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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Sorry... my bad... is it 35 now? I stand corrected.
Back to the chant... If you can't do 35wpm, you should stay off the bands!! Seriously people, think about it... do *you* want blood on your hands because you're a slow-beepin loser? Lives are on the line, in case you aren't paying attention. This is serious business and requires a dedication as if it were... your only purpose. Unmotivated 25wpm losers need not apply. rb "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:FYqIg.36416$NF3.28742@trnddc05: And as previously stated, slow equals death. If you can't do 20wpm you should stay off the bands. 20 is SLOW. But the only way to learn 35 or 40 is to learn 10, 15, 20 etc. And the best way to do that is get on the bands and DO it instead of making rude noises at the people who CAN. Phonetics on SSB are usually a lot slower than 20wpm, though. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Hey... you have proof I was dropped?? I've wondered for years as I just
can't remember the day I was born at all. It kinda annoys me, but hey, I can't remember CW either, so I figure no loss either way. rb Not to stray off-topic or break any rules, but you wouldn't happen to have a 50w VHF Spectra you'd want to sell or trade, would ya? "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:2_qIg.2009$pX3.1822@trnddc07: Eh? Now you say its ok to be slow? Make up your mind will ya? People are dying while you decide! rb This gem must've come from the other brain cell. Is that the one that took the brunt when you were dropped? "Al Klein" wrote in message ... On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:22:21 GMT, Dave Oldridge wrote: Al Klein wrote in m: Really? You can write a spoken language you don't understand well enough to be read by someone who understands it? Maybe. Maybe not. In CW, you can. I can do it (and have done so) using phonetics. But that's SLOWER than CW. You're preaching to the choir, Dave. I've had to handle foreign language traffic phonetically by voice and by CW - and I much prefer CW for that kind of work, even though I prefer voice for most rag-chewing. As you say, needing it spelled out is quite slow. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:i4rIg.901$N84.191@trnddc08: So did your guy die or not? Which one? You win some, you lose some. Huh? How can a fast CW op *not* save a life? Have you read this thread at all? CW = Gift of Life. Fast CW = Hand of God. It's in the Extra Class manual.... And that's why I'm watching TV from a 12ghz satellite signal right now. Putting the antenna that high makes all modes pretty much equal as far as signal-to-noise goes. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGH!! Holy crap.... I hope no one else reads that.. It'll kill the entire Comm-Post pile we're making, and then people will just go back to swapping radios or something. [Perish the thought!] rb |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
The one that's looking for a VHF 50w Spectra..... hehe...
And I have to ask Dave, [and I mean seriously this time]... You really aren't defending this thread [in this group] as an intelligent discussion [or one that should even be here] in the first place, are you? rb Radio Content: For the acetylcholine-deficient that think I'm really trying to be a part of this seemingly perpetual, and twisted delusion... It's a friggin swap group.... Now sit and ponder that for just a minute.... "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:cfrIg.2016$pX3.1819@trnddc07: wrote in message ... On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:22:53 GMT, Dave Oldridge wrote: where did you encounter total stupidity? I missed it I saw someone Uhhhh...... Start with the OP and read to this point or beyond.... Gee, which of your brain cells thought that one up? -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
LOL.. Now that's what I'm looking for! What else ya got? Let's post each
reply twice from now on, OK? In other news.... Stay on topic Dave.... the issue is *CW* saves lives,[or results in other holistic happenings] ok? I swear I've already explained that to ya...? We've proven many posts ago that brain cells have nothing to do with ham radio, this thread or those in it. My fav site, www.hamsexy.com will explain it all. rb radio content: I think I'd even consider an M1225 in trade, instead of the Spectra. "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:thrIg.2006$XD1.1601@trnddc01: Good call. Admit nothing, deny everything. Hey, if you had to use CW to make chicken salad for a starving Latvian, would that person starve to death? If you had to use either of your brain cells to think of some way to FEED a starving Latvian would that person starve to death? -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Bless you brother, I will indeed make it so.
Thanks for the reply! rb Radio content: M1225 needs to be VHF and 40w, or I can't use it.... wrote in message ... On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:17:21 GMT, "Woody" wrote: Since I don't know this Robitussin guy, I really can't say anything in reply to this post.... rb count that amoug so blessings http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Yeah, that was the problem exactly...
so I can stand on the ocean floor and see people inside the boat? Kewl. rb radio content: So what kinda radio did the boat have? I'd like to find me a nice Micom for cheap... wrote in message ups.com... Woody wrote: I saw a C-130 fly almost directly over my house last year. Couldn't see who was in it though... rb The aluminum skin of a C130 is sort of hard to see through. The only craft that I ever saw with a glass underbelly was a tour boat in Florida. But you can rest assured that neither robesin nor the CAP was flying that C130. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Yet as "chief operator" or ANCOIC of NMC MARS on Okinawa, he remains woefully ignorant of MARS. I just don't get it. Uh, hello.... Looks like perfect qualifications for a management position. I like the way you think. I usually try to avoid thought... it makes my head hurt... Can't it be factory refurbished? Funny thing... the stupid NASA Engineers tried to control the thing with data bursts.... Yes, data bursts! Can you believe those anti-CW nazis? We'd already be on Pluto if they'd controlled it with CW. So, sadly, no.... due to advanced technology, she's been lost.... I thought they were just to cover the beaches so the Army doesn't get sand in their boots.... Welp, when the AF took the airplanes away from the Army in 1947... Was it that late? I would've guess more around the late/end of the war... Well anyway, I was just trying to stir up some jarheads with the beaches/Army thing... You wanna swap radios or anything? rb |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Woody wrote: Yeah, that was the problem exactly... so I can stand on the ocean floor and see people inside the boat? Kewl. rb radio content: So what kinda radio did the boat have? I'd like to find me a nice Micom for cheap... Only robesin can tell us what kind of radio his craft carried, but even he doesn't know. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Woody wrote: Yet as "chief operator" or ANCOIC of NMC MARS on Okinawa, he remains woefully ignorant of MARS. I just don't get it. Uh, hello.... Looks like perfect qualifications for a management position. I like the way you think. I usually try to avoid thought... it makes my head hurt... You would have been right at home in the Morse Forever camp about 10 years ago. Can't it be factory refurbished? Funny thing... the stupid NASA Engineers tried to control the thing with data bursts.... Yes, data bursts! Can you believe those anti-CW nazis? We'd already be on Pluto if they'd controlled it with CW. So, sadly, no.... due to advanced technology, she's been lost.... Manual telegraphy? C'mon... I thought they were just to cover the beaches so the Army doesn't get sand in their boots.... Welp, when the AF took the airplanes away from the Army in 1947... Was it that late? I would've guess more around the late/end of the war... I wasn't there, but that's how the story went. Well anyway, I was just trying to stir up some jarheads with the beaches/Army thing... I've got a lot of respect for both. Served with the 2ID at Casey, and again with the marines and 10th mountain in somalia. You wanna swap radios or anything? rb Probably not, but there is another group, rec.radio.amateur.equipment, which is a lot like a hamfest. Except the food is better. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Bummer...
rb Radio Content: Well... there is none... I guess I give up. wrote in message oups.com... Woody wrote: Yeah, that was the problem exactly... so I can stand on the ocean floor and see people inside the boat? Kewl. rb radio content: So what kinda radio did the boat have? I'd like to find me a nice Micom for cheap... Only robesin can tell us what kind of radio his craft carried, but even he doesn't know. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
wrote in message ups.com... Woody wrote: Manual telegraphy? C'mon... You do realize I'm a disgruntled radio swap group, off-topic, post bombing loser, right? I'm just thinking this would be a great place for a radio swap group, that's all. Everything I say is usually in sarcasm.....just to add stupidity to the stupidty.... I've given up though and I'm going back to ebay... I've got a lot of respect for both. Served with the 2ID at Casey, and again with the marines and 10th mountain in somalia. Big Ol' Kudos to you bro. Somalians suck. I think there are indeed places that qualify as Fourth-world countries. Somalia, Nigeria, etc... LOL.. rb |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Good on ya then! Do upgrade whenever you can, coz hammin' can be fun if you
can find a decent bunch to hang with. Learning 5wpm is pretty easy and gives you a new "toy" or "language" to play with if you are so inclined. The big plus being the new privileges and theory, and all the hi-tech progression in radio going on in the 21st Century! There's lots to get into. Gud luck, rb wrote in message ... On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:38:54 GMT, "Woody" wrote: Ah, my bad... sry. rb np I expect the FCC to help me correct that soon enough Radio content: There used to be a radio swap group here.... indeed and all kinds of radio gruops wrote in message . .. On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:36:43 GMT, "Woody" wrote: Yeah, yoo big chikin. LOL I dare you to pick up a mic and do a radio test on 3.865 by saying "Beep, beep, beep, beeeeeeeep"! rb well as a etech I realy should not try that one "an old friend" wrote in message groups.com... http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Woody wrote: wrote in message ups.com... Woody wrote: Manual telegraphy? C'mon... You do realize I'm a disgruntled radio swap group, off-topic, post bombing loser, right? I'm just thinking this would be a great place for a radio swap group, that's all. Everything I say is usually in sarcasm.....just to add stupidity to the stupidty.... I've given up though and I'm going back to ebay... Alright. List your stuff. Maybe someone is interested. I've got a lot of respect for both. Served with the 2ID at Casey, and again with the marines and 10th mountain in somalia. Big Ol' Kudos to you bro. Somalians suck. I think there are indeed places that qualify as Fourth-world countries. Somalia, Nigeria, etc... LOL.. rb It sucked. Just got a message on the somalia reflector today. Seems the al qaida is well liked in somalia because the country has been through 15 years of chaos and lawlessness, and the islamists are now imposing their law. I guess any law is better than none. Reminds me, in part, how hitler came to power. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Woody wrote: Never ever saw a CAP in a flight suit before robesin's well advertised home page Big blue jumpsuits... never seen anything else... Robesin's flight suit is sage green. Looks like a real one. , and a male nurses uniform. Wanna explain what a male nurses uniform is?? He said it wasn't a dress. Culots, maybe? Thought he had a "killer" job as a male nurse? Wow, that sounds rather condescending.... How else would you describe the best job in the world? Oh, I don't know. After a hard day behind the microphone, he's got that 1,000 yard stare. Yeah, those "real" radio ops really have it tough, don't they? There should be a reality show called "Two-Way Trauma: Life in the radio room." rb Hah!!! I'm sure he could make up stories. I'm real sure of it. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
"Woody" wrote in news:gDKIg.7926$Xl5.5330@trnddc06:
"Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:i4rIg.901$N84.191@trnddc08: So did your guy die or not? Which one? You win some, you lose some. Huh? How can a fast CW op *not* save a life? Have you read this thread at all? CW = Gift of Life. Fast CW = Hand of God. Where did anyone actually say that in this thread? It's in the Extra Class manual.... And that's why I'm watching TV from a 12ghz satellite signal right now. Putting the antenna that high makes all modes pretty much equal as far as signal-to-noise goes. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGH!! Holy crap.... I hope no one else reads that.. It'll kill the entire Comm-Post pile we're making, and then people will just go back to swapping radios or something. [Perish the thought!] rb Well, at the moment my radio is on 3729 LSB. But it will shortly be on 3652 CW. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
"Woody" wrote in news:2QKIg.7929$Xl5.2566@trnddc06:
The one that's looking for a VHF 50w Spectra..... hehe... And I have to ask Dave, [and I mean seriously this time]... You really aren't defending this thread [in this group] as an intelligent discussion [or one that should even be here] in the first place, are you? Nope. It's not about antennas, so that makes it off topic in the group I'm posting in. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Excellent point!
? rb "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:gDKIg.7926$Xl5.5330@trnddc06: "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:i4rIg.901$N84.191@trnddc08: So did your guy die or not? Which one? You win some, you lose some. Huh? How can a fast CW op *not* save a life? Have you read this thread at all? CW = Gift of Life. Fast CW = Hand of God. Where did anyone actually say that in this thread? It's in the Extra Class manual.... And that's why I'm watching TV from a 12ghz satellite signal right now. Putting the antenna that high makes all modes pretty much equal as far as signal-to-noise goes. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGH!! Holy crap.... I hope no one else reads that.. It'll kill the entire Comm-Post pile we're making, and then people will just go back to swapping radios or something. [Perish the thought!] rb Well, at the moment my radio is on 3729 LSB. But it will shortly be on 3652 CW. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
If you'll check the address bar when you reply, you might notice that you're
posting in a swap group, scanner group, policy group, and antenna group.... IOW, you're just as guilty as the rest of us. :-) rb "Dave Oldridge" wrote in message 9... "Woody" wrote in news:2QKIg.7929$Xl5.2566@trnddc06: The one that's looking for a VHF 50w Spectra..... hehe... And I have to ask Dave, [and I mean seriously this time]... You really aren't defending this thread [in this group] as an intelligent discussion [or one that should even be here] in the first place, are you? Nope. It's not about antennas, so that makes it off topic in the group I'm posting in. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Who's gonna see a single want ad in 300 postings about nothing?
Who wants to pilfer 300 postings about nothing to find a sale ad? On the Somalia thing, Do you mean extremists/terrorists that claim to follow Islam, or just basic Islamists? It looks like you mean the former. Please understand that Al Qaeda is a group of terrorists/extremists, it doesn't matter what religion they claim to follow. rb wrote in message ups.com... Woody wrote: wrote in message ups.com... Woody wrote: Manual telegraphy? C'mon... You do realize I'm a disgruntled radio swap group, off-topic, post bombing loser, right? I'm just thinking this would be a great place for a radio swap group, that's all. Everything I say is usually in sarcasm.....just to add stupidity to the stupidty.... I've given up though and I'm going back to ebay... Alright. List your stuff. Maybe someone is interested. I've got a lot of respect for both. Served with the 2ID at Casey, and again with the marines and 10th mountain in somalia. Big Ol' Kudos to you bro. Somalians suck. I think there are indeed places that qualify as Fourth-world countries. Somalia, Nigeria, etc... LOL.. rb It sucked. Just got a message on the somalia reflector today. Seems the al qaida is well liked in somalia because the country has been through 15 years of chaos and lawlessness, and the islamists are now imposing their law. I guess any law is better than none. Reminds me, in part, how hitler came to power. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Woody wrote:
Since I don't know this Robitussin guy, I really can't say anything in reply to this post.... rb All you have to do (if you've got about 8 hours to spare) is go through Google archives since before they bought it from DejaNews several years ago. "Robitussin" has thousands of postings in the same venal manner he continues to use... especially his self-promotion as heroic USMC veteran which he has never, ever proved through any third-party references, digitized documents, or much of anything else other than his own AOL home page and self-description on QRZ. He is clearly into his own fantasy of imagined superpowers without the aid of Stan Lee. :-) |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Woody wrote:
So you guys got sidetracked and missed the CW call so both your guys died. You are the weakest link. Goodbye. rb wrote in message oups.com... rom: on Thurs, Aug 24 2006 6:39 pm "Sidetracked?!?" :-) I put this message into the Captain ARRL Superpower Decryption machine and the machine broke down. Last I looked (which was yesterday) there were NO Public Safety radio services which used "CW" for either "life-saving" or distress calls. The USCG doesn't monitor the OLD 500 KHz international maritime distress and safety frequency any more. International Civil Aviation Organization long ago stopped any need for carrying "CW"-proficient air crew on over-ocean flights. This "vital need" of maintaining a "pool of trained (morsemen) operators" in the mighty amateur radio (militia?) ranks is a wigment of olde-tyme morsemen's imagination. In truth, I haven't checked out the Civil Air Patrol. Maybe they have some kind of "need" for morsemen even though they use 121.5 MHz for emergencies just like all the CIVIL airways do. [transponder squawk to 77 or 7700 if that is installed; 243 MHz if a REAL military aircraft] We'll have to see what the "pilot in command" of a TN CAP two-seater has to say on that...if he isn't "busy" with his "life-saving air patrols." :-) |
If you had to use CW..., would Robesin still be an idiot?
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If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Woody wrote: Who's gonna see a single want ad in 300 postings about nothing? Seinfeld ran for eight years and it was all about nothing. People cried at the end. Who wants to pilfer 300 postings about nothing to find a sale ad? On the Somalia thing, Do you mean extremists/terrorists that claim to follow Islam, or just basic Islamists? Here's one: ""Somali Islamist gunmen undergo military training http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx...ticleid=281612 {EXCERPT} Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa Somalia's dominant Islamic movement on Tuesday launched intensive military training for hundreds of its gunmen under a plan to create instruments of statehood......"" It looks like you mean the former. Please understand that Al Qaeda is a group of terrorists/extremists, it doesn't matter what religion they claim to follow. rb Here's another: ""SOMALIA, THE BLACK HOLE OF ANARCHY BY AHMED Q. BURSALIID In mid July 2005 The U.S. intelligence agents, working with local warlords, have carried out counter terrorist operations to seize sus*pects. "Somalia remains the theatre for a shadowy confrontation involving local Ji*hadis, foreign Al Qaeda operatives and in*telligence services from a number of re*gional and Western countries," says a report by the International Crisis Group in 2005. The report says the "dirty war be*tween terrorists and counter-terrorist oper*atives in Mogadishu appears to have en*tered a new and more vicious stage that threatens to push the country further towards Jihadism and extremist violence un*less its root causes are properly addressed." The Somali transitional federal government was formed in neighbouring Kenya in 2004 and moved into Somalia June 2005. However, the administration has failed to relocate to Mogadishu, the Somali capital, because the city was considered unsafe. Due to the insecurity of Mogadishu, the TFG relocated to Jawhar, which it later decided to move to Baidoa. Warlords and leaders of Islamic courts have been fighting in Mogadishu for about five months. This led to the loss of hundreds of civilians and destruction of properties. Somalia, which had been in a state of anarchy for more than a decade, has once again gone to war; this war was somehow different from previous ones. The nature of this war is seen to have some religious and political clash while previous ones were much related to tribal and feudal conflicts. Each one of the conflicting parties is claiming that the other group is related to Al-Qaeda when the reality is somehow different from that. After months of armed conflicts within the capital city of Somalia, Union of Islamic Courts took the lead with enormous points by eliminating the warlords who took hostage the country and its people for 16 years. United States of America, which earlier denied any allegation of helping or giving hand to the warlords in the fight to weed out the Islamic Militia in Somalia shortly after the takeover admitted that it had been supporting warlords to destabilise the Islamic militia. America has been an active player in the politics of Somalia, and until now its policy towards restoring peace and stability in the war -torn Somalia is somehow obscure. Somalis believe that it is the right time to take advantage to restore the lost hope of good governance in the country as Union of Islamic Courts led by Sheikh Sharif imposed law and order on Mogadishu, which was seen neither for 16 years. Hundreds of families from overseas countries returned back to Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia since the takeover took place. At first Transitional Federal Government welcomed the political change, which took place in Mogadishu as the Union of Islamic Courts disarmed a pack of US-backed warlords that took the country and its people hostage for more than a decade. But soon after the Islamic Militia started to capture some other cities, the TFG warned the Union of Islamic Courts of capturing farther cities. A big gap of political misunderstanding came in between the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts, after the president of fragile Transitional Federal Government requested peacekeeping forces from the African Union. As the new Somali constitution inked in Kenya says, "Peacekeeping forces should not come from the neighbouring countries (Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti)". Likewise, the parliament passed a motion, which it was requesting peacekeeping troops to Somalia without paying attention to the classification of peacekeeping forces from AU countries and of front line countries. This has created an escalation of political crisis in Somalia. Ethiopia, which is the common enemy of Somalia has sent its troops to Somalia in an attempt to protect the Transitional Federal Government. This time, Arab League took the political platform of Somalia to mediate the two conflicting parties. TFG and UIC were invited to attend a mediation conference held on June 2006 in Sudan to settle their differences. After a reconciliation conference, presided over by Sudanese president Omar Hassan Albashir, the current chairman of Arab League, the reconciliation process derailed with unknown reasons but it is believed that Ethiopia was the main figure, which made the reconciliation process fail as the outcome of the meeting could not meet the criteria of Ethiopia's plan to Somalia and then, President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, a well-known pro-Ethiopian warlord and his loyal prime minister Ali Mohamed Gedi, a vet scientist started to advocate the legality of Ethiopian Army presence in Somalia. The Somalis are of the opinion that the involvement of Ethiopian Army in the peacekeeping operations in Somalia could cause havoc and deterioration of the political condition of the country in any case as Ethiopia is an old aged enemy of Somalia in East Africa. While a vast majority of the Somali public strongly opposed to deployment of Ethiopian troop into Somalia under any pretext, president Yusuf's political stance towards the deployment of Ethiopian troops in Somalia is clear and also in action by denying the presence of Ethiopian troops in Somalia just to protect his presidential seat. Since the reconciliation conference in Sudan derailed a number of ministers resigned due to the political misunderstanding between TFG and UIC. Prime minister declared that he would be nominating successors of the resigned 24 ministers. In addition to that, the prime minister himself survived after the Somali parliament passed a motion of no confidence against him recently. Moreover, Prime minister of Ethiopia Milez zanawi whose government earlier denied any presence of Ethiopian troops in Somalia told BBC that his government has sent troops to Somalia to protect the Transitional Federal Government from the Union of Islamic Courts. While on the other hand, Eritrea is also believed to be an active supporter for the Union of Islamic Courts. Somalis believe that the support from both Ethiopia and Eritrea respectively is much related to a proxy war in between them. US government warned Ethiopia and Eritrea stop the proxy war they are playing in the Somali territory. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]"" |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
"Woody" wrote in news:NrXIg.2771$N84.1234@trnddc08:
If you'll check the address bar when you reply, you might notice that you're posting in a swap group, scanner group, policy group, and antenna group.... IOW, you're just as guilty as the rest of us. :-) Yep, I only very rarely set followups. -- Dave Oldridge+ ICQ 1800667 |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Bummer.. well, there's a bunch of ways to test, flashing lights and other
ways. If dyslexia is a problem, just have to get someone to read off the dit-dah sequences while you memorize them, or use a recorded audio lesson. There's always a way! gud luck, rb wrote in message ... On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:17:34 GMT, "Woody" wrote: Good on ya then! Do upgrade whenever you can, coz hammin' can be fun if you can find a decent bunch to hang with. Learning 5wpm is pretty easy and gives you a new "toy" or "language" to play with if you are so inclined. easy for some I spent 5 years at it in my teens for a Novice license and neve got a novice license instead it was learned I have serious case os dyslexia andfew of its fellow travlers The big plus being the new privileges and theory, and all the hi-tech progression in radio going on in the 21st Century! There's lots to get into. Gud luck, rb wrote in message . .. On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:38:54 GMT, "Woody" wrote: Ah, my bad... sry. rb np I expect the FCC to help me correct that soon enough Radio content: There used to be a radio swap group here.... indeed and all kinds of radio gruops wrote in message m... On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:36:43 GMT, "Woody" wrote: Yeah, yoo big chikin. LOL I dare you to pick up a mic and do a radio test on 3.865 by saying "Beep, beep, beep, beeeeeeeep"! rb well as a etech I realy should not try that one "an old friend" wrote in message legroups.com... http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/ -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
Good point on the seinfeld thing.. lol..
and yep, those Al Qaeda guys are insane idiots, for sure. No good can come from anything they have a hand in. rb wrote in message ups.com... Woody wrote: Who's gonna see a single want ad in 300 postings about nothing? Seinfeld ran for eight years and it was all about nothing. People cried at the end. Who wants to pilfer 300 postings about nothing to find a sale ad? On the Somalia thing, Do you mean extremists/terrorists that claim to follow Islam, or just basic Islamists? Here's one: ""Somali Islamist gunmen undergo military training http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx...ticleid=281612 {EXCERPT} Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa Somalia's dominant Islamic movement on Tuesday launched intensive military training for hundreds of its gunmen under a plan to create instruments of statehood......"" It looks like you mean the former. Please understand that Al Qaeda is a group of terrorists/extremists, it doesn't matter what religion they claim to follow. rb Here's another: ""SOMALIA, THE BLACK HOLE OF ANARCHY BY AHMED Q. BURSALIID In mid July 2005 The U.S. intelligence agents, working with local warlords, have carried out counter terrorist operations to seize sus*pects. "Somalia remains the theatre for a shadowy confrontation involving local Ji*hadis, foreign Al Qaeda operatives and in*telligence services from a number of re*gional and Western countries," says a report by the International Crisis Group in 2005. The report says the "dirty war be*tween terrorists and counter-terrorist oper*atives in Mogadishu appears to have en*tered a new and more vicious stage that threatens to push the country further towards Jihadism and extremist violence un*less its root causes are properly addressed." The Somali transitional federal government was formed in neighbouring Kenya in 2004 and moved into Somalia June 2005. However, the administration has failed to relocate to Mogadishu, the Somali capital, because the city was considered unsafe. Due to the insecurity of Mogadishu, the TFG relocated to Jawhar, which it later decided to move to Baidoa. Warlords and leaders of Islamic courts have been fighting in Mogadishu for about five months. This led to the loss of hundreds of civilians and destruction of properties. Somalia, which had been in a state of anarchy for more than a decade, has once again gone to war; this war was somehow different from previous ones. The nature of this war is seen to have some religious and political clash while previous ones were much related to tribal and feudal conflicts. Each one of the conflicting parties is claiming that the other group is related to Al-Qaeda when the reality is somehow different from that. After months of armed conflicts within the capital city of Somalia, Union of Islamic Courts took the lead with enormous points by eliminating the warlords who took hostage the country and its people for 16 years. United States of America, which earlier denied any allegation of helping or giving hand to the warlords in the fight to weed out the Islamic Militia in Somalia shortly after the takeover admitted that it had been supporting warlords to destabilise the Islamic militia. America has been an active player in the politics of Somalia, and until now its policy towards restoring peace and stability in the war -torn Somalia is somehow obscure. Somalis believe that it is the right time to take advantage to restore the lost hope of good governance in the country as Union of Islamic Courts led by Sheikh Sharif imposed law and order on Mogadishu, which was seen neither for 16 years. Hundreds of families from overseas countries returned back to Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia since the takeover took place. At first Transitional Federal Government welcomed the political change, which took place in Mogadishu as the Union of Islamic Courts disarmed a pack of US-backed warlords that took the country and its people hostage for more than a decade. But soon after the Islamic Militia started to capture some other cities, the TFG warned the Union of Islamic Courts of capturing farther cities. A big gap of political misunderstanding came in between the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts, after the president of fragile Transitional Federal Government requested peacekeeping forces from the African Union. As the new Somali constitution inked in Kenya says, "Peacekeeping forces should not come from the neighbouring countries (Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti)". Likewise, the parliament passed a motion, which it was requesting peacekeeping troops to Somalia without paying attention to the classification of peacekeeping forces from AU countries and of front line countries. This has created an escalation of political crisis in Somalia. Ethiopia, which is the common enemy of Somalia has sent its troops to Somalia in an attempt to protect the Transitional Federal Government. This time, Arab League took the political platform of Somalia to mediate the two conflicting parties. TFG and UIC were invited to attend a mediation conference held on June 2006 in Sudan to settle their differences. After a reconciliation conference, presided over by Sudanese president Omar Hassan Albashir, the current chairman of Arab League, the reconciliation process derailed with unknown reasons but it is believed that Ethiopia was the main figure, which made the reconciliation process fail as the outcome of the meeting could not meet the criteria of Ethiopia's plan to Somalia and then, President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, a well-known pro-Ethiopian warlord and his loyal prime minister Ali Mohamed Gedi, a vet scientist started to advocate the legality of Ethiopian Army presence in Somalia. The Somalis are of the opinion that the involvement of Ethiopian Army in the peacekeeping operations in Somalia could cause havoc and deterioration of the political condition of the country in any case as Ethiopia is an old aged enemy of Somalia in East Africa. While a vast majority of the Somali public strongly opposed to deployment of Ethiopian troop into Somalia under any pretext, president Yusuf's political stance towards the deployment of Ethiopian troops in Somalia is clear and also in action by denying the presence of Ethiopian troops in Somalia just to protect his presidential seat. Since the reconciliation conference in Sudan derailed a number of ministers resigned due to the political misunderstanding between TFG and UIC. Prime minister declared that he would be nominating successors of the resigned 24 ministers. In addition to that, the prime minister himself survived after the Somali parliament passed a motion of no confidence against him recently. Moreover, Prime minister of Ethiopia Milez zanawi whose government earlier denied any presence of Ethiopian troops in Somalia told BBC that his government has sent troops to Somalia to protect the Transitional Federal Government from the Union of Islamic Courts. While on the other hand, Eritrea is also believed to be an active supporter for the Union of Islamic Courts. Somalis believe that the support from both Ethiopia and Eritrea respectively is much related to a proxy war in between them. US government warned Ethiopia and Eritrea stop the proxy war they are playing in the Somali territory. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]"" |
If you had to use CW..., would Robesin still be an idiot?
wrote: On 30 Aug 2006 04:48:26 -0700, wrote: wrote: On 29 Aug 2006 16:21:38 -0700, wrote: wrote: Woody wrote: Since I don't know this Robitussin guy, I really can't say anything in reply to this post.... rb All you have to do (if you've got about 8 hours to spare) is go through Google archives since before they bought it from DejaNews several years ago. "Robitussin" has thousands of postings in the same venal manner he continues to use... especially his self-promotion as heroic USMC veteran which he has never, ever proved through any third-party references, digitized documents, or much of anything else other than his own AOL home page and self-description on QRZ. He is clearly into his own fantasy of imagined superpowers without the aid of Stan Lee. :-) There's some real gems in there. Lawsuits. Robeson sues people, or at least he says he does. In his last lawsuit, he got an Upper Peninsula attorney gratis, then made comments on who his free attorney's wife might be sleeping with. Meanwhile, the person he is suing has yet to be served. acrualywaiti ng now for 5 different lawsuits from steve Five??? What are they for? one was fr reporting him the BoN another for Daring to mention is daughter (the one with dat 28dec) one forcontacting CAP, another daring to make a true stament about his daugter last month, another for asking if his wfe was fireproof to project her from Robeson flaming pants Liar, liar, pants on fiar. He still hasn't made the connection. Welp, I don't think any female is part of his life so you might as well quit asking. "Bricks through windows, slashed tires, terrorized wives." These are bad things that happen to people who shoot their mouths off, as some people have been told they do. Mind you, Robesin isn't the one throwing bricks, slashing tires, or terrorizing wives. "Other people" do this sort of stuff. his other selves perhaps I wonder if they've all manifested themselves on RRAP, or if there are others for situations at work, at home, on vacation, when in CAP uniform.... most likely he must have some persona that is not the asshole stev is , since he does go out in the world and hasn't been mrudered yet That must be it. Persona #28. "Dialing..." On Robesin's personal authority as a male nurse and failed Marine, he can make a phone call anywhere in the USA and have you picked up on his say so. Really. yep whow much safer we are for him Mmmmm. I don't think it works that way. Now if it were a reverse 911.... indeed "PUTZ, Putz, putz" Disagree with Robesin and you are a penis with a yiddish accent. and then he dinies he makes sexauly based insults Anyone whose read his posts for 5 minutes knows that's a lie. not true sometime it takes more than 5minutes of reading to make obvious after all you must first decided if he is serious No smiley's! "PEDOPHILE, Pedophile, pedophile" If you disagree with Robesin and you give of your time to a youth group, you are a pervert. or just breath air (witness Tood Hans and Myself) "HOMO, Homo, homo" Disagree with Robesin and you are queer, with lots and lots of inuendo. that is you todd Han and scores of others Everybody's gay. except Steve of course and all these gay men wantsteve's body (not) same sort of insanity as wismen He's always talking about resting his chin on his chest... Robesin is a national hero, taking part in seven hostile actions as a Marine. Yet, his only overseas assignment is Okinawa. Never been injured, but discharged after only 18 years. Says he's retired. Says he's disabled. Says it's not medical. Says he has been rehabilitated by the VA. "Ask the VA." well I he=ard the army in wirtiing today They afrim the existance of my old unit Robesin has given so many mixed messages over the conditions of his "discharge" that no one be;lieves him any longer. indeed Robesin got back into uniform as a Tennessee State Guard "officer" of some kind. Very short lived career. maybe that gruop held him to professional stanards unlike CAP Yikes!!! that would explain things Robesin got back into uniform as a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) "officer" of some kind. Says he's a Major now. Photo of him in a sage green (not blue) flight suit on his QRZ website. As far as I know, most CAP volunteers are involved in training youth/Cadets. Hmmmm? I know that does worry me too Naw. It's everybody else you have to worry about. exactly sorry if I was unclear Robesin got a vanity call, K4CAP, while in the CAP. The CAP HQ is at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama. Then he gave it up. Look where his old call now resides. Robesin got back into uniform as a male nurse. Says he doesn't wear the white dress uniform. Probably just regular pants and a v-neck lavendar colo[u]red top. Robesin has military medals. He has lots of medals. Many of those medals he didn't earn. has he ever listed them? Nope. I'd only be interested in the ones he earned. But that would just raise more questions about seven hostile actions. I assume the good conuct is not amoug them Says he's got those. Persona #29? Robesin used to be an ASSISTANT NCOIC of NMC MARS on Okinawa. Doesn't know the first thing about it. Doesn't know what a MOD is. "MARS IS Amateur Radio" according to Robesin Yup, you heard it here first. A well know amateur radio outlet had the owners daughter's photo featured in a prominent amateur radio publication. Robesin said she was selling "Something" but it wasn't radios. He's a swell guy. Robesin can make comments all day long about how your children won't respect you. His child died from severe birth defects and he knows that no one will make comments about his children. He's a swell guy. Robesin needs to talk to the wives. He needs to talk to Len's wife. He needs to talk to my wife. He needs to talk to Mark's wife. He wants to talk to them on the phone or in person. He wants to mail them. He wants to knock on my door to talk to my wife and posts partial addresses so you know to expect a visit. Now he makes jokes about Len and Mark's wife. He's a swell guy. I could go on, but I don't have 8 hours as Len suggests... So what's the real beef??? I disagreed with Robesin. He doesn't like the way I think. prehaps it was he disliked that you THINK at all I'm not a Morse bot. exactly and only bots like himself are welcome So what's the real, Real beef? I don't think the Morse Code exam should be retained for an HF license in amateur radio. me neither looks liek we will win With the tons and tons of sour grapes from these Morse Forever folks, no one has won anything. indeed I'm curious if the sour grapes will manifest itself as bad behavio[u]r on the air? |
If you saw Mark at a hamfest, would you wave or give him the finger?
wrote in :
On 30 Aug 2006 04:48:26 -0700, wrote: wrote: On 29 Aug 2006 16:21:38 -0700, wrote: wrote: Woody wrote: Since I don't know this Robitussin guy, I really can't say anything in reply to this post.... rb All you have to do (if you've got about 8 hours to spare) is go through Google archives since before they bought it from DejaNews several years ago. "Robitussin" has thousands of postings in the same venal manner he continues to use... especially his self-promotion as heroic USMC veteran which he has never, ever proved through any third-party references, digitized documents, or much of anything else other than his own AOL home page and self-description on QRZ. He is clearly into his own fantasy of imagined superpowers without the aid of Stan Lee. :-) There's some real gems in there. Lawsuits. Robeson sues people, or at least he says he does. In his last lawsuit, he got an Upper Peninsula attorney gratis, then made comments on who his free attorney's wife might be sleeping with. Meanwhile, the person he is suing has yet to be served. acrualywaiti ng now for 5 different lawsuits from steve Five??? What are they for? one was fr reporting him the BoN another for Daring to mention is daughter (the one with dat 28dec) one forcontacting CAP, another daring to make a true stament about his daugter last month, another for asking if his wfe was fireproof to project her from Robeson flaming pants "Bricks through windows, slashed tires, terrorized wives." These are bad things that happen to people who shoot their mouths off, as some people have been told they do. Mind you, Robesin isn't the one throwing bricks, slashing tires, or terrorizing wives. "Other people" do this sort of stuff. his other selves perhaps I wonder if they've all manifested themselves on RRAP, or if there are others for situations at work, at home, on vacation, when in CAP uniform.... most likely he must have some persona that is not the asshole stev is , since he does go out in the world and hasn't been mrudered yet "Dialing..." On Robesin's personal authority as a male nurse and failed Marine, he can make a phone call anywhere in the USA and have you picked up on his say so. Really. yep whow much safer we are for him Mmmmm. I don't think it works that way. Now if it were a reverse 911.... indeed "PUTZ, Putz, putz" Disagree with Robesin and you are a penis with a yiddish accent. and then he dinies he makes sexauly based insults Anyone whose read his posts for 5 minutes knows that's a lie. not true sometime it takes more than 5minutes of reading to make obvious after all you must first decided if he is serious "PEDOPHILE, Pedophile, pedophile" If you disagree with Robesin and you give of your time to a youth group, you are a pervert. or just breath air (witness Tood Hans and Myself) "HOMO, Homo, homo" Disagree with Robesin and you are queer, with lots and lots of inuendo. that is you todd Han and scores of others Everybody's gay. except Steve of course and all these gay men wantsteve's body (not) same sort of insanity as wismen Robesin is a national hero, taking part in seven hostile actions as a Marine. Yet, his only overseas assignment is Okinawa. Never been injured, but discharged after only 18 years. Says he's retired. Says he's disabled. Says it's not medical. Says he has been rehabilitated by the VA. "Ask the VA." well I he=ard the army in wirtiing today They afrim the existance of my old unit Robesin has given so many mixed messages over the conditions of his "discharge" that no one be;lieves him any longer. indeed Robesin got back into uniform as a Tennessee State Guard "officer" of some kind. Very short lived career. maybe that gruop held him to professional stanards unlike CAP Yikes!!! that would explain things Robesin got back into uniform as a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) "officer" of some kind. Says he's a Major now. Photo of him in a sage green (not blue) flight suit on his QRZ website. As far as I know, most CAP volunteers are involved in training youth/Cadets. Hmmmm? I know that does worry me too Naw. It's everybody else you have to worry about. exactly sorry if I was unclear Robesin got a vanity call, K4CAP, while in the CAP. The CAP HQ is at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama. Then he gave it up. Look where his old call now resides. Robesin got back into uniform as a male nurse. Says he doesn't wear the white dress uniform. Probably just regular pants and a v-neck lavendar colo[u]red top. Robesin has military medals. He has lots of medals. Many of those medals he didn't earn. has he ever listed them? Nope. I'd only be interested in the ones he earned. But that would just raise more questions about seven hostile actions. I assume the good conuct is not amoug them Robesin used to be an ASSISTANT NCOIC of NMC MARS on Okinawa. Doesn't know the first thing about it. Doesn't know what a MOD is. "MARS IS Amateur Radio" according to Robesin Yup, you heard it here first. A well know amateur radio outlet had the owners daughter's photo featured in a prominent amateur radio publication. Robesin said she was selling "Something" but it wasn't radios. He's a swell guy. Robesin can make comments all day long about how your children won't respect you. His child died from severe birth defects and he knows that no one will make comments about his children. He's a swell guy. Robesin needs to talk to the wives. He needs to talk to Len's wife. He needs to talk to my wife. He needs to talk to Mark's wife. He wants to talk to them on the phone or in person. He wants to mail them. He wants to knock on my door to talk to my wife and posts partial addresses so you know to expect a visit. Now he makes jokes about Len and Mark's wife. He's a swell guy. I could go on, but I don't have 8 hours as Len suggests... So what's the real beef??? I disagreed with Robesin. He doesn't like the way I think. prehaps it was he disliked that you THINK at all I'm not a Morse bot. exactly and only bots like himself are welcome So what's the real, Real beef? I don't think the Morse Code exam should be retained for an HF license in amateur radio. me neither looks liek we will win With the tons and tons of sour grapes from these Morse Forever folks, no one has won anything. indeed http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/ |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
"Opus-" wrote in message ... I have been watching this thread for a while and now I must join the fray. lots snipped The term "investment" is very misleading. To explain my position, I am in agreement that CW testing should go the way of the dinosaurs. I have no problem with technical testing, as a way to ensure that potential Hams can operate their radios properly, without causing interference with neighbors and other Hams world wide. There is also a safety factor, with transmitters that can kick out a LOT of potentially dangerous power. So, technical exam = good idea. Here in Canada, CW is not required IF you achieve at least 80% on your technical exam. You need at least 55% WITH CW. http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/inter.../sf08435e.html This seems fair, to me. As for the "investment", not all investments are valuable. I invested years of training to be a fully qualified mechanic. There is considerable value in that investment, obviously, as it is my bread and butter. I'm not sure I recall all the other posters idea of investment - but "mine" - was referring to the time/cost how ever little - "spent" or "Invested" - if you will - in the way of time to study or prepare for the exam - acquire equipment AND to actually go on the air to make use of it. So - yes it "can" be looked as an investment - even if in a "minimal" sense of the word. IN the way I "think" you're referring to - as an investment towards a "rewarding career" or leap forward into life - eh - depends on the person. Many do NOT make electronics their lifes work. BUT, many have started from ham (some from CB and then ham) and went on into some electronics or electrical field. So for "them" - it "was" an investment of sorts - into their future. Just like another part of this thread where "memory and memorization" was being used, hacked, slanged - the word "investment" could also go that direction. It is all in how you want to look at it and perceive it. Just my 2 cents! L. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
L. wrote: "Opus-" wrote in message ... As for the "investment", not all investments are valuable. I invested years of training to be a fully qualified mechanic. There is considerable value in that investment, obviously, as it is my bread and butter. I'm not sure I recall all the other posters idea of investment - but "mine" - was referring to the time/cost how ever little - "spent" or "Invested" - if you will - in the way of time to study or prepare for the exam - acquire equipment AND to actually go on the air to make use of it. So - yes it "can" be looked as an investment - even if in a "minimal" sense of the word. but that doesn't count of course like My g-5500 totor set isn't an investment in my station these folks are just in to what I call the "S&M" school of licensure |
If you had to use CW..., would Robesin still be an idiot?
From: on Wed, Aug 30 2006 4:48 am
wrote: On 29 Aug 2006 16:21:38 -0700, wrote: wrote: Woody wrote: Since I don't know this Robitussin guy, I really can't say anything in reply to this post.... rb All you have to do (if you've got about 8 hours to spare) is go through Google archives since before they bought it from DejaNews several years ago. "Robitussin" has thousands of postings in the same venal manner he continues to use... especially his self-promotion as heroic USMC veteran which he has never, ever proved through any third-party references, digitized documents, or much of anything else other than his own AOL home page and self-description on QRZ. He is clearly into his own fantasy of imagined superpowers without the aid of Stan Lee. There's some real gems in there. Lawsuits. Robeson sues people, or at least he says he does. In his last lawsuit, he got an Upper Peninsula attorney gratis, then made comments on who his free attorney's wife might be sleeping with. Meanwhile, the person he is suing has yet to be served. acrualywaiti ng now for 5 different lawsuits from steve Five??? What are they for? Class A uniforms for when Stebie joins the CAP Judge Advocate General's office and goes on TV. :-) "Bricks through windows, slashed tires, terrorized wives." These are bad things that happen to people who shoot their mouths off, as some people have been told they do. Mind you, Robesin isn't the one throwing bricks, slashing tires, or terrorizing wives. "Other people" do this sort of stuff. his other selves perhaps I wonder if they've all manifested themselves on RRAP, or if there are others for situations at work, at home, on vacation, when in CAP uniform.... Oh, wow, what a thought! Major Dud could have his very own newsgroup featuring all his personnae! :-) "Dialing..." On Robesin's personal authority as a male nurse and failed Marine, he can make a phone call anywhere in the USA and have you picked up on his say so. Really. yep whow much safer we are for him Mmmmm. I don't think it works that way. Now if it were a reverse 911.... Hey! Rebolutionary! 911 operators call Him! :-) "PUTZ, Putz, putz" Disagree with Robesin and you are a penis with a yiddish accent. and then he dinies he makes sexauly based insults Anyone whose read his posts for 5 minutes knows that's a lie. Absolutely true. 'Robitussin' probably has an empty sex life and takes out his frustrations on everyone else. Something on the order of Saddam Hussein now...and about as Yiddish as Hussein... :-) "PEDOPHILE, Pedophile, pedophile" If you disagree with Robesin and you give of your time to a youth group, you are a pervert. or just breath air (witness Tood Hans and Myself) "HOMO, Homo, homo" Disagree with Robesin and you are queer, with lots and lots of inuendo. that is you todd Han and scores of others Everybody's gay. ...but morsemen aren't happy. :-( Robesin is a national hero, taking part in seven hostile actions as a Marine. Yet, his only overseas assignment is Okinawa. Never been injured, but discharged after only 18 years. Says he's retired. Says he's disabled. Says it's not medical. Says he has been rehabilitated by the VA. "Ask the VA." well I he=ard the army in wirtiing today They afrim the existance of my old unit Robesin has given so many mixed messages over the conditions of his "discharge" that no one be;lieves him any longer. At this stage of his fraudulent claims, without ever having presented ANY third-party references or documents or even personal photographs, he is caught up in his own conundrum. If Robeson comes clean and ever shows any documentation now, he is in for tons of remarks of his past claims that he can never weasel out of, not even with the gratuitous personal insults he normally uses against challengers. If Robeson continues on his fraudulent claims, then he is only repeating his present behavior, convincing no one, and building only his own warped fantasy. The rest of us will be stuck with his personal blog output. Robesin got back into uniform as a Tennessee State Guard "officer" of some kind. Very short lived career. maybe that gruop held him to professional stanards unlike CAP Yikes!!! The duties of the Tennessee STATE Guard (not affiliated with the National Guard) were described by them as a sort of in-Tennessee 'custodian' of NG facilities if and only if the NG there is activated into federal service plus being a sort-of 'military police' for that state. As quasi-MPs they would have some ability to access federal records to confirm Robeson's military service. On the other hand, the TN STATE Guard will (by their own statements) accept membership by civilians. Robesin got back into uniform as a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) "officer" of some kind. Says he's a Major now. Photo of him in a sage green (not blue) flight suit on his QRZ website. As far as I know, most CAP volunteers are involved in training youth/Cadets. Hmmmm? I know that does worry me too Naw. It's everybody else you have to worry about. ...unless one is under the flight path of this "pilot in command." :-) Robesin got a vanity call, K4CAP, while in the CAP. The CAP HQ is at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama. Then he gave it up. Look where his old call now resides. Robesin got back into uniform as a male nurse. Says he doesn't wear the white dress uniform. Probably just regular pants and a v-neck lavendar colo[u]red top. Robesin has military medals. He has lots of medals. Many of those medals he didn't earn. has he ever listed them? Nope. I'd only be interested in the ones he earned. But that would just raise more questions about seven hostile actions. One doesn't get a Good Conduct Medal for fighting in a bar outside of Camp Pendleton... :-) Robesin used to be an ASSISTANT NCOIC of NMC MARS on Okinawa. Doesn't know the first thing about it. Doesn't know what a MOD is. "MARS IS Amateur Radio" according to Robesin Yup, you heard it here first. Wayyyy too many times... :-) A well know amateur radio outlet had the owners daughter's photo featured in a prominent amateur radio publication. Robesin said she was selling "Something" but it wasn't radios. He's a swell guy. [ NOT the way to expect a discount from that dealer... ] Robesin can make comments all day long about how your children won't respect you. His child died from severe birth defects and he knows that no one will make comments about his children. He's a swell guy. Robesin needs to talk to the wives. He needs to talk to Len's wife. He needs to talk to my wife. He needs to talk to Mark's wife. He wants to talk to them on the phone or in person. He wants to mail them. He wants to knock on my door to talk to my wife and posts partial addresses so you know to expect a visit. Now he makes jokes about Len and Mark's wife. He's a swell guy. I could go on, but I don't have 8 hours as Len suggests... No? :-) It's like reading "Psychopathia Sexualis" by Kraft- Ebbing...for fun... :-) So what's the real beef??? I disagreed with Robesin. He doesn't like the way I think. prehaps it was he disliked that you THINK at all Robeson imagined himself to be a "real" GSgt, a DILL sergeant who GIVES orders and is immune to any criticsm. :-) I'm not a Morse bot. So what's the real, Real beef? I don't think the Morse Code exam should be retained for an HF license in amateur radio. me neither looks liek we will win With the tons and tons of sour grapes from these Morse Forever folks, no one has won anything. The morsemen have been so brainwashed into believing their own efficacy in radio that it is impossible to "win" anything, certainly not with the ARRL publishing house constantly implying that morsemanship is the "best" skill an amateur could have. Amateur morsemen are so wrapped up in their personal skill that they are unable to come to terms with any amateur or professional radio person who doesn't care for it. To them, US amateur radio is ALL ABOUT manual radiotelegraphy. Tsk. |
If you had to use CW to save someone's life, would that person die?
From: Al Klein on Wed, Aug 30 2006 12:02 pm
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:18:12 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell Al Klein said: Eliminating a requirement is dumbing things down. But no one would expect you to be able to understand that. Well, let me ask, from the point of view of a potential noob to the hobby. What use is the code requirements? In lieu of any other meaningful test (and there currently is none), it shows a willingness to put in a minimum amount of effort. Gotta love your argument "technique," Big Al...it's your way or the highway...! :-) But, given that many professional people like myself are stretched for time, what good does all the licensing and code requirements do for you besides build up boundries to doing something new and fun? You might ask that about anything. Given that insert group here like myself are stretched for time, what do all the requirements for insert something here do for anyone? Poor Big Al...he must have had a TERRIBLE time learning to be an amateur when he was only Lil Al... :-) I'm in a pretty technical field, and I study to keep up in that field everyday, the last thing I want to do, is have to spend my weekends studying to talk on a radio. So don't. Buy a CB, FRS or GMRS radio and talk all you like. Those are the services created for folks who just want to talk on the radio. Seems like that's all the extras and generals I hear on HF doing...just talking on the radio... :-) If less stringent requirements were there, I could easily afford the tools of the trade, and would like to just jump in and start working with a ham setup. I'm particularly interested in exploring the amateur radio/computer connections. You won't like that - you'll have to devote a lot of your precious time to learning things - electronics, both theoretical and practical, programming, reading a waterfall display, keeping your signal distortion-free ... You can't just plug a radio into a computer and start using them. Digital communications doesn't work if you do it that way. No? You mean you can't buy a rig from HRO, unbox it, and connect it, and have it work right away? :-) There's several transceivers on the market that DO that, Big Al. Have you kept up with radio technology since Spark was outlawed? Can you give me valid reasons as to what useful purpose in today's age they serve? No, since someone who wants instant gratification can't be bothered to listen to why that's the wrong way to do something. Your time is probably much to valuable to spend it learning enough to understand why you can't learn enough in an instant. Go memorize some test answers, get a code-free tech, hook your computer up to your radio and, in 6 months, you'll have your radio up for sale on eBay, because "it doesn't really work". Is eBay where you sold your radios, Big Al? :-) Hey, Big Al, have you written the QPC yet about those simple, easy-to-memorize questions on writtens? No? Why not? Have you written the FCC yet about the anyone-can-get-a-ham- license and tell 'em "what for?" [it's easy to submit a petition to get back to them good ol days you want, FCC tells you the procedure on their website] No? Why not? Maybe you ought to write your congressperson, then. Tell THEM that US amateur radio testing has gone down (your imaginative) toilet and DEMAND that something be DOME about it! You sure are ANGRY about things, Big Al. Maybe you need some tranquilizers or mental therapy? No, you say? Okay, then I'll just put you down in the Cranky Old Coot category. Here, have a Foxtrot Uniform with my best wishes... :-) |
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If you had to use CW..., would Robesin still be an idiot?
wrote: From: on Wed, Aug 30 2006 4:48 am wrote: On 29 Aug 2006 16:21:38 -0700, wrote: wrote: Woody wrote: Since I don't know this Robitussin guy, I really can't say anything in reply to this post.... rb All you have to do (if you've got about 8 hours to spare) is go through Google archives since before they bought it from DejaNews several years ago. "Robitussin" has thousands of postings in the same venal manner he continues to use... especially his self-promotion as heroic USMC veteran which he has never, ever proved through any third-party references, digitized documents, or much of anything else other than his own AOL home page and self-description on QRZ. He is clearly into his own fantasy of imagined superpowers without the aid of Stan Lee. There's some real gems in there. Lawsuits. Robeson sues people, or at least he says he does. In his last lawsuit, he got an Upper Peninsula attorney gratis, then made comments on who his free attorney's wife might be sleeping with. Meanwhile, the person he is suing has yet to be served. acrualywaiti ng now for 5 different lawsuits from steve Five??? What are they for? Class A uniforms for when Stebie joins the CAP Judge Advocate General's office and goes on TV. :-) The CAP has a JAG? I think robesin just likes to collect suits. I'm going to have to find an organization chart and locate the JAG's office. "Bricks through windows, slashed tires, terrorized wives." These are bad things that happen to people who shoot their mouths off, as some people have been told they do. Mind you, Robesin isn't the one throwing bricks, slashing tires, or terrorizing wives. "Other people" do this sort of stuff. his other selves perhaps I wonder if they've all manifested themselves on RRAP, or if there are others for situations at work, at home, on vacation, when in CAP uniform.... Oh, wow, what a thought! Major Dud could have his very own newsgroup featuring all his personnae! :-) Sgt York-Robesin and Chesty Puller-Robesin. And probably Sgt Schultz-Robesin from Hogan's Heroes, and Corporal Agarn-Robesin from F-Troop. Then there's Walter Mitty-Robesin from fiction. "Dialing..." On Robesin's personal authority as a male nurse and failed Marine, he can make a phone call anywhere in the USA and have you picked up on his say so. Really. yep whow much safer we are for him Mmmmm. I don't think it works that way. Now if it were a reverse 911.... Hey! Rebolutionary! 911 operators call Him! :-) He knows everything. But he'll never get the call. He taught the 911 Ops that there's a dash between the digits, i.e., 9-1-1, and they can't find the dash on th{i]er dialpads, even in reverse. "PUTZ, Putz, putz" Disagree with Robesin and you are a penis with a yiddish accent. and then he dinies he makes sexauly based insults Anyone whose read his posts for 5 minutes knows that's a lie. Absolutely true. 'Robitussin' probably has an empty sex life and takes out his frustrations on everyone else. Something on the order of Saddam Hussein now...and about as Yiddish as Hussein... :-) Queezay and Oooday had a rape room. Don't know if Saddam participated. Perhaps if robesin had been captured on one of his seven hostile forays behind enemy lines, we might have known the truth about Saddam. "PEDOPHILE, Pedophile, pedophile" If you disagree with Robesin and you give of your time to a youth group, you are a pervert. or just breath air (witness Tood Hans and Myself) "HOMO, Homo, homo" Disagree with Robesin and you are queer, with lots and lots of inuendo. that is you todd Han and scores of others Everybody's gay. ...but morsemen aren't happy. :-( It's not the Gay 90's anymore. But maybe before the 1st decade of the new millenium lets out, we'll have a decision from the FCC. Robesin is a national hero, taking part in seven hostile actions as a Marine. Yet, his only overseas assignment is Okinawa. Never been injured, but discharged after only 18 years. Says he's retired. Says he's disabled. Says it's not medical. Says he has been rehabilitated by the VA. "Ask the VA." well I he=ard the army in wirtiing today They afrim the existance of my old unit Robesin has given so many mixed messages over the conditions of his "discharge" that no one be;lieves him any longer. At this stage of his fraudulent claims, without ever having presented ANY third-party references or documents or even personal photographs, he is caught up in his own conundrum. The sad thing is, even if he were to finally tell the truth no one would believe him. If Robeson comes clean and ever shows any documentation now, he is in for tons of remarks of his past claims that he can never weasel out of, not even with the gratuitous personal insults he normally uses against challengers. And so, robesin can never come clean. He will go to his grave with lies heaped up, pushing up the daisies. If Robeson continues on his fraudulent claims, then he is only repeating his present behavior, convincing no one, and building only his own warped fantasy. The rest of us will be stuck with his personal blog output. We know better. We are stuck with nothing, the nothing that is robesin. Robesin got back into uniform as a Tennessee State Guard "officer" of some kind. Very short lived career. maybe that gruop held him to professional stanards unlike CAP Yikes!!! The duties of the Tennessee STATE Guard (not affiliated with the National Guard) were described by them as a sort of in-Tennessee 'custodian' of NG facilities if and only if the NG there is activated into federal service plus being a sort-of 'military police' for that state. As quasi-MPs they would have some ability to access federal records to confirm Robeson's military service. On the other hand, the TN STATE Guard will (by their own statements) accept membership by civilians. So they would be free to raid the armory? Yikes! Robesin got back into uniform as a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) "officer" of some kind. Says he's a Major now. Photo of him in a sage green (not blue) flight suit on his QRZ website. As far as I know, most CAP volunteers are involved in training youth/Cadets. Hmmmm? I know that does worry me too Naw. It's everybody else you have to worry about. ...unless one is under the flight path of this "pilot in command." :-) I pity anyone under that flight path. They don't know the danger they might be in. And the CAP and American Taxpayers are liable. Robesin got a vanity call, K4CAP, while in the CAP. The CAP HQ is at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama. Then he gave it up. Look where his old call now resides. Robesin got back into uniform as a male nurse. Says he doesn't wear the white dress uniform. Probably just regular pants and a v-neck lavendar colo[u]red top. Robesin has military medals. He has lots of medals. Many of those medals he didn't earn. has he ever listed them? Nope. I'd only be interested in the ones he earned. But that would just raise more questions about seven hostile actions. One doesn't get a Good Conduct Medal for fighting in a bar outside of Camp Pendleton... :-) Probably why he rests his chin on his chest. Can't hold it high. Robesin used to be an ASSISTANT NCOIC of NMC MARS on Okinawa. Doesn't know the first thing about it. Doesn't know what a MOD is. "MARS IS Amateur Radio" according to Robesin Yup, you heard it here first. Wayyyy too many times... :-) Froot Loops. A well know amateur radio outlet had the owners daughter's photo featured in a prominent amateur radio publication. Robesin said she was selling "Something" but it wasn't radios. He's a swell guy. [ NOT the way to expect a discount from that dealer... ] I'm sure that that amateur radio dealer became aware of robesin's remarks. Robesin can make comments all day long about how your children won't respect you. His child died from severe birth defects and he knows that no one will make comments about his children. He's a swell guy. Robesin needs to talk to the wives. He needs to talk to Len's wife. He needs to talk to my wife. He needs to talk to Mark's wife. He wants to talk to them on the phone or in person. He wants to mail them. He wants to knock on my door to talk to my wife and posts partial addresses so you know to expect a visit. Now he makes jokes about Len and Mark's wife. He's a swell guy. I could go on, but I don't have 8 hours as Len suggests... No? :-) It's like reading "Psychopathia Sexualis" by Kraft- Ebbing...for fun... :-) Ordinary sex is good enough for me. So what's the real beef??? I disagreed with Robesin. He doesn't like the way I think. prehaps it was he disliked that you THINK at all Robeson imagined himself to be a "real" GSgt, a DILL sergeant who GIVES orders and is immune to any criticsm. :-) Sorry Anderson Amateur Radio IS NOT Boot Camp! I'm not a Morse bot. So what's the real, Real beef? I don't think the Morse Code exam should be retained for an HF license in amateur radio. me neither looks liek we will win With the tons and tons of sour grapes from these Morse Forever folks, no one has won anything. The morsemen have been so brainwashed into believing their own efficacy in radio that it is impossible to "win" anything, certainly not with the ARRL publishing house constantly implying that morsemanship is the "best" skill an amateur could have. Amateur morsemen are so wrapped up in their personal skill that they are unable to come to terms with any amateur or professional radio person who doesn't care for it. To them, US amateur radio is ALL ABOUT manual radiotelegraphy. Tsk. The day of reckoning is coming. |
If you had to use CW..., would Robesin still be an idiot?
wrote: wrote: From: on Wed, Aug 30 2006 4:48 am wrote: On 29 Aug 2006 16:21:38 -0700, wrote: wrote: Woody wrote: Since I don't know this Robitussin guy, I really can't say anything in reply to this post.... rb All you have to do (if you've got about 8 hours to spare) is go through Google archives since before they bought it from DejaNews several years ago. "Robitussin" has thousands of postings in the same venal manner he continues to use... especially his self-promotion as heroic USMC veteran which he has never, ever proved through any third-party references, digitized documents, or much of anything else other than his own AOL home page and self-description on QRZ. He is clearly into his own fantasy of imagined superpowers without the aid of Stan Lee. There's some real gems in there. Lawsuits. Robeson sues people, or at least he says he does. In his last lawsuit, he got an Upper Peninsula attorney gratis, then made comments on who his free attorney's wife might be sleeping with. Meanwhile, the person he is suing has yet to be served. acrualywaiti ng now for 5 different lawsuits from steve Five??? What are they for? Class A uniforms for when Stebie joins the CAP Judge Advocate General's office and goes on TV. :-) The CAP has a JAG? I think robesin just likes to collect suits. He loves UNIFORMS, Brian, not suits. ANY uniform. :-) I'm going to have to find an organization chart and locate the JAG's office. I was jesting on the "JAG" part. :-) Robeson-Robesin has been on such a jag trying to impress folks (as a fraud) that his posts have enough material for at least two seasons of "JAG - a personal story." "Bricks through windows, slashed tires, terrorized wives." These are bad things that happen to people who shoot their mouths off, as some people have been told they do. Mind you, Robesin isn't the one throwing bricks, slashing tires, or terrorizing wives. "Other people" do this sort of stuff. his other selves perhaps I wonder if they've all manifested themselves on RRAP, or if there are others for situations at work, at home, on vacation, when in CAP uniform.... Oh, wow, what a thought! Major Dud could have his very own newsgroup featuring all his personnae! :-) Sgt York-Robesin and Chesty Puller-Robesin. And probably Sgt Schultz-Robesin from Hogan's Heroes, and Corporal Agarn-Robesin from F-Troop. Then there's Walter Mitty-Robesin from fiction. Don't forget the skirt-wearing guy from MASH. :-) "Dialing..." On Robesin's personal authority as a male nurse and failed Marine, he can make a phone call anywhere in the USA and have you picked up on his say so. Really. yep whow much safer we are for him Mmmmm. I don't think it works that way. Now if it were a reverse 911.... Hey! Rebolutionary! 911 operators call Him! :-) He knows everything. But he'll never get the call. He taught the 911 Ops that there's a dash between the digits, i.e., 9-1-1, and they can't find the dash on th{i]er dialpads, even in reverse. Sunnuvagun! "PUTZ, Putz, putz" Disagree with Robesin and you are a penis with a yiddish accent. and then he dinies he makes sexauly based insults Anyone whose read his posts for 5 minutes knows that's a lie. Absolutely true. 'Robitussin' probably has an empty sex life and takes out his frustrations on everyone else. Something on the order of Saddam Hussein now...and about as Yiddish as Hussein... :-) Queezay and Oooday had a rape room. Don't know if Saddam participated. Them's Hussein sons? Could they do morse code? :-) Perhaps if robesin had been captured on one of his seven hostile forays behind enemy lines, we might have known the truth about Saddam. "PEDOPHILE, Pedophile, pedophile" If you disagree with Robesin and you give of your time to a youth group, you are a pervert. or just breath air (witness Tood Hans and Myself) "HOMO, Homo, homo" Disagree with Robesin and you are queer, with lots and lots of inuendo. that is you todd Han and scores of others Everybody's gay. ...but morsemen aren't happy. :-( It's not the Gay 90's anymore. But maybe before the 1st decade of the new millenium lets out, we'll have a decision from the FCC. Maybe. Who knows what the ARRL backroom boys are doing in DC? Robesin is a national hero, taking part in seven hostile actions as a Marine. Yet, his only overseas assignment is Okinawa. Never been injured, but discharged after only 18 years. Says he's retired. Says he's disabled. Says it's not medical. Says he has been rehabilitated by the VA. "Ask the VA." well I he=ard the army in wirtiing today They afrim the existance of my old unit Robesin has given so many mixed messages over the conditions of his "discharge" that no one be;lieves him any longer. At this stage of his fraudulent claims, without ever having presented ANY third-party references or documents or even personal photographs, he is caught up in his own conundrum. The sad thing is, even if he were to finally tell the truth no one would believe him. That's one of my points... If Robeson comes clean and ever shows any documentation now, he is in for tons of remarks of his past claims that he can never weasel out of, not even with the gratuitous personal insults he normally uses against challengers. And so, robesin can never come clean. He will go to his grave with lies heaped up, pushing up the daisies. "Hedgerow flowers," Brian, also known as weeds... If Robeson continues on his fraudulent claims, then he is only repeating his present behavior, convincing no one, and building only his own warped fantasy. The rest of us will be stuck with his personal blog output. We know better. We are stuck with nothing, the nothing that is robesin. We got plenty o' nuthin... [from the song] Robesin got back into uniform as a Tennessee State Guard "officer" of some kind. Very short lived career. maybe that gruop held him to professional stanards unlike CAP Yikes!!! The duties of the Tennessee STATE Guard (not affiliated with the National Guard) were described by them as a sort of in-Tennessee 'custodian' of NG facilities if and only if the NG there is activated into federal service plus being a sort-of 'military police' for that state. As quasi-MPs they would have some ability to access federal records to confirm Robeson's military service. On the other hand, the TN STATE Guard will (by their own statements) accept membership by civilians. So they would be free to raid the armory? Yikes! The armories would no doubt be empty if full activation happens. Prolly better quarters for their monthly meetings, though... Robesin got back into uniform as a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) "officer" of some kind. Says he's a Major now. Photo of him in a sage green (not blue) flight suit on his QRZ website. As far as I know, most CAP volunteers are involved in training youth/Cadets. Hmmmm? I know that does worry me too Naw. It's everybody else you have to worry about. ...unless one is under the flight path of this "pilot in command." :-) I pity anyone under that flight path. They don't know the danger they might be in. And the CAP and American Taxpayers are liable. Well, be thankful we aren't in TN. Robesin got a vanity call, K4CAP, while in the CAP. The CAP HQ is at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama. Then he gave it up. Look where his old call now resides. Robesin got back into uniform as a male nurse. Says he doesn't wear the white dress uniform. Probably just regular pants and a v-neck lavendar colo[u]red top. Robesin has military medals. He has lots of medals. Many of those medals he didn't earn. has he ever listed them? Nope. I'd only be interested in the ones he earned. But that would just raise more questions about seven hostile actions. One doesn't get a Good Conduct Medal for fighting in a bar outside of Camp Pendleton... :-) Probably why he rests his chin on his chest. Can't hold it high. Sounds plausible... Robesin used to be an ASSISTANT NCOIC of NMC MARS on Okinawa. Doesn't know the first thing about it. Doesn't know what a MOD is. "MARS IS Amateur Radio" according to Robesin Yup, you heard it here first. Wayyyy too many times... :-) Froot Loops. We've been exposed to his cereal killing of the truth... A well know amateur radio outlet had the owners daughter's photo featured in a prominent amateur radio publication. Robesin said she was selling "Something" but it wasn't radios. He's a swell guy. [ NOT the way to expect a discount from that dealer... ] I'm sure that that amateur radio dealer became aware of robesin's remarks. Tsk on me, I missed those exchanges. Robesin can make comments all day long about how your children won't respect you. His child died from severe birth defects and he knows that no one will make comments about his children. He's a swell guy. Robesin needs to talk to the wives. He needs to talk to Len's wife. He needs to talk to my wife. He needs to talk to Mark's wife. He wants to talk to them on the phone or in person. He wants to mail them. He wants to knock on my door to talk to my wife and posts partial addresses so you know to expect a visit. Now he makes jokes about Len and Mark's wife. He's a swell guy. I could go on, but I don't have 8 hours as Len suggests... No? :-) It's like reading "Psychopathia Sexualis" by Kraft- Ebbing...for fun... :-) Ordinary sex is good enough for me. I think Robeson wants to experience OTHERS' sex lives... So what's the real beef??? I disagreed with Robesin. He doesn't like the way I think. prehaps it was he disliked that you THINK at all Robeson imagined himself to be a "real" GSgt, a DILL sergeant who GIVES orders and is immune to any criticsm. :-) Sorry Anderson Amateur Radio IS NOT Boot Camp! Guess the wannabe DILL sergeant told me, huh? :-) I'm not a Morse bot. So what's the real, Real beef? I don't think the Morse Code exam should be retained for an HF license in amateur radio. me neither looks liek we will win With the tons and tons of sour grapes from these Morse Forever folks, no one has won anything. The morsemen have been so brainwashed into believing their own efficacy in radio that it is impossible to "win" anything, certainly not with the ARRL publishing house constantly implying that morsemanship is the "best" skill an amateur could have. Amateur morsemen are so wrapped up in their personal skill that they are unable to come to terms with any amateur or professional radio person who doesn't care for it. To them, US amateur radio is ALL ABOUT manual radiotelegraphy. Tsk. The day of reckoning is coming. Ah reckon y'all are raht... :-) |
If you had to use CW..., would Robesin still be an idiot?
From: on Thurs, Aug 31 2006 8:27 pm
wrote: At this stage of his fraudulent claims, without ever having presented ANY third-party references or documents or even personal photographs, he is caught up in his own conundrum. The sad thing is, even if he were to finally tell the truth no one would believe him. That's one of my points... indeed ut if he told something convincing enough I might pretend to believe just for the sake of peace So far, Robeson has NOT been convincing. He IMPLIES and ALLUDES to things but hardly ever states anything outright and then never with any referencible sources that anyone can access. Robeson has tried to construct an edifice, indeed almost a temple in which we should all venerate his mighty accomplishments AND, at the same time, has leveled barrages of personal insults and deragatory accusations against all challengers. That latter action negated his mighty constructs and established his fraud. That 'edifice' has to be torn down...if for no other reason than being an eyesore to us in his field of dreams. The duties of the Tennessee STATE Guard (not affiliated with the National Guard) were described by them as a sort of in-Tennessee 'custodian' of NG facilities if and only if the NG there is activated into federal service plus being a sort-of 'military police' for that state. As quasi-MPs they would have some ability to access federal records to confirm Robeson's military service. On the other hand, the TN STATE Guard will (by their own statements) accept membership by civilians. So they would be free to raid the armory? Yikes! The armories would no doubt be empty if full activation happens. well they would be defending things like the kitchen sinks and the bathrooms In reality, the STATE Guards (not all states have them) are little more than state political constructs to enable a few to play soldier and otherwise establish their machismo. Part of that is the ever-present "conspiracy theory" coupled with some kind of imaginative armageddon scenario of a doomed future where everything in a state is in ruins or anarchy but the "state guard" can step in and "restore order." The curious thing about the latter is that some of the Believers in the efficacy of morsemanship think in the same manner...that only amateur radio survives the worst emergency and that only morsemanship can be used to call for help. That is patently absurd in light of reality but founded on the mythos of morse that grew following the Titanic disaster of 94 years ago. As to fully-activated National Guard units, the states have various plans to keep the NG structures and land intact, usually using civilian personnel (law enforcement, probably) and that does not require a lot of personnel. In the field of communications for the REAL public safety agencies, those agencies are well-supplied with many forms of communication of their own (outnumbering amateur licensees according to EIA data of about 15 years ago) that is NOT part of the "telephone infrastructure" that many ham-patriots erroneously think "always fails in an emergency." Most public safety agencies in the USA have established emergency-scenario plans and they periodically train/drill for those procedures. Very few amateur radio local organizations do that. A well know amateur radio outlet had the owners daughter's photo featured in a prominent amateur radio publication. Robesin said she was selling "Something" but it wasn't radios. He's a swell guy. [ NOT the way to expect a discount from that dealer... ] I'm sure that that amateur radio dealer became aware of robesin's remarks. Tsk on me, I missed those exchanges. me too For several months past I simply did not bother accessing Google for this newsgroup. It was a waste of time when the macho middle-school mental-adolescents came in and talked trash and filth to anyone. How many of those anony-mousies were actual amateur radio licensees is unknown and irrelevant. The known licensed amateurs just didn't do anything about them. That presents a very BIG negative on the amateurs' ability "to police their own." They couldn't. They can't despite their brags about such "policing." Robeson once made claims that he was IN one of the local Los Angeles HRO stores, with "friends while visiting them." A big problem with that was that was his claimed time-line and NOT being able to describe, even in minor detail, the locations or the surrounding territory. The first HRO in northern L.A. was in Van Nuys, CA, in the center of the San Fernando Valley. [bought my Icom R70 there years ago] That HRO moved to Burbank, CA, a few years ago, at the corner of Buena Vista and Victory (a major intersection with shops at all four corners). It is across the street from a relatively new food supermarket having a huge elevated sign visible from all four corners. Robeson could not describe that sign, let alone the location, even though it was easily visible (he didn't name the supermarket). It is very familiar to me since my wife and I shop there regularly. Robeson couldn't name a single store in the mini-mall across the street from the market even though there's a Radio Shack outlet next to that HRO. That HRO has now moved again (they had a window sign announcing that for weeks) and we will see if Robeson wants to repeat all of his lies about being in any one of them. :-) Robeson imagined himself to be a "real" GSgt, a DILL sergeant who GIVES orders and is immune to any criticsm. :-) Sorry Anderson Amateur Radio IS NOT Boot Camp! Guess the wannabe DILL sergeant told me, huh? :-) well real boot camp would pleasenter than what Robesin would devise I know Boot camp was accuauly the most fun I had in the army Brian and I were being sarcastic about "boot camp." The US Army and the USAF *never* had "boot camp." In those branches is was called BASIC TRAINING. It still is and is usually referred to familiarly as just "Basic." I "took Basic" at Camp Gordon (now Fort Gordon) which was in 1952 a Signal Corps center and now THE Center for Army Signal Corps. We had to learn basic infantryman soldiering, how to "close with the enemy and destroy them." No fun in that part of Georgia near Agusta. The only communications taught in Basic were courier duties and connecting/using an EE-8 Field Telephone plus laying field wire (real grunt work carrying that auto-pay-out wire box on a back pack). After 8 weeks of Basic we were assigned to Signal Schools...Field Radio and TTY at Gordon, radar-microwave-photography at Ft. Monmouth, NJ. For me, "fun" didn't begin until Monmouth and the ability to actually handle radios, examine their guts and theory, use them on the air. Things have changed greatly in military communications since 54 years ago. The Field Radio MOS long since became extinct and with it the need to learn manual radio- telegraphy. HF radio is still taught but more as an adjunct to VHF radios common from small units to battalion level...the SINCGARS family of digital voice/data, optional frequency-hopping and encrypted modes with a quarter million produced since 1989 and all operational...to be replaced soon with a compatible but upgraded family of radios with more and better features. HT-sized SINCGARS-compatible radios are being used in Iraq and Afghanistan now (you can see them on news telecasts). The ONLY radiotelegraphy classes are centered at the Military Intelligence School at Ft. Huachuca and that for (passive, listening-only) Intercept Analysis purposes, not communications. Some non-active or never-serving morsemen in here have insisted that Special Forces "use" radiotelegraphy since a Special Forces Communications Sergeant MOS is required to know that. Special Forces are very macho in image but they, like the USN SEALs, are a very small group of specialists, for (as their name implies) Special operations. The major Army and land-force marines effort is done by regular land soldiers. "Behind the lines" (quaint euphemism) comms can be done by regular land signal units by encrypted data over VHF-UHF, relay by aircraft or satellite, extemely hard to intercept. Even in the 1990 First Gulf War there was no "CW" used from "Behind enemy lines." The AN/PSC-3 did that or, in a few locations inside Iraq, by VHF voice or data. The extreme mobility of USA land forces now, and in 1990, is described in the many land-forces reports done on the First Gulf War, namely Operation "73-Easting." The final hundred hours of the First Gulf War outdid the best panzerfaust actions of Rommel in North Africa of 1942- 1943. About two orders of magnitude better. One thing that the American military did copy from Rommel's units was "Nevis" or NVIS, Near Vertical Incidence Skywave, short-distance ionospheric bounce that some hams deride as "cloud burning." Nevis works rather well and has been a field procedure in USA-USMC-USAF land-to-land comms for at least a quarter century. World War 2 was over 61 years ago. Vietnam War was over 33 years go. The First Gulf War started (and finished almost as quickly) 16 years ago. The Korean War went into a state of perpetual Truce 53 years ago. Amateur morsemen still gorge their imaginations on the Titanic disaster CW comms of 94 years ago. Time has gone on and technology has changed...for all but those hidebound morsemen are still pipe-dreaming their imagined glory and self-steam after watching old WW2 movies on late-night TV, demanding that future amateurs learn morse to defend their homeland. :-) |
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On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:06:39 GMT, Slow Code wrote: wrote in m: On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:21:34 GMT, Slow Code wrote: wrote in m: On 30 Aug 2006 04:48:26 -0700, wrote: but you are a bad one wanting to take away the preledges other earned for themselves You don't want to earn radio "preledges" Mark. You're too lazy to put forth an effort to earn them. I have earned them You might have gotten some priviledges, but that was only because ham radio has been dumbed down and you didn't have to make an effort to earn them. You're too friggen lazy to put forth an effort to earn anymore priviledges, that's why you want ham radio dumbed down. Now, if I lived near you, I would do CW practice for you to upgrade. I honestly would. What you should do if you have an HF receiver is to try to find some code on air to practice copying. Maybe you could talk N9OGL into making Omega One a code practice station. He could send Code practice runs in between all the ****ty songs he plays. SC |
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Slow Code wrote: wrote in : You might have gotten some priviledges, but that was only because ham radio has been dumbed down and you didn't have to make an effort to earn them. funy how for all you claim to be better than I and better than those that agree with me on code tesing Our view is going to prevail trolling right along |
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