is taking place at all. A few minutes later, however, the signal vanishes as quickly as it came. Your rational mind will shrug it off as a quirk of propagation, but that little tingle in your gut will tell you otherwise. If you could travel back in time to, say 500 years to 1505 AD, you'd probably be burned at the nearest stake for even suggesting that two human beings could communicate with each other over great distances without a physical connection. No doubt they would accuse you of dabbling in magic -- and they'd be right! As Amateur Radio operators, we work feats of magic every day. Many of us have become jaded about our powers and we tend to dismiss them as commonplace. We hardly think twice when we use our equipment to sommon the elemental forces of the universe. But every so often we need to pause and remind ourselves of what we are really doing. We need to remember the essence of what drew us to our unusual avocation in the first place: the wonderful magic of wireless communications. (With thanks to WB8IMY) 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Corners Of The Earth! What King Of Old Could Do Thus?" --AC6V Yes it is the "magic" of wireless that is endlessly fascinating. The part about "summon elemental forces of the universe" is awesome. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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October 16th 05, 08:09 PM
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BTW Stevie were watch the news lately about NASA
Dee Flint wrote: "KØHB" wrote in message ink.net... wrote Amateur radio isn't magical. I think belief in magic IS a necessary requirement to really enjoy Amateur Radio. Of course, you won't see a question concerning magic or metaphysics on the test you take to obtain your license, but in your heart you will come to believe in that powerful, intangible force. All of us in the hobby have felt its influence at one time or another. Some night when the band is dead as a doornail you'll be tuning aimlessly, not expecting to hear a single signal because NOTHING could be coming through at that hour. But then, rising out of the noise like a ghost, there will be a faint call from another stalwart explorer thousands of miles distant. You pounce, establish contact and both of you marvelat the fact that the conversation is taking place at all. A few minutes later, however, the signal vanishes as quickly as it came. Your rational mind will shrug it off as a quirk of propagation, but that little tingle in your gut will tell you otherwise. If you could travel back in time to, say 500 years to 1505 AD, you'd probably be burned at the nearest stake for even suggesting that two human beings could communicate with each other over great distances without a physical connection. No doubt they would accuse you of dabbling in magic -- and they'd be right! As Amateur Radio operators, we work feats of magic every day. Many of us have become jaded about our powers and we tend to dismiss them as commonplace. We hardly think twice when we use our equipment to sommon the elemental forces of the universe. But every so often we need to pause and remind ourselves of what we are really doing. We need to remember the essence of what drew us to our unusual avocation in the first place: the wonderful magic of wireless communications. (With thanks to WB8IMY) 73, de Hans, K0HB -- "Hark! I Have Hurled My Words To The Far Corners Of The Earth! What King Of Old Could Do Thus?" --AC6V Yes it is the "magic" of wireless that is endlessly fascinating. The part about "summon elemental forces of the universe" is awesome. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE "sommon" Be sure to light a black candle for me. |
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