Text 11855, 82 rader
Skriven 2005-04-20 01:43:03 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 11832 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
Ärende: Off to the Wilderness
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Sean Dennis -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 SD> *** Quoting Ed Hulett from a message to Sean Dennis ***

 EH>> It is rather obvious that none of them know a single thing about what
 EH>> amateur radio is all about. They seem to think that anyone should
 EH>> have the right to buy any radio with any power output and just key up
 EH>> and start chattering. It doesn't work that way.

 SD> Yep.  Vern's sounding like a liberal because I guess he thinks everyone
 SD> should get something for nothing.  We have licenses because in order to
 SD> use the special priviliges (sp) given to us, we have to know what we're
 SD> doing and be accountable for it.  *GASP*  That must go against a lot of
 SD> people's sensibilities here.

It amazes me to read Vern talk about how he owns the airwaves. Like that
ownership gives him the right to use any and all frequencies for whatever he
feels like. Let him pick up a police radio and start using for conversation
between him and his wife. ;-)

 EH>> Cool. Let me know what the url is when you're done with it.

 SD> It's not finished and it'll be moved once I get a job (which should be
 SD> tomorrow): http://home.earthlink.net/~kd5col

Great. Hope you get the job.

 EH>> Cool on the Azden. My first 2 meter mobile was an old used Azden

 SD> Well, that stupid antenna uses a TNC connector.  So, I tried making a
 SD> pigtail with the TNC connector going to a PL-259, dual female SO-239s,
 SD> then to my RG/8U cable.  Unfortunately, the RG-58 cable on the pigtail
 SD> is too noisy (with two full computers and various other equipment in
 SD> here, this place is loaded with RFI).

Heh heh... I know about RFI. I have S9 noise on 80/75 meters. It goes down as I
go up in freqency until it's almost gone on 15, 12, and 10 meters. I haven't
found exactly where it's all coming from, but I suspect a noisy pole pig across
the street.

 SD> I did find a place, quite by accident, that I am able to do a strange,
 SD> but working combination of adapters that should cut the noise out: TNC
 male->> BNC male, then BNC female->PL-239 male->SO-239 female->RG-8/U.
 SD> Complicated, but 100% shielded all the way.  I'm using some very thick
 SD> RG-8/U cable in here-no noise whatsoever.

Sounds good. RFI is not your friend. :-)

 SD> The Azden is actually easier than my Yaesu to program.  The Yaesu has
 SD> nested menus, the Azden has a simple keypad.

Yeah, the newer big brand name radios can be a pain to program. I usually get
the cloning software and cables for any new radio I get. It makes programming a
snap.

 EH>> Anyway, maybe one of these days we'll hear each other on the air.

 SD> I'm hoping so.  The CW part is giving me a bit o' trouble, but it's
 SD> because I get confused with some of the letters.  The numbers are easy.

I found that it helps if you can come up with a word or phrase to say in rythum
with the different characters. The 5 wpm test is easy. It isn't usually given
using the farnsworth method. The character speed and word speed are the same.
In fact, it was so slow when I took the test that it almost tripped me up. ;-)

Despite my nervousness, I got 86% good copy. The test was over before I
realized it.

 SD> Hey, I've got an idea.  I have this little program that translates text
 SD> to CW.  Maybe I should start running my messages through it before I
 SD> post them to you, just to piss off other people in here because we're
 SD> elitists, you know. *chuckle*

ROFL!

There ya go.

That's elitist "sheep." ;-)

Ed

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