Memo To: dxAce
 

It has not escaped notice that you have become one of the more
responsible contributors to the shortwave newsgroup. I've been
following rrs for nearly 15 years and have never seen it so near death
for such an extended period of time as it currently is.

As you know, the destruction was done by a relatively few number of
individuals (the group has never recovered from RHF's i.e. Roy Fisk,
relentless campaign of changing the subject heading of every shortwave
related post to sabotage the thread. Consequently rrs was rendered
nearly useless as an archived resource for shortwave information.

Frankly, I don't see it ever recovering to the former days of
excellence but hope springs eternal. So thank you for at least keeping
rec.radio.shortwave on life support while serious shortwavers hope
for its resurrection. Your efforts are very commendable.

Memo To: dxAce
 

On 2/14/10 24:32 , Priest wrote:
It has not escaped notice that you have become one of the more
responsible contributors to the shortwave newsgroup. I've been
following rrs for nearly 15 years and have never seen it so near death
for such an extended period of time as it currently is.

As you know, the destruction was done by a relatively few number of
individuals (the group has never recovered from RHF's i.e. Roy Fisk,
relentless campaign of changing the subject heading of every shortwave
related post to sabotage the thread. Consequently rrs was rendered
nearly useless as an archived resource for shortwave information.

Frankly, I don't see it ever recovering to the former days of
excellence but hope springs eternal. So thank you for at least keeping
rec.radio.shortwave on life support while serious shortwavers hope
for its resurrection. Your efforts are very commendable.



Truthfully, he's always been like that. The only times he gets out
into the ozone, is when he gets fed up with some of the noise. Or
when someone whose purpose is not to serve the hobby starts making
claims he can't backup. A certain mouthy college instructor comes to
mind, but there are many who fit the criteria.

But he's always offered solid and consistent radio content, even
when between distractions.

I bought an R8A because of his endorsement. And tried antenna
configurations, and transmission line configurations based on his
shared experiences.

There's no doubt, when things got noisy, he could be in there
swinging with the best of them, but even then, he kept up his radio
content.

Memo To: dxAce
 

On Feb 14, 3:54*am, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:
On 2/14/10 24:32 , Priest wrote:

It has not escaped notice that you have become one of the more
responsible contributors to the shortwave newsgroup. I've been
following rrs for nearly 15 years and have never seen it so near death
for such an extended period of time as it currently is.

As you know, the destruction was done by a relatively few number of
individuals (the group has never recovered from RHF's i.e. Roy Fisk,
relentless campaign of changing the subject heading of every shortwave
related post to sabotage the thread. Consequently rrs was rendered
nearly useless as an archived resource for shortwave information.

Frankly, I don't see it ever recovering to the former days of
excellence but hope springs eternal. So thank you for at least keeping
rec.radio.shortwave on life support while *serious shortwavers hope
for its resurrection. Your efforts are very commendable.

* Truthfully, he's always been like that. The only times he gets out
into the ozone, is when he gets fed up with some of the noise. Or
when someone whose purpose is not to serve the hobby starts making
claims he can't backup. A certain mouthy college instructor comes to
mind, but there are many who fit the criteria.

* But he's always offered solid and consistent radio content, even
when between distractions.

* I bought an R8A because of his endorsement. And tried antenna
configurations, and transmission line configurations based on his
shared experiences.

* There's no doubt, when things got noisy, he could be in there
swinging with the best of them, but even then, he kept up his radio
content.

As always, well said Peter. Can you feel the love Steve - especially
on Valentine's Day? ;-P

Memo To: dxAce
 

Priest wrote:
It has not escaped notice that you have become one of the more
responsible contributors to the shortwave newsgroup. I've been
following rrs for nearly 15 years and have never seen it so near death
for such an extended period of time as it currently is.

As you know, the destruction was done by a relatively few number of
individuals (the group has never recovered from RHF's i.e. Roy Fisk,
relentless campaign of changing the subject heading of every shortwave
related post to sabotage the thread. Consequently rrs was rendered
nearly useless as an archived resource for shortwave information.

Frankly, I don't see it ever recovering to the former days of
excellence but hope springs eternal. So thank you for at least keeping
rec.radio.shortwave on life support while serious shortwavers hope
for its resurrection. Your efforts are very commendable.

This board went to **** after 9-11. Interesting how something like that
brings out the fraidy cats.

Memo To: dxAce
 

D. Peter Maus wrote:


There's no doubt, when things got noisy, he could be in there swinging
with the best of them, but even then, he kept up his radio content.


From one WLS zombie to another...

Memo To: dxAce
 

On 2/14/10 07:47 , Gregg wrote:
On Feb 14, 3:54 am, "D. Peter
wrote:
On 2/14/10 24:32 , Priest wrote:

It has not escaped notice that you have become one of the more
responsible contributors to the shortwave newsgroup. I've been
following rrs for nearly 15 years and have never seen it so near death
for such an extended period of time as it currently is.

As you know, the destruction was done by a relatively few number of
individuals (the group has never recovered from RHF's i.e. Roy Fisk,
relentless campaign of changing the subject heading of every shortwave
related post to sabotage the thread. Consequently rrs was rendered
nearly useless as an archived resource for shortwave information.

Frankly, I don't see it ever recovering to the former days of
excellence but hope springs eternal. So thank you for at least keeping
rec.radio.shortwave on life support while serious shortwavers hope
for its resurrection. Your efforts are very commendable.

Truthfully, he's always been like that. The only times he gets out
into the ozone, is when he gets fed up with some of the noise. Or
when someone whose purpose is not to serve the hobby starts making
claims he can't backup. A certain mouthy college instructor comes to
mind, but there are many who fit the criteria.

But he's always offered solid and consistent radio content, even
when between distractions.

I bought an R8A because of his endorsement. And tried antenna
configurations, and transmission line configurations based on his
shared experiences.

There's no doubt, when things got noisy, he could be in there
swinging with the best of them, but even then, he kept up his radio
content.

As always, well said Peter. Can you feel the love Steve - especially
on Valentine's Day? ;-P


LOL!

Memo To: dxAce
 

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.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM
New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or
understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation.
i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia.

Happy February 14
 

http://www.gambino.com/bio/bugsmoran.htm

Happy February 14
 

dxAce is Good at keeping the Radio Content.

You mean it is Valentines Day? I never noticed.
Tomorrow is the 15th.That means I will apply a litte tube of Bayer
Advantage 55 to the top of doggy's neck.
cuhulin

Memo To: dxAce
 

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.

Memo To: dxAce
 

On Feb 14, 2:54*am, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:
A certain mouthy college instructor comes to
mind, but there are many who fit the criteria.

In fairness it must be stated that Michael Bryant was a valuable
contributor to this group and an effective advocate for the hobby of
shortwave. His comprehensive logs were very useful and his knowledge
of shortwave cannot be denied. I wish he would return, rrs could
certainly use the renewed sense of energy he would certainly bring.

Memo To: dxAce
 

On Feb 14, 3:55*pm, Priest wrote:
On Feb 14, 2:54*am, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:
*A certain mouthy college instructor comes to
*mind, but there are many who fit the criteria.

In fairness it must be stated that Michael Bryant was a valuable
contributor to this group and an effective advocate for the hobby of
shortwave. His comprehensive logs were very useful and his knowledge
of shortwave cannot be denied. *I wish he would return, rrs could
certainly use the renewed sense of energy he would certainly bring.

Tsk tsk - by now it should be obvious that it isn't how much you know
or contribute that ultimately counts...

;-)

Memo To: dxAce
 

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

Memo To: dxAce
 

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

Memo To: dxAce
 

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

Memo To: dxAce
 

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

Memo To: dxAce
 

On Feb 14, 6:55*pm, Priest wrote:
On Feb 14, 2:54*am, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:
*A certain mouthy college instructor comes to
*mind, but there are many who fit the criteria.

In fairness it must be stated that Michael Bryant was a valuable
contributor to this group and an effective advocate for the hobby of
shortwave. His comprehensive logs were very useful and his knowledge
of shortwave cannot be denied. *I wish he would return, rrs could
certainly use the renewed sense of energy he would certainly bring.

**Cough - Cough** It's pretty nice in here without the same old act
IMO.

Happy February 14
 

Me auld home town of Carthage,Mississippi got some snow today too,
according to WAPT channel 16 10:00 PM tv weather news guy David
Hartman.Carthage isn't farr from Kosciusko.Many years ago, an Uncle
(Grady) of mine owned a farm near Kosciusko.
http://www.thecarthaginian.com
cuhulin

Happy February 14
 

On Feb 15, 11:22*pm, wrote:
Me auld home town of Carthage,Mississippi got some snow today too,
according to WAPT channel 16 10:00 PM tv weather news guy David
Hartman.Carthage isn't farr from Kosciusko.Many years ago, an Uncle
(Grady) of mine owned a farm near Kosciusko.http://www.thecarthaginian.com
cuhulin

We're getting hammered pretty good here in the Nati' - - I have a tad
over eight inches all around my yard. Fun to go out and drive in it
IMO , at least for a little while - it really wakes you up. :-) Then
come home and put some logs in the fireplace.

Apparently we're gonna get it again this weekend.

Happy February 14
 

While I was cutting under that tree stump this afternoon, at ground
level, I hatched the bright idea of putting some liquid Dawn dish
washing detergent on my saw blade.It works pretty good too.
cuhulin

Happy February 14
 

On Feb 16, 12:17*am, wrote:
While I was cutting under that tree stump this afternoon, at ground
level, I hatched the bright idea of putting some liquid Dawn dish
washing detergent on my saw blade.It works pretty good too.
cuhulin

Dawn does a lot. I have, for over twelve-thirteen years, mixed it with
my windshield wiper fluid. The difference is just amazing. You do it
once, you won't stop using it, truck drivers know of that friendly
tip. Check it Cuhulin, you'll see what I mean. ;-)

Memo To: dxAce
 

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.

Memo To: dxAce
 

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 :-)

Memo To: dxAce
 

razzle dazzle?
cuhulin

Memo To: dxAce
 

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


Things haven't changed much. Today's phrase is: 'Zionist Palestinian
Genocide'



mike

Memo To: dxAce
 

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?

Memo To: dxAce
 

On 2/16/10 14:02 , Joe from Kokomo wrote:

On 2/16/10 12:14 , m II wrote:
D. Peter Maus wrote:

There's no doubt, when things got noisy, he could be in there
swinging with the best of them, but even then, he kept up his radio
content.

Selective memory can be a wonderful thing...


May I present a quick flashback to his racist SUPCOMUCOMM days?


Let's take a trip to the past...(cue calendar pages drifting into the
mist)

D. Peter Maus wrote:

Selective editing can be a wonderful thing, too. Thanks for the
demonstration.

I stand by the statement above.

Selective editing? With almost 300 (that's THREE HUNDRED) rude
statements? Selective editing or not, that many statements are clearly
indicative of Lare's behavior. And selective editing (or not) does not
excuse the vicious racial slurs, vulgarity and homophobia.

Oh, sorry, I almost forgot. You are the best yes-man, cheer leader and
"Amen Charley" that Lare ever had.


Go back and read what he actually wrote. I've never denied he
doesn't get in there and swing with the best of them. In fact, that
was the first clause in my sentence. The clause before the one you
so conveniently ignored.



But if you're interested in Lare bashing, then by all means only
read the clauses that most interest you.

That doesn't mean what you assert is true. '


Yes. Selective editing.

Memo To: dxAce
 

On Feb 16, 2:02*pm, Joe from Kokomo wrote:

D. Peter Maus wrote:

There's no doubt, when things got noisy, he could be in there
swinging with the best of them, but even then, he kept up his
radio content.

Selective memory can be a wonderful thing...

May I present a quick flashback to his racist SUPCOMUCOMM days?

Let's take a trip to the past...(cue calendar pages drifting into
the mist)
D. Peter Maus wrote:
Selective editing can be a wonderful thing, too. Thanks for the
demonstration.
I stand by the statement above.

Selective editing? With almost 300 (that's THREE HUNDRED) rude
statements? Selective editing or not, that many statements are clearly
indicative of Lare's behavior. And selective editing (or not) does not
excuse the vicious racial slurs, vulgarity and homophobia.

Oh, sorry, I almost forgot. You are the best yes-man, cheer leader and
"Amen Charley" that Lare ever had.

Jeez, Mouse, can't you do better than to perpetually be a
boot-licking sycophant* for someone like Lare? It's very unbecoming
of you.

*For those of you whose Funk and Wagnall's dictionary is in the shop,
*sycophant: a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite,
toady, yes man, flunky, fawner.

...and encourager of rudeness and racism.

Defending Lare's racism and vulgarity says a lot about YOU --
unfortunately, it doesn't say anything very good.

Mr. Lare's ass isn't the only one "mouse" has his nose up, he
regularly springs to the defense of other morons whom he wishes to
gain the favor of. Very odd behavior for an adult and there is
something very peculiarly pathetic about it. Kind of like the weakling
we all knew in high school who was water boy for the team, who'd
volunteer to carry the jocks food trays back to the racks after they
finished eating, who'd hang around the locker room hoping to steal a
glimpse of one of his heroes in their underwear, etc., etc. etc. Very
odd indeed.

P.S. I'm guessing he is a brown nosed mouse?

Memo To: dxAce
 

On Feb 16, 12:14*pm, m II wrote:
The Wit and Wisdom of Steve Lare, aka dxAce, Bozo, White Trash.
SUPCOMUCOMM (Supreme Commander, United Counties of Michigan Militia)
Michigan
USA

Goodness gracious these are the rantings of a very angry and bitter
individual possessed by extremely disturbed mind. Clearly a ticking
time bomb waiting to go off. Have the local authorities been
notified?

With what seems to be an epidemic of rampage killings throughout the
USA I'm just asking.

Thank you bringing this out in the open Michael, who knows how many
lives you might have saved. The world would be a much safer place if
everyone had the civic consciousness you do.

Memo To: dxAce
 

On Feb 16, 2:14*pm, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:
* *Yes. Selective editing.- Hide quoted text -

Selective editing? It's a body of work that would take most haters a
lifetime to accumulate.

As demonstrated in other threads that you have elbowed your way into,
you have an uncanny ability to bury yourself deeper with every follow-
up post.

So do the group AND yourself a favor - SHUT UP!

Please accept my advice in the spirit it is given, i.e. in a good
way.

Memo To: dxAce
 

Priest wrote:

Thank you bringing this out in the open Michael, who knows how many
lives you might have saved. The world would be a much safer place if
everyone had the civic consciousness you do.


Thank you for the kind words but I am truly undeserving of such praise.

It is the duty of all responsible, compassionate and sentient beings to
point out evil, degeneracy and morally corrupt thought wherever we may
accidentally step in it.

I have done no more than you, or countless thousands of decent and
caring folks would have done.

We ALL have an obligation to stop the rot and are possessed of a Divine
Mandate to expose the Satanic Vermin posing as human beings.





mike

Memo To: dxAce
 

On 2/17/10 24:57 , Priest wrote:

So do the group AND yourself a favor - SHUT UP!


Mmmmm.......No.

Memo To: dxAce
 

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"!

Memo To: dxAce
 

dxAce wrote:


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?



My K3 was the only 20 meter PSK31 autospotter (out of at least a dozen
on the West Coast) to hear a station from Scotland last week. This
stuff is reported on a Google map in near real time. SWLs are welcome
to participate. It's jolly good fun and boffo yocks. Sure beats
trying[?] to hear 100,000 Watt stations from Maine or Cuba.

www.pskreporter.info

Memo To: dxAce
 

On 2/17/2010 3:03 AM, D. Peter Maus wrote:
On 2/17/10 24:57 , Priest wrote:

So do the group AND yourself a favor - SHUT UP!


Mmmmm.......No.



Peter, your turn for the fanboi.

Drifter...


via-bright-mail.

Memo To: dxAce
 

On Feb 17, 5:14*am, dave wrote:
dxAce wrote:

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?

* My K3 was the only 20 meter PSK31 autospotter (out of at least a dozen
on the West Coast) to hear a station from Scotland last week. *This
stuff is reported on a Google map in near real time. *SWLs are welcome
to participate. *It's jolly good fun and boffo yocks. *Sure beats
trying[?] to hear 100,000 Watt stations from Maine or Cuba.

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Dave, I checked the link but it seems broken. Can you give us a few
details? Freq, antenna, time and etc? This sounds quite interesting.

BTW, you are lucky - My neighborhood does NOT have buried powerlines
(in fact, we have more than our share of aerial cordage) and the noise
levels reflect it. Light dimmers and other noise sources are legion.
Did get some good copy on hams from South America the other night on
40, though - but still have to wait for the sunspots to rise again
before the subkilowatt fleas come banging through again.

I will say, though, that the newest types of spiral fluorescent bulbs,
when new and working properly, give off no perceptible RFI. I am
impressed.

Bruce Jensen

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bpnjensen wrote:

I will say, though, that the newest types of spiral fluorescent bulbs,
when new and working properly, give off no perceptible RFI. I am
impressed.


I have noticed noise only when the bulb bearing fixture is plugged into
the same outlet as the receiver and the lamp was also in close proximity
to the radio.

I have no dimmers in the house, so I can't comment on their influence.





mike

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Plane crashes in California neighborhood, 3 dead.So says an MSNBC.com
article on my WebTV homepage thingy.

Isn't in your California neighborhood, is it?
cuhulin

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On Feb 17, 8:53*am, m II wrote:

I have no dimmers in the house, so I can't comment on their influence.

mike

I can tell you - they suck. Avoid them at all cost.

Bruce

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On Feb 17, 11:06*am, wrote:
Plane crashes in California neighborhood, 3 dead.So says an MSNBC.com
article on my WebTV homepage thingy.

Isn't in your California neighborhood, is it?
cuhulin

That neighborhood is across the Bay from my house, but still - a crash
into a daycare is a real tragedy. I am so sorry for the folks who
died, and for their families :-(

Bruce