Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
dave wrote:
This board went to **** after 9-11. Interesting how something like that
brings out the fraidy cats.


I disagree, this board as you call it, went to ****, as it were, the day the
wall street journal published that the law firm which did the first USENET
SPAM got $230,000 in business from it.

The signal to noise ratio, always low, has gotten much lower over the years,
but a good filter helps.

People come and go, and I remember the time anyone could bring a newsgroup to
its knees with 3 words: "Turkish Armenian Genocide"

:-)

Geoff.

Apparently my usenet provider filters for me as I rarely see any spam
here. I find toying with the dittoheads amusing.

I am always ready to talk radio. Unfortunately, what's left besides bad
commercial radio, un-listenable non-commercial radio, and disappearing
HFBC, is UTE monitoring, which seems to generate little interest around
here.

On Feb 14, 9:11*am, dave wrote:
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
dave wrote:
This board went to **** after 9-11. *Interesting how something like that
brings out the fraidy cats.

I disagree, this board as you call it, went to ****, as it were, the day the
wall street journal published that the law firm which did the first USENET
SPAM got $230,000 in business from it.

The signal to noise ratio, always low, has gotten much lower over the years,
but a good filter helps.

People come and go, and I remember the time anyone could bring a newsgroup to
its knees with 3 words: "Turkish Armenian Genocide"

:-)

Geoff.

* Apparently my usenet provider filters for me as I rarely see any spam
here. *I find toying with the dittoheads amusing.

I am always ready to talk radio. *Unfortunately, what's left besides bad
commercial radio, un-listenable non-commercial radio, and disappearing
HFBC, is UTE monitoring, which seems to generate little interest around
here.

Ute monitoring - You think shortwave programs are becoming less
popular? Just spring the idea of an automated beacon as riveting
radio on the GP and see what happens!

Requires knowledge and equipment, usually, that goes beyond what
typical radio listeners have. I knew code once, but let it slide; and
I don't have any RTTY equipment. On top of that, it does not have the
same *romance* or humanity as hearing a scratchy broadcast signal from
10,000 km away. Don't get me wrong - I appreciate the fact that a Ute
can be just as DX-worthy and interesting in many respects, and have
thought many times about getting some nifty add-ons to make a go of it
- but it does not grab most people as will a live voice and well-
devised program across the miles.

Bruce Jensen

bpnjensen wrote:
On Feb 14, 9:11 am, wrote:
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
dave wrote:
This board went to **** after 9-11. Interesting how something like that
brings out the fraidy cats.

I disagree, this board as you call it, went to ****, as it were, the day the
wall street journal published that the law firm which did the first USENET
SPAM got $230,000 in business from it.

The signal to noise ratio, always low, has gotten much lower over the years,
but a good filter helps.

People come and go, and I remember the time anyone could bring a newsgroup to
its knees with 3 words: "Turkish Armenian Genocide"

:-)

Geoff.

Apparently my usenet provider filters for me as I rarely see any spam
here. I find toying with the dittoheads amusing.

I am always ready to talk radio. Unfortunately, what's left besides bad
commercial radio, un-listenable non-commercial radio, and disappearing
HFBC, is UTE monitoring, which seems to generate little interest around
here.

Ute monitoring - You think shortwave programs are becoming less
popular? Just spring the idea of an automated beacon as riveting
radio on the GP and see what happens!

Requires knowledge and equipment, usually, that goes beyond what
typical radio listeners have. I knew code once, but let it slide; and
I don't have any RTTY equipment. On top of that, it does not have the
same *romance* or humanity as hearing a scratchy broadcast signal from
10,000 km away. Don't get me wrong - I appreciate the fact that a Ute
can be just as DX-worthy and interesting in many respects, and have
thought many times about getting some nifty add-ons to make a go of it
- but it does not grab most people as will a live voice and well-
devised program across the miles.

Bruce Jensen

Those miles have vanished. All radio is local today.

You don't need RTTY equipment. You need a free program called Fldigi
which turns your sound card into a teletype. You don't need a computer
controlled receiver; it just needs to be stable and capable of tuning SSB.

http://www.w1hkj.com/Downloads.html

On Feb 14, 8:19*pm, dave wrote:
bpnjensen wrote:
On Feb 14, 9:11 am, *wrote:
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
dave wrote:
This board went to **** after 9-11. *Interesting how something like that
brings out the fraidy cats.

I disagree, this board as you call it, went to ****, as it were, the day the
wall street journal published that the law firm which did the first USENET
SPAM got $230,000 in business from it.

The signal to noise ratio, always low, has gotten much lower over the years,
but a good filter helps.

People come and go, and I remember the time anyone could bring a newsgroup to
its knees with 3 words: "Turkish Armenian Genocide"

:-)

Geoff.

* *Apparently my usenet provider filters for me as I rarely see any spam
here. *I find toying with the dittoheads amusing.

I am always ready to talk radio. *Unfortunately, what's left besides bad
commercial radio, un-listenable non-commercial radio, and disappearing
HFBC, is UTE monitoring, which seems to generate little interest around
here.

Ute monitoring - You think shortwave programs are becoming less
popular? *Just spring the idea of an automated beacon as riveting
radio on the GP and see what happens!

Requires knowledge and equipment, usually, that goes beyond what
typical radio listeners have. *I knew code once, but let it slide; and
I don't have any RTTY equipment. *On top of that, it does not have the
same *romance* or humanity as hearing a scratchy broadcast signal from
10,000 km away. *Don't get me wrong - I appreciate the fact that a Ute
can be just as DX-worthy and interesting in many respects, and have
thought many times about getting some nifty add-ons to make a go of it
- but it does not grab most people as will a live voice and well-
devised program across the miles.

Bruce Jensen

Those miles have vanished. *All radio is local today.

You don't need RTTY equipment. *You need a free program called Fldigi
which turns your sound card into a teletype. *You don't need a computer
controlled receiver; it just needs to be stable and capable of tuning SSB..

http://www.w1hkj.com/Downloads.html

Thanks - yes, I was including that in my verbal "equipment" bundle.
Looks great!

Moreover, no PC near the radio. So, more hardware too. I am
(probably to your chagrin) a pretty old-fashioned guy when it comes to
radio. I like the catch to be fairly tough (although QRN sucks).

Bruce

It is snowing right now, near Kosciusko,Mississippi, about sixty
something miles North of doggy's couch.

I saw Hunter Gates talking this afternoon, on WLBT channel 3, 5:00 PM
news.
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8954403
cuhulin

bpnjensen wrote:

Thanks - yes, I was including that in my verbal "equipment" bundle.
Looks great!

Moreover, no PC near the radio. So, more hardware too. I am
(probably to your chagrin) a pretty old-fashioned guy when it comes to
radio. I like the catch to be fairly tough (although QRN sucks).

Bruce

Like I said, my antenna is 30' away from my computer. I live in a
neighborhood with underground power lines and no detectable light
dimmers. I can hear very weak stations from Europe that no one else on
the West Coast of the USA can get. I can watch my razzle dazzle
receiver from from work.. great fun.

dave wrote:

bpnjensen wrote:

Thanks - yes, I was including that in my verbal "equipment" bundle.
Looks great!

Moreover, no PC near the radio. So, more hardware too. I am
(probably to your chagrin) a pretty old-fashioned guy when it comes to
radio. I like the catch to be fairly tough (although QRN sucks).

Bruce

Like I said, my antenna is 30' away from my computer. I live in a
neighborhood with underground power lines and no detectable light
dimmers. I can hear very weak stations from Europe that no one else on
the West Coast of the USA can get. I can watch my razzle dazzle
receiver from from work.. great fun.

from from? Listening on that K3 eh? Remember, that 'K' stands for klunker :-)

razzle dazzle?
cuhulin

dxAce wrote:

from from? Listening on that K3 eh? Remember, that 'K' stands for klunker :-)


I'm pretty sure it stands for "kit", Steve. Or "killer"!

dave wrote:

bpnjensen wrote:

Thanks - yes, I was including that in my verbal "equipment" bundle.
Looks great!

Moreover, no PC near the radio. So, more hardware too. I am
(probably to your chagrin) a pretty old-fashioned guy when it comes to
radio. I like the catch to be fairly tough (although QRN sucks).

Bruce

Like I said, my antenna is 30' away from my computer. I live in a
neighborhood with underground power lines and no detectable light
dimmers. I can hear very weak stations from Europe that no one else on
the West Coast of the USA can get.

No one? And you know this how?