Hello all. I started reading rec.radio.shortwave hoping to gain some
information about -- of all the crazy notions - shortwave radio. I'm
reading quite a lot of political debate which I think is great, but before
I jumped into the fray with any questions or comments I figured it'd be
polite to introduce myself to explain my interest and to assure y'all that
I'm not some random troll. I know usenet isn't without its games so you
don't have to believe anything I write; my hopes are that sincerity might
be enough proof.

I'm a former Navy submarine electronics technician (both communications
and navigation) with an interest in the construction, operation and
maintenance of sound-reproducing equipment, mainly guitar amplifiers and
radio receivers. I'm interested in learning anything you can relay about
shortwave and will probably mostly read what you have to offer, but with
all this political talk I'm sure I'll be tempted to put in my two cents.

I look forward to reading and learning from this group.

In article ,
"Johnny Lipps" wrote:

Hello all. I started reading rec.radio.shortwave hoping to gain some
information about -- of all the crazy notions - shortwave radio.
I'm reading quite a lot of political debate which I think is great,
but before I jumped into the fray with any questions or comments I
figured it'd be polite to introduce myself to explain my interest
and to assure y'all that I'm not some random troll. I know usenet
isn't without its games so you don't have to believe anything I
write; my hopes are that sincerity might be enough proof.

I'm a former Navy submarine electronics technician (both
communications and navigation) with an interest in the construction,
operation and maintenance of sound-reproducing equipment, mainly
guitar amplifiers and radio receivers. I'm interested in learning
anything you can relay about shortwave and will probably mostly read
what you have to offer, but with all this political talk I'm sure
I'll be tempted to put in my two cents.

I look forward to reading and learning from this group.

Welcome to the newsgroup. The population that post here, other than the
juvenile Trolls, are mostly middle age and older males that have strong
opinions on just about anything.

The number of political posts will decline after the elections but this
is a popular newsgroup that ranges 100 to 200 posts a day normally and
when the political posts drop off something else will take its place so
be prepared to use the kill file and just ignore the threads that do
not interest you.

As a warning if you just post political or other off topic I'll just
kill file you. If you show genuine interest in the hobby with posts to
that effect and post political stuff I'll probably keep reading you. I
think you can see where I'm coming from with this thought.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

I also recommend sticking to shortwave topics here.
I also recommend kill filtering any of these off-topic posters. It'll
help you weed through the trash postings when finding interesting
shortwave radio information. There's been a lot of good stuff posted
in here regarding shortwave radio. Kill filters can almost be your
best friend in here.

MsJuLiE


On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 21:45:41 GMT, Telamon
wrote:

In article ,
"Johnny Lipps" wrote:

Hello all. I started reading rec.radio.shortwave hoping to gain some
information about -- of all the crazy notions - shortwave radio.
I'm reading quite a lot of political debate which I think is great,
but before I jumped into the fray with any questions or comments I
figured it'd be polite to introduce myself to explain my interest
and to assure y'all that I'm not some random troll. I know usenet
isn't without its games so you don't have to believe anything I
write; my hopes are that sincerity might be enough proof.

I'm a former Navy submarine electronics technician (both
communications and navigation) with an interest in the construction,
operation and maintenance of sound-reproducing equipment, mainly
guitar amplifiers and radio receivers. I'm interested in learning
anything you can relay about shortwave and will probably mostly read
what you have to offer, but with all this political talk I'm sure
I'll be tempted to put in my two cents.

I look forward to reading and learning from this group.

Welcome to the newsgroup. The population that post here, other than the
juvenile Trolls, are mostly middle age and older males that have strong
opinions on just about anything.

The number of political posts will decline after the elections but this
is a popular newsgroup that ranges 100 to 200 posts a day normally and
when the political posts drop off something else will take its place so
be prepared to use the kill file and just ignore the threads that do
not interest you.

As a warning if you just post political or other off topic I'll just
kill file you. If you show genuine interest in the hobby with posts to
that effect and post political stuff I'll probably keep reading you. I
think you can see where I'm coming from with this thought.

Telamon wrote:

Welcome to the newsgroup. The population that post here, other than the
juvenile Trolls, are mostly middle age and older males that have strong
opinions on just about anything.

The number of political posts will decline after the elections but this
is a popular newsgroup that ranges 100 to 200 posts a day normally and
when the political posts drop off something else will take its place so
be prepared to use the kill file and just ignore the threads that do
not interest you.

As a warning if you just post political or other off topic I'll just
kill file you. If you show genuine interest in the hobby with posts to
that effect and post political stuff I'll probably keep reading you. I
think you can see where I'm coming from with this thought.

--
Telamon

However what Telamon didn't tell you is:

He's in a lot of people's kill files for doing what he just warned you
about. Take a look at the google.groups archive for this group to see
what he's really like. Most of his posts in the past few months were
attacks against a certain person he doesn't like and political rants.


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In article , sirius
wrote:

Telamon wrote:

Welcome to the newsgroup. The population that post here, other than the
juvenile Trolls, are mostly middle age and older males that have strong
opinions on just about anything.

The number of political posts will decline after the elections but this
is a popular newsgroup that ranges 100 to 200 posts a day normally and
when the political posts drop off something else will take its place so
be prepared to use the kill file and just ignore the threads that do
not interest you.

As a warning if you just post political or other off topic I'll just
kill file you. If you show genuine interest in the hobby with posts to
that effect and post political stuff I'll probably keep reading you. I
think you can see where I'm coming from with this thought.

--
Telamon

However what Telamon didn't tell you is:

He's in a lot of people's kill files for doing what he just warned you
about. Take a look at the google.groups archive for this group to see
what he's really like. Most of his posts in the past few months were
attacks against a certain person he doesn't like and political rants.


I will not kill file Bryant. He is too entertaining.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Yep, he's a blubbering idiot.


On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 03:04:10 -0400, sirius wrote:

Telamon wrote:

Welcome to the newsgroup. The population that post here, other than the
juvenile Trolls, are mostly middle age and older males that have strong
opinions on just about anything.

The number of political posts will decline after the elections but this
is a popular newsgroup that ranges 100 to 200 posts a day normally and
when the political posts drop off something else will take its place so
be prepared to use the kill file and just ignore the threads that do
not interest you.

As a warning if you just post political or other off topic I'll just
kill file you. If you show genuine interest in the hobby with posts to
that effect and post political stuff I'll probably keep reading you. I
think you can see where I'm coming from with this thought.

--
Telamon

However what Telamon didn't tell you is:

He's in a lot of people's kill files for doing what he just warned you
about. Take a look at the google.groups archive for this group to see
what he's really like. Most of his posts in the past few months were
attacks against a certain person he doesn't like and political rants.


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wrote:


Hello all. I started reading rec.radio.shortwave hoping to gain some
information about -- of all the crazy notions - shortwave radio. I'm
reading quite a lot of political debate which I think is great, but before
I jumped into the fray with any questions or comments I figured it'd be
polite to introduce myself to explain my interest and to assure y'all that
I'm not some random troll. I know usenet isn't without its games so you
don't have to believe anything I write; my hopes are that sincerity might
be enough proof.

I'm a former Navy submarine electronics technician (both communications
and navigation) with an interest in the construction, operation and
maintenance of sound-reproducing equipment, mainly guitar amplifiers and
radio receivers. I'm interested in learning anything you can relay about
shortwave and will probably mostly read what you have to offer, but with
all this political talk I'm sure I'll be tempted to put in my two cents.

I look forward to reading and learning from this group.




Welcome! Anything interesting you can tell us about the VLF communications
equipment on subs?

I suppose that depends on what you already know. I don't want to turn this
into a thread because any gear in a radio room that's REALLY interesting
couldn't be discussed online anyway.

So, without being too coy (or too open):
This might be sacrilege, but for me the "coolest" aspects of Verdin (and
now SLVR - great to see the Navy stepping into the late-20th century) were
the message-processing functions of the system. Receivers will always
rely on the same basics, but it's those subsystems that deal with the data
AFTERWARDS that presented the greatest and most exciting challenges as a
technician and (later) developer. But that's all in the past. I do
websites now; less stress, no life and death decisions (no matter what the
client thinks).

On 28 Aug 2004 21:55:33 GMT, RFCOMMSYS wrote:

Anything interesting you can tell us about the VLF communications
equipment on subs?

Welcome ..

If its shortwave info you want, ; pirates, new receivers & such, you'll
probably find it here..
Heated debates about the latest Political Commerical content abound;
Kill Filing helps.

Dan / Nyc ( Jwin, JX-M14, R-75 Sangean 606A, a Bicycle & 100 feet of wire)



In article , "Johnny Lipps"
writes:


Hello all. I started reading rec.radio.shortwave hoping to gain some
information about -- of all the crazy notions - shortwave radio. I'm
reading quite a lot of political debate which I think is great, but before
I jumped into the fray with any questions or comments I figured it'd be
polite to introduce myself to explain my interest and to assure y'all that
I'm not some random troll. I know usenet isn't without its games so you
don't have to believe anything I write; my hopes are that sincerity might
be enough proof.

I'm a former Navy submarine electronics technician (both communications
and navigation) with an interest in the construction, operation and
maintenance of sound-reproducing equipment, mainly guitar amplifiers and
radio receivers. I'm interested in learning anything you can relay about
shortwave and will probably mostly read what you have to offer, but with
all this political talk I'm sure I'll be tempted to put in my two cents.

I look forward to reading and learning from this group.

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 03:08 pm -0600 UTC, Johnny Lipps
posted: %MM


I'm a former Navy submarine electronics technician (both communications


The navy of which country? What equipment do you listen with? Welcome to a
moderately informative and frequently controversial forum.

I'm using an Icom R-75 and a 100 m of wire for aerial.