POOR WHITLESS TRITCH, CAN'T SEEM TO LEARN HOW TO CALL HIS
HERO PROPERLY. HE COMES ON LIKE THIS " VE7KFM HELLO HELLO
YOU THERE" DOES THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND OF COURSE FORGETS
TO USE HIS CALL.
KEEP IT UP GUYS AND KAROL WILL END UP COSTING YOU YOUR LICENSE.
Dan/W4NTI
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
KAROL GETS DRUNK ON 3 BOTTLES OF CHEAP BEER.
POOR KAROL, IT ONLY TAKES THREE BEERS TO GET HIM DRUNK. HE
MUST BE DRUNK. HE THINKS THAT WRECK VOLVA "RUNS LIKE A TOP"
AND HE CLAIMS IT GOT HIS A HOUSE WORTH 500 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Uhhhhhhhhh.....SOUNDS LIKE A PROJECT FOR THE WWW.VE7KFM.COM
SITE TO ME.....
DID ANYONE HEAR KAROL SAYING THE GROUP HE WAS WITH (????)
ADVOCATED KILLING RCMP, ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE????
WOW...THAT IS SOME SERIOUS CRAP.
I WAS THERE AGAIN TONIGHT BECAUSE HE KEEPS CALLING ME. I
GUESS HE MISSES HEARING ME. SO I CALL HIM AND HE SAYS
HE CAN'T HEAR ME. OH WELL.
MY WIFE IS A NURSE, WELL WHEN SHE WAS WORKING ANYWAY. SHE
SAYS KAROL SOUNDS ROUGH, HE NEEDS TO HAVE HIS BREATHING
CHECKED.....COME ON KAROL WE ALL KNOW UR A FRIGGIN SICK
PUPPY....BUT WE DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE, WE JUST WANT YOU
TO SHUT THE HELL UP.
MUST BE DRUNK. HE THINKS THAT WRECK VOLVA "RUNS LIKE A TOP"
AND HE CLAIMS IT GOT HIS A HOUSE WORTH 500 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Uhhhhhhhhh.....SOUNDS LIKE A PROJECT FOR THE WWW.VE7KFM.COM
SITE TO ME.....
DID ANYONE HEAR KAROL SAYING THE GROUP HE WAS WITH (????)
ADVOCATED KILLING RCMP, ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE????
WOW...THAT IS SOME SERIOUS CRAP.
I WAS THERE AGAIN TONIGHT BECAUSE HE KEEPS CALLING ME. I
GUESS HE MISSES HEARING ME. SO I CALL HIM AND HE SAYS
HE CAN'T HEAR ME. OH WELL.
MY WIFE IS A NURSE, WELL WHEN SHE WAS WORKING ANYWAY. SHE
SAYS KAROL SOUNDS ROUGH, HE NEEDS TO HAVE HIS BREATHING
CHECKED.....COME ON KAROL WE ALL KNOW UR A FRIGGIN SICK
PUPPY....BUT WE DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE, WE JUST WANT YOU
TO SHUT THE HELL UP.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
I HAVE A QUESTION
BEEN LISTENING TO KAROL, VE7KFM, PONTIFICATE ON 14.275
TONIGHT AND MANY OTHER EVENINGS.
WE ALL KNOW KAROL IS SUCH A MILITARY MAN AND HE DID OPEN
THE DISCUSSION TO Q AND A. EVEN THO HE IS IGNORING ALL
QUESTIONS.
HE KEEPS SAYING " GUILTY OF MURDER OF ENEMY COMBATANTS".
ANYONE OUT THERE TRANSLATE THIS FOR ME???
OF COURSE KAROL IS NOW TALKING TO A TAPE OF RILEY, K4ZDH.
AMAZING.
Dan/W4NTI
TONIGHT AND MANY OTHER EVENINGS.
WE ALL KNOW KAROL IS SUCH A MILITARY MAN AND HE DID OPEN
THE DISCUSSION TO Q AND A. EVEN THO HE IS IGNORING ALL
QUESTIONS.
HE KEEPS SAYING " GUILTY OF MURDER OF ENEMY COMBATANTS".
ANYONE OUT THERE TRANSLATE THIS FOR ME???
OF COURSE KAROL IS NOW TALKING TO A TAPE OF RILEY, K4ZDH.
AMAZING.
Dan/W4NTI
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Karol vs the CQ WW DX PHONE Contest
HEARD THE GREAT VE7KFM ATTACKING THE INCONSIDERATE
CONTESTERS ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IN THE MIDDLE
OF ALL THAT QRM FROM ACTIVE STATIONS KAROL MANAGED TO
PICK OUT THE FOLLOWING STATIONS AS BEING THE QRMERS.
KZ8O, K3VR, NEITHER OF WHICH WAS HEARD HERE. I WAS
TOTALLY AMAZED THAT I WAS NOT INCLUDED. MAYBE I SHOULD
HAVE WAITED AROUND A BIT LONGER.
KAROL WAS ALSO HEARD TO CALL CQ AND WORK SEVERAL
STATIONS. HOWEVER HE SEEMED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY
GETTING THE FORMAT RIGHT. FOR THE MOST PART HE
GOT HE WAS IN ZONE 3, BUT HE TOLD THOSE WORKING
HIM HE DIDN'T NEED THEIR NUMBERS. GUESS HE WAS
JUST THERE TO QRM THE FREQUENCY AS USUAL.
WELL AS THEY SAY...GOOD LUCK IN THE CONTEST. SINCE IT IS
A PHONE ONE I DIDN'T PLAY MUCH. DID MANAGE TO WORK
SOME DECENT STUFF THO. WOULD YOU BELIEVE WORKED 9M8Z
THAT'S EAST MALASIA AND A DECENT SHOT WITH OR WITHOUT
KAROL.
ONE MORE THING I HAVE DRAGGED UP A RELIC OF THE 14.313
STUPIDITY. KAROLS NEW NAME IS
"BUCKET MOUTH SPONGE BOY."
Dan/W4NTI
CONTESTERS ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IN THE MIDDLE
OF ALL THAT QRM FROM ACTIVE STATIONS KAROL MANAGED TO
PICK OUT THE FOLLOWING STATIONS AS BEING THE QRMERS.
KZ8O, K3VR, NEITHER OF WHICH WAS HEARD HERE. I WAS
TOTALLY AMAZED THAT I WAS NOT INCLUDED. MAYBE I SHOULD
HAVE WAITED AROUND A BIT LONGER.
KAROL WAS ALSO HEARD TO CALL CQ AND WORK SEVERAL
STATIONS. HOWEVER HE SEEMED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY
GETTING THE FORMAT RIGHT. FOR THE MOST PART HE
GOT HE WAS IN ZONE 3, BUT HE TOLD THOSE WORKING
HIM HE DIDN'T NEED THEIR NUMBERS. GUESS HE WAS
JUST THERE TO QRM THE FREQUENCY AS USUAL.
WELL AS THEY SAY...GOOD LUCK IN THE CONTEST. SINCE IT IS
A PHONE ONE I DIDN'T PLAY MUCH. DID MANAGE TO WORK
SOME DECENT STUFF THO. WOULD YOU BELIEVE WORKED 9M8Z
THAT'S EAST MALASIA AND A DECENT SHOT WITH OR WITHOUT
KAROL.
ONE MORE THING I HAVE DRAGGED UP A RELIC OF THE 14.313
STUPIDITY. KAROLS NEW NAME IS
"BUCKET MOUTH SPONGE BOY."
Dan/W4NTI
Saturday, October 25, 2008
REQUIRED READING FOR THOSE THAT BELIEVE IN AMERICA
Please drop those Democrat and Republican banners, and
take a few minutes to give this a listen.
Go visit this site.
http://www.fredpac.com/
Dan/W4NTI
take a few minutes to give this a listen.
Go visit this site.
http://www.fredpac.com/
Dan/W4NTI
Friday, October 24, 2008
GOOD SOLAR CYCLE NEWS (IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS ONE)
For a while now we have been going up/down about the "Latest
news on the upcoming cycle). Well here is YET ANOTHER view.
Personally I go by results. Althought I did work P29NI
in Papau New Guini at 3 am the other morning.
And it ain't been all that good lately. We shall see.
Hey, if your into a good Short Wave Broadcast station. It comes
out of Maine (NO it ain't K1MAN) tune to 7.415. Great programming.
Dan/W4NTI
A NEW CYCLE 24 SUNSPOT APPEARS
Some encouraging news for DX'ers and any ham who hopes to one day work some distant contacts. Whats being called a 'new-cycle' sunspot belonging to Solar Cycle 24 has shown itself near the stars northeastern limb. The new spot, now designated as SSN 1005 was reported over the weekend of the 12th and 13th making this the third time in as many weeks that a new-cycle sunspot has interrupted the year's run of blank solar activity.
The accelerating pace of new-cycle sunspots is viewed an encouraging sign by astronomers and hams alike. For radio amateurs, it seems to be saying that while solar activity remains very low, the sunspot cycle is unfolding more or less normally. In other words, we are not stuck in a prolonged solar minimum. At least we hope its not.
More about this new sunspot and overall solar activity is on line at www dot spaceweather dot com. And remember that Spaceweather is spelled as one word. (Southgate, Spaceweather)
news on the upcoming cycle). Well here is YET ANOTHER view.
Personally I go by results. Althought I did work P29NI
in Papau New Guini at 3 am the other morning.
And it ain't been all that good lately. We shall see.
Hey, if your into a good Short Wave Broadcast station. It comes
out of Maine (NO it ain't K1MAN) tune to 7.415. Great programming.
Dan/W4NTI
A NEW CYCLE 24 SUNSPOT APPEARS
Some encouraging news for DX'ers and any ham who hopes to one day work some distant contacts. Whats being called a 'new-cycle' sunspot belonging to Solar Cycle 24 has shown itself near the stars northeastern limb. The new spot, now designated as SSN 1005 was reported over the weekend of the 12th and 13th making this the third time in as many weeks that a new-cycle sunspot has interrupted the year's run of blank solar activity.
The accelerating pace of new-cycle sunspots is viewed an encouraging sign by astronomers and hams alike. For radio amateurs, it seems to be saying that while solar activity remains very low, the sunspot cycle is unfolding more or less normally. In other words, we are not stuck in a prolonged solar minimum. At least we hope its not.
More about this new sunspot and overall solar activity is on line at www dot spaceweather dot com. And remember that Spaceweather is spelled as one word. (Southgate, Spaceweather)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
WAKE UP USA. SCREW THE REST OF THE WORLD.
Remember the Marshall Plan where after beating the Nazi's back to the
hell they came from we REBUILT the ungrateful nations of Europe, we
did the same to our previous enemies. And after Nuking Japan TWICE
we rebuilt their nation. NOW both Japan and Germany are world powers
in their own right. And then we keep troops and treasure there to
save their sorry butts in case someone less benevelent wants to
pass along their best.
Look folks...you can look for a long time and not find a country out
there that does NOT OWE the USA for some form of pulling their fat
out of the fire.
Instead of kissing their ass and begging they let us do our own
political thing we SHOULD start COLLECTING what is owed us.
Hell, with interest, if we collected our WW2 Debt we could END
our financial trouble within a freakin year. The interest ALONE
would pay off our debt.
See or hear any offers lately?
IMHO we need to postion orbital nuke platforms over every single
country in the world. And use that for our diplomacy. Screw
the world. Your time to pay US back.
Dan/W4NTI
hell they came from we REBUILT the ungrateful nations of Europe, we
did the same to our previous enemies. And after Nuking Japan TWICE
we rebuilt their nation. NOW both Japan and Germany are world powers
in their own right. And then we keep troops and treasure there to
save their sorry butts in case someone less benevelent wants to
pass along their best.
Look folks...you can look for a long time and not find a country out
there that does NOT OWE the USA for some form of pulling their fat
out of the fire.
Instead of kissing their ass and begging they let us do our own
political thing we SHOULD start COLLECTING what is owed us.
Hell, with interest, if we collected our WW2 Debt we could END
our financial trouble within a freakin year. The interest ALONE
would pay off our debt.
See or hear any offers lately?
IMHO we need to postion orbital nuke platforms over every single
country in the world. And use that for our diplomacy. Screw
the world. Your time to pay US back.
Dan/W4NTI
Can someone explain this to me.
I just heard Karol, VE7KFM, go for 45 minutes with a desertation
about why he thinks 14.275 has gone nuts.
It included the "fact" (according to Karol) that it's all KZ8Os
fault, (previously ND8V), And somehow it includes the events
of 9/11, Crazy people (again according to Karol), K1MAN being
put off the frequency seemingly because he interfered with
KZ8O and "others" Guess that means, anyone that don't agree
with Karol, eh?
Actually it sounded somewhat paranoid and KFM was doing ALL
the talking.
Well, now there is a super loud tape, sounds like a tape of
N1FM and KFM and a guy named George.
Personally I don't see any connection.
What I need help with tho is this, how does all this have
ANYTHING to do with Homosexualitiy, Man on Man sex ? and
pictures in a "bath house".
Again this is all from VE7KFM's mouth.
Dan/W4NTI
about why he thinks 14.275 has gone nuts.
It included the "fact" (according to Karol) that it's all KZ8Os
fault, (previously ND8V), And somehow it includes the events
of 9/11, Crazy people (again according to Karol), K1MAN being
put off the frequency seemingly because he interfered with
KZ8O and "others" Guess that means, anyone that don't agree
with Karol, eh?
Actually it sounded somewhat paranoid and KFM was doing ALL
the talking.
Well, now there is a super loud tape, sounds like a tape of
N1FM and KFM and a guy named George.
Personally I don't see any connection.
What I need help with tho is this, how does all this have
ANYTHING to do with Homosexualitiy, Man on Man sex ? and
pictures in a "bath house".
Again this is all from VE7KFM's mouth.
Dan/W4NTI
R U a LID ?
SO YOU WANT TO BE A LID!
Lid...a term used in amateur radio to denote a poor operator; one who is inept at the practice of the art.
A monumental problem facing amateur radio today is the alarming amount of poor operators filling the air waves. It is the opinion of many that one of the reasons for this is the fact that many of the new operators really have not been advised about proper operating procedures. Too many of the "amateur radio classes" produced today spend very little, if any, time correcting operating procedures. Their major thrust is to teach the code, cram the theory, and fill out a 610 form!
It is easy to be a lid, it must be, there are so many of them. If you are already a lid, read on. you may find some new "lid-isms." If you are not yet a full-fledged lid, you may learn some new material for your next transmissions.
Probably the most popular is "QRZ the frequency." Nobody can be quite sure what the exact meaning of this is. The ARRL Handbook lists QRZ as a CW "shorthand" signal meaning "Who is calling me?" On phone it may mean something else, although I can't imagine a frequency calling someone! I even heard a W5 utter "QRZ the channel!" Now this guy is a chief lid. The frequency was silent for a while (Probably as most good operators were in a state of shock) and then a signal from afar responded, "This is the channel and I wasn't calling you!"
I think "QRZ the channel" and "QRZ the frequency" are real winners. Use them a lot. You'll chase the good, experienced hams out of their gourds.
Actually, the use of "Q" signals on phone is in itself a true "lid-ism." The "Q" signals were devised by high speed CW operators as a form of "shorthand" in order to speed up their transmissions. What use they have on phone is questionable, as in many cases you can say the actual meaning just as fast. In many cases they cause more confusion than if you would have said the actual meaning. Then you get the real lid who comes off with "QRM-Mary or QRN-Nancy?" Good heavens, why didn't he just say he had interference?
Now, you must be ready with this one at a moment's notice: "HI." Never, ever, laugh if you find something funny. Say "HI" or even better "HI-HI." It doesn't really take the place of laughter, but it tells the other operators that you know how to laugh on CW.
Another one. Always give your callsign phonetically when operating on phone, especially when conditions are good and signals are clear. It's another small way to take up valuable air time without really adding any intelligence to a conversation. To cut a fine line, it is not legal to identify your station by saying "Whiskey Five Victor Sierra Romeo." If your call is issued W5VSR, the identification is "This is W5VSR." If copy is difficult and for clarification, then, "This is W5VSR. Whiskey Five Victor Sierra Romeo." So continue your lid-ism and show how clever you can be with ridiculous phonetics. A good friend of mine is W5BS; he has a lot of self-restraint!!
Are you interested in DX? Put these on your DX lid list, "CQ Dog X-Ray." jazz it up a little by saying, impressively "CQ Dog X-Ray, beaming Asia." Not only does that improve your antenna's directionality, but it lets everyone hearing you think you have a beam, whether you do or not.
The number one, all time lid award of the century goes to those great DX operators who listen down on one frequency in the foreign part of the band and transmit up in the American phone band without ever listening on the transmitting frequency to see if it was clear. Of course, you must use two processors, in tandem, mike gain wide open, and drive your three 8877 final tubes with an SB-220 while bellering forth, "CQ Dog X-Ray" for five continuous minutes, before listening. This is the way to attract lots of attention. Lots of it!
Next on the list is the subject of "Break." I do believe that we inherited that one from the CBers. Just find a comfortable roundtable in progress, and say "Break" or better "Break-Break" or best "Breaker-Breaker." Don't give any calls; neither the station you hear nor your own. Don't listeh for a few minutes first to find out if you can hear all of the stations in the roundtable. Just break in and disrupt everything. If that doesn't work, start tuning up your rig on that frequency. After all, aren't the frequencies there for all to enjoy?
Here are some quickies: Say "Go" or "Come back" or "C'mon, Good Buddy," instead of "Over" if you think you must say anything at all to let the other operator know you are ready to listen to him. Don't forget the all time Broderick Crawford "10-4" or better "That's a big 10-4."
It is a shame the F.C.C. no longer requires us to indicate portable operation. They have taken away another opportunity for the lid-ism---"This is Whiskey Five Very Strong Radio, Port Five." I just typed this on my port typewriter!
RESULTS GUARANTEED!!
Did you ever hear a phone operator who sounds like he's operating from a dungeon? Maybe he is, but even without a dungeon you can get the same effect by turning up your mike gain and holding your Golden Eagle D-104 at least one foot, better at two, from your face. Never close talk a mike. Disc Jockeys never do and they are "cool." When you are on the air, you are "cool" too, so you do the same. Communications microphones are designed to be close talked. Keep that mike gain at a minimum level. That way you won't be transmitting the voices of your wife and kids screaming five rooms away. Of course, to be a super lid in the audio department, do use a "power mike" driving a processor. Everybody knows that the engineers who designed your transmitter purposely made it short on mike gain.
Lastly, when giving your name, refer to it as your "Handle." It's folksy. And be sure to say, "The handle here is Beaver." That's liddier than just plain, "My name is Beaver." It also helps to punctuate your remarks with "By golly" whenever possible and remember whenever in a large roundtable, especially on a VHF repeater, give each and every call sign in the group complete with phonetics when IDing. Also don't forget to add "For ID" after your callsign.
There are many other ways to be a lid, but I feel confident that if more operators were to take a look at this disaster from the lighter side, perhaps we'll all see just how ridiculous most of the phone operation on the ham bands is today. Phone conversation should really not take on a much different atmosphere from talking to your friends on the telephone. Do you say "Over" or "Break" or the worst "Come back" when you are on the telephone? Well then, why do so many do it on the amateur bands? All of that is ever so redundant on a repeater system where most have "End-of-transmission" beep tones; and of course, there is usually a squelch burst ahead of that, so you actually ended up with a fellow ending his sentence with "Come back".... followed by a squelch burst followed by the repeater's beep and in many cases the repeater carrier dropping. You have just four indications that it's your turn! QSL?
Let's all pay more attention to this problem and see if we can help "Clean up" our operations and put amateur radio operations back up to the more professional nature that it enjoyed before many poor habits of the CB band crept up on us.
This article appeared in the September, 1978, Ham Radio Horizons, entitled "So You Want To Be a Lid!," by A.J. "Buddy" Massa, W5VSR.
Lid...a term used in amateur radio to denote a poor operator; one who is inept at the practice of the art.
A monumental problem facing amateur radio today is the alarming amount of poor operators filling the air waves. It is the opinion of many that one of the reasons for this is the fact that many of the new operators really have not been advised about proper operating procedures. Too many of the "amateur radio classes" produced today spend very little, if any, time correcting operating procedures. Their major thrust is to teach the code, cram the theory, and fill out a 610 form!
It is easy to be a lid, it must be, there are so many of them. If you are already a lid, read on. you may find some new "lid-isms." If you are not yet a full-fledged lid, you may learn some new material for your next transmissions.
Probably the most popular is "QRZ the frequency." Nobody can be quite sure what the exact meaning of this is. The ARRL Handbook lists QRZ as a CW "shorthand" signal meaning "Who is calling me?" On phone it may mean something else, although I can't imagine a frequency calling someone! I even heard a W5 utter "QRZ the channel!" Now this guy is a chief lid. The frequency was silent for a while (Probably as most good operators were in a state of shock) and then a signal from afar responded, "This is the channel and I wasn't calling you!"
I think "QRZ the channel" and "QRZ the frequency" are real winners. Use them a lot. You'll chase the good, experienced hams out of their gourds.
Actually, the use of "Q" signals on phone is in itself a true "lid-ism." The "Q" signals were devised by high speed CW operators as a form of "shorthand" in order to speed up their transmissions. What use they have on phone is questionable, as in many cases you can say the actual meaning just as fast. In many cases they cause more confusion than if you would have said the actual meaning. Then you get the real lid who comes off with "QRM-Mary or QRN-Nancy?" Good heavens, why didn't he just say he had interference?
Now, you must be ready with this one at a moment's notice: "HI." Never, ever, laugh if you find something funny. Say "HI" or even better "HI-HI." It doesn't really take the place of laughter, but it tells the other operators that you know how to laugh on CW.
Another one. Always give your callsign phonetically when operating on phone, especially when conditions are good and signals are clear. It's another small way to take up valuable air time without really adding any intelligence to a conversation. To cut a fine line, it is not legal to identify your station by saying "Whiskey Five Victor Sierra Romeo." If your call is issued W5VSR, the identification is "This is W5VSR." If copy is difficult and for clarification, then, "This is W5VSR. Whiskey Five Victor Sierra Romeo." So continue your lid-ism and show how clever you can be with ridiculous phonetics. A good friend of mine is W5BS; he has a lot of self-restraint!!
Are you interested in DX? Put these on your DX lid list, "CQ Dog X-Ray." jazz it up a little by saying, impressively "CQ Dog X-Ray, beaming Asia." Not only does that improve your antenna's directionality, but it lets everyone hearing you think you have a beam, whether you do or not.
The number one, all time lid award of the century goes to those great DX operators who listen down on one frequency in the foreign part of the band and transmit up in the American phone band without ever listening on the transmitting frequency to see if it was clear. Of course, you must use two processors, in tandem, mike gain wide open, and drive your three 8877 final tubes with an SB-220 while bellering forth, "CQ Dog X-Ray" for five continuous minutes, before listening. This is the way to attract lots of attention. Lots of it!
Next on the list is the subject of "Break." I do believe that we inherited that one from the CBers. Just find a comfortable roundtable in progress, and say "Break" or better "Break-Break" or best "Breaker-Breaker." Don't give any calls; neither the station you hear nor your own. Don't listeh for a few minutes first to find out if you can hear all of the stations in the roundtable. Just break in and disrupt everything. If that doesn't work, start tuning up your rig on that frequency. After all, aren't the frequencies there for all to enjoy?
Here are some quickies: Say "Go" or "Come back" or "C'mon, Good Buddy," instead of "Over" if you think you must say anything at all to let the other operator know you are ready to listen to him. Don't forget the all time Broderick Crawford "10-4" or better "That's a big 10-4."
It is a shame the F.C.C. no longer requires us to indicate portable operation. They have taken away another opportunity for the lid-ism---"This is Whiskey Five Very Strong Radio, Port Five." I just typed this on my port typewriter!
RESULTS GUARANTEED!!
Did you ever hear a phone operator who sounds like he's operating from a dungeon? Maybe he is, but even without a dungeon you can get the same effect by turning up your mike gain and holding your Golden Eagle D-104 at least one foot, better at two, from your face. Never close talk a mike. Disc Jockeys never do and they are "cool." When you are on the air, you are "cool" too, so you do the same. Communications microphones are designed to be close talked. Keep that mike gain at a minimum level. That way you won't be transmitting the voices of your wife and kids screaming five rooms away. Of course, to be a super lid in the audio department, do use a "power mike" driving a processor. Everybody knows that the engineers who designed your transmitter purposely made it short on mike gain.
Lastly, when giving your name, refer to it as your "Handle." It's folksy. And be sure to say, "The handle here is Beaver." That's liddier than just plain, "My name is Beaver." It also helps to punctuate your remarks with "By golly" whenever possible and remember whenever in a large roundtable, especially on a VHF repeater, give each and every call sign in the group complete with phonetics when IDing. Also don't forget to add "For ID" after your callsign.
There are many other ways to be a lid, but I feel confident that if more operators were to take a look at this disaster from the lighter side, perhaps we'll all see just how ridiculous most of the phone operation on the ham bands is today. Phone conversation should really not take on a much different atmosphere from talking to your friends on the telephone. Do you say "Over" or "Break" or the worst "Come back" when you are on the telephone? Well then, why do so many do it on the amateur bands? All of that is ever so redundant on a repeater system where most have "End-of-transmission" beep tones; and of course, there is usually a squelch burst ahead of that, so you actually ended up with a fellow ending his sentence with "Come back".... followed by a squelch burst followed by the repeater's beep and in many cases the repeater carrier dropping. You have just four indications that it's your turn! QSL?
Let's all pay more attention to this problem and see if we can help "Clean up" our operations and put amateur radio operations back up to the more professional nature that it enjoyed before many poor habits of the CB band crept up on us.
This article appeared in the September, 1978, Ham Radio Horizons, entitled "So You Want To Be a Lid!," by A.J. "Buddy" Massa, W5VSR.
So, you think the Dems are peacenicks, eh?
Subj: John Glenn (DEMOCRAT) Said This:
I'm sure someone of an opposite political bent may rebut this. However, it
is an interesting take that none of the main stream press seems to have
addressed.
IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP THIS CIRCULATING!
John Glenn (DEMOCRAT) said this ----- It should make us all think a little:
There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in January. In the fair city
of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's just one
American city, about as deadly as the entire war-torn country of Iraq .
When some claim that President Bush shouldn't have started this war, tell
them the following :
FDR (DEMOCRAT) led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us; Japan
did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives
were lost ... an average of 112,500 per year.
Truman (DEMOCRAT) finished that war and started one in Korea . North Korea
never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost .. an average of
18,334 per year.
John F. Kennedy (DEMOCRAT) started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam
never attacked us.
Johnson (DEMOCRAT) turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000
lives were lost ... an average of 5,800 per year.
Clinton (DEMOCRAT) went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent.
Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter
three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple
occasions..
This one is a fact
that makes me mad as h*ll.
In the years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two
countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in
Libya, Iran, and, North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a
terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. And the Democrats are
complaining about how long the war is taking.
But Wait, There's more.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno (DEMOCRAT) to take
the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation
We've been looking for evidence for chemical weapons in
Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton (DEMOCRAT) to find the Rose
law firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy
the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police
after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida
!!!
Our
Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB! The Military morale is high!
The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts.
But Wait ..There's more!
JOHN GLENN (on the Senate floor - January 26, 2004)
Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they do
for a living. This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard
Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu
speech, but it's also a good example of one man's explanation of why men and
women in the armed services do what they do for a living.
This IS a typical, though sad, example of what some who have
never served think of the military.
Senator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn):
'How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?'
Senator Glenn (D-Ohio): 'I served 23 years in the United States Marine
Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by
anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in the space program. It
wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It was not a
nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to
the bank. I ask you to go with me, as I went the other day . .. to a
veteran's hospital and
look those men ... with their mangled bodies ... in the eye, and tell THEM
they didn't hold a job!
You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the
widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee .. and you
look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DAD'S didn't hold a real
job.
You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery
, where I have more friends buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch
those waving flags You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you
have the gall to tell ME that those people didn't have a job?
What about Metzenbaum? For those who don't remember During W.W.II, Howard
Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA .
Now he's a Senator!
If you can
read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English thank a
Veteran.
It might not be a bad idea to keep this circulating. I AM
I'm sure someone of an opposite political bent may rebut this. However, it
is an interesting take that none of the main stream press seems to have
addressed.
IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP THIS CIRCULATING!
John Glenn (DEMOCRAT) said this ----- It should make us all think a little:
There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in January. In the fair city
of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's just one
American city, about as deadly as the entire war-torn country of Iraq .
When some claim that President Bush shouldn't have started this war, tell
them the following :
FDR (DEMOCRAT) led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us; Japan
did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives
were lost ... an average of 112,500 per year.
Truman (DEMOCRAT) finished that war and started one in Korea . North Korea
never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost .. an average of
18,334 per year.
John F. Kennedy (DEMOCRAT) started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam
never attacked us.
Johnson (DEMOCRAT) turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000
lives were lost ... an average of 5,800 per year.
Clinton (DEMOCRAT) went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent.
Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter
three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple
occasions..
This one is a fact
that makes me mad as h*ll.
In the years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two
countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in
Libya, Iran, and, North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a
terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. And the Democrats are
complaining about how long the war is taking.
But Wait, There's more.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno (DEMOCRAT) to take
the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation
We've been looking for evidence for chemical weapons in
Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton (DEMOCRAT) to find the Rose
law firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy
the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police
after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida
!!!
Our
Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB! The Military morale is high!
The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts.
But Wait ..There's more!
JOHN GLENN (on the Senate floor - January 26, 2004)
Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they do
for a living. This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard
Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu
speech, but it's also a good example of one man's explanation of why men and
women in the armed services do what they do for a living.
This IS a typical, though sad, example of what some who have
never served think of the military.
Senator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn):
'How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?'
Senator Glenn (D-Ohio): 'I served 23 years in the United States Marine
Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by
anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in the space program. It
wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It was not a
nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to
the bank. I ask you to go with me, as I went the other day . .. to a
veteran's hospital and
look those men ... with their mangled bodies ... in the eye, and tell THEM
they didn't hold a job!
You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the
widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee .. and you
look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DAD'S didn't hold a real
job.
You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery
, where I have more friends buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch
those waving flags You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you
have the gall to tell ME that those people didn't have a job?
What about Metzenbaum? For those who don't remember During W.W.II, Howard
Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA .
Now he's a Senator!
If you can
read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English thank a
Veteran.
It might not be a bad idea to keep this circulating. I AM
Sunday, October 19, 2008
DID YA KNOW
TODAY IN 1781 GENERAL CORNWALLIS SURRENDERED TO
THE FLEDGLING CONTINENTAL ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA?
MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE
YOUR BIG MAC'S YOUR HAPPY, EH?
Dan/W4NTI
THE FLEDGLING CONTINENTAL ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA?
MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE
YOUR BIG MAC'S YOUR HAPPY, EH?
Dan/W4NTI
Something to think about.
"The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men." —Samuel Adams
In his Inaugural Address on 20 January, 1961, President John F. Kennedy closed his remarks with these famous words: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
With those words, JFK, considered by many to be the most exemplary leader of the Democrat Party in the 20th Century, asked Americans to put country first, a bedrock principle of the Party until the last few decades.
However today, the current slate of Democrats have turned Jack Kennedy's national challenge on end, essentially proclaiming, "ask what your country can do for you, not what you can do for your country."
In 1963, Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and said for all to hear, "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Has his dream been realized, or have Democrat leaders divided us up into constituency groups, where we are judged by all manner of ethnicity and special interests rather than the individual and national character King envisioned?
Kennedy and King had it right, but the Democrat Party has squandered their great legacy, and betrayed us, moreover enslaving many Americans as dependant wards of the state.
This is not the Democrat Party envisioned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Harry Truman, much less its founder, Thomas Jefferson, who would not recognize even the most vestigial elements of his once-noble Party. (This dramatic transition is evident in the Democrat Party Platforms from Kennedy to Obama.)
When asked why he left the Democrat Party, perhaps the most famous of former Democrats said, "I did not leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me." That was Ronald Reagan, who earned the respect and support of an enormous number of Democrats during his presidency. His observation, "the Party left me," has never been more true than today.
For several months, we have heard and observed two presidential candidates, centrist Republican John McCain and liberal Democrat Barack Obama. It should by now, be obvious to all of us who put our country first, which of these candidates possess the high qualities of a statesman, and the prerequisite moral and civic virtues for an American president.
Unfortunately, too many of my fellow Americans have difficulty distinguishing these qualities.
Every four years, at the peak of presidential election cycles, we're told by the talkingheads and the party hacks that "this election is the most important in our lifetimes." This time, however, they may be right. These are indeed perilous times.
Our nation is facing crises on several critical fronts, including an historic economic disaster, the resolution of which will require the steady hand of a statesman in possession of outstanding character — character that has been honed over his lifetime, character that is proven consistent with our nation's legacy of liberty and equality.
That reformed Democrat, Ronald Reagan, wrote, "The character that takes command in moments of crucial choices has already been determined by a thousand other choices made earlier in seemingly unimportant moments. It has been determined by all the 'little' choices of years past — by all those times when the voice of conscience was at war with the voice of temptation, [which was] whispering the lie that 'it really doesn't matter.' It has been determined by all the day-to-day decisions made when life seemed easy and crises seemed far away — the decision that, piece by piece, bit by bit, developed habits of discipline or of laziness; habits of self-sacrifice or self-indulgence; habits of duty and honor and integrity — or dishonor and shame."
For the first and final word on the necessary character traits the next president should possess, let's return to our foundation, our Founders, those who risked all to proclaim our individual rights and responsibilities as ordained by God, and outlined them in our Declaration of Independence and its subordinate exposition, our Republic's Constitution.
Our Founders wrote at length about character, both of those who seek high office (or, rather, those that high office seeks), and those who elect them. Here are but a few excerpts in their own words.
John Adams: "Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. ... If we suffer [the minds of young people] to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives. ... We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. ... We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections."
Samuel Adams: "Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters. ... If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men possessed of these other excellent qualities are chosen to fill the seats of government, we may expect that our affairs will rest on a solid and permanent foundation. ... [N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. ... No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders. ... Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country. ... Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness."
Thomas Jefferson: "It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution. ... If a nation expects to be ignorant — and free — in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. ... The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. ... An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
George Washington: "No compact among men ... can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words, that no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the one side, aided by the sapping current of corrupted morals on the other. ...[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted [early in life] are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous. ... The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world. ...[W]here is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths...? Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness — these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens."
At the end of the Revolution, when our Founders were endeavoring "to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity," Founding brothers Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and our Constitution's author, James Madison, wrote The Federalist Papers, its most authentic and comprehensive explication.
In Federalist No. 1, Hamilton warned, "Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants."
Sound familiar?
In No. 10, Madison cautions, "Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm," and insisted in No. 57, "The aim of every political Constitution is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers, men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous, whilst they continue to hold their public trust."
Madison's Supreme Court nominee, Justice Joseph Story, wrote, "Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them."
The Founders thus warned of the perils posed by the candidate who lacks political courage; the candidate who tells us everything we want to hear.
In November 1800, John Adams, in his fourth year as president, wrote to his wife Abigail, "I Pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessing on this house, and on ALL that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof!"
We should all pray likewise, now, today, this minute.
As Adams understood, "A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."
Almost two centuries later, Ronald Reagan reiterated, "Freedom is ... never more than one generation away from extinction. Every generation has to learn how to protect and defend it, or it's gone and gone for a long, long time."
So, what of the current generation of voters, and the two presidential candidates?
On 4 November, one of these candidates will receive a majority of electoral votes, and in January, be seated as our next president. But for sure, this election is much more than a referendum on the two candidates; it is a referendum on the ability of Americans to discern between one candidate who possesses the character and integrity of a statesman, which the office of president requires, and one who does not.
At this pivotal moment in our nation's history, let's hope that a majority of us have sufficient courage and character to make that distinction, and vote on what we know rather than how we feel.
Let's put country first.
For more information on the character of the presidential candidates, link to The McCain record and The Obama record.
Please forward these insights to your family, friends and associates.
In his Inaugural Address on 20 January, 1961, President John F. Kennedy closed his remarks with these famous words: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
With those words, JFK, considered by many to be the most exemplary leader of the Democrat Party in the 20th Century, asked Americans to put country first, a bedrock principle of the Party until the last few decades.
However today, the current slate of Democrats have turned Jack Kennedy's national challenge on end, essentially proclaiming, "ask what your country can do for you, not what you can do for your country."
In 1963, Martin Luther King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and said for all to hear, "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
Has his dream been realized, or have Democrat leaders divided us up into constituency groups, where we are judged by all manner of ethnicity and special interests rather than the individual and national character King envisioned?
Kennedy and King had it right, but the Democrat Party has squandered their great legacy, and betrayed us, moreover enslaving many Americans as dependant wards of the state.
This is not the Democrat Party envisioned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt or Harry Truman, much less its founder, Thomas Jefferson, who would not recognize even the most vestigial elements of his once-noble Party. (This dramatic transition is evident in the Democrat Party Platforms from Kennedy to Obama.)
When asked why he left the Democrat Party, perhaps the most famous of former Democrats said, "I did not leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me." That was Ronald Reagan, who earned the respect and support of an enormous number of Democrats during his presidency. His observation, "the Party left me," has never been more true than today.
For several months, we have heard and observed two presidential candidates, centrist Republican John McCain and liberal Democrat Barack Obama. It should by now, be obvious to all of us who put our country first, which of these candidates possess the high qualities of a statesman, and the prerequisite moral and civic virtues for an American president.
Unfortunately, too many of my fellow Americans have difficulty distinguishing these qualities.
Every four years, at the peak of presidential election cycles, we're told by the talkingheads and the party hacks that "this election is the most important in our lifetimes." This time, however, they may be right. These are indeed perilous times.
Our nation is facing crises on several critical fronts, including an historic economic disaster, the resolution of which will require the steady hand of a statesman in possession of outstanding character — character that has been honed over his lifetime, character that is proven consistent with our nation's legacy of liberty and equality.
That reformed Democrat, Ronald Reagan, wrote, "The character that takes command in moments of crucial choices has already been determined by a thousand other choices made earlier in seemingly unimportant moments. It has been determined by all the 'little' choices of years past — by all those times when the voice of conscience was at war with the voice of temptation, [which was] whispering the lie that 'it really doesn't matter.' It has been determined by all the day-to-day decisions made when life seemed easy and crises seemed far away — the decision that, piece by piece, bit by bit, developed habits of discipline or of laziness; habits of self-sacrifice or self-indulgence; habits of duty and honor and integrity — or dishonor and shame."
For the first and final word on the necessary character traits the next president should possess, let's return to our foundation, our Founders, those who risked all to proclaim our individual rights and responsibilities as ordained by God, and outlined them in our Declaration of Independence and its subordinate exposition, our Republic's Constitution.
Our Founders wrote at length about character, both of those who seek high office (or, rather, those that high office seeks), and those who elect them. Here are but a few excerpts in their own words.
John Adams: "Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. ... If we suffer [the minds of young people] to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives. ... We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. ... We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections."
Samuel Adams: "Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters. ... If men of wisdom and knowledge, of moderation and temperance, of patience, fortitude and perseverance, of sobriety and true republican simplicity of manners, of zeal for the honour of the Supreme Being and the welfare of the commonwealth; if men possessed of these other excellent qualities are chosen to fill the seats of government, we may expect that our affairs will rest on a solid and permanent foundation. ... [N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. ... No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders. ... Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country. ... Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness."
Thomas Jefferson: "It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution. ... If a nation expects to be ignorant — and free — in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. ... The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. ... An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
George Washington: "No compact among men ... can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words, that no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the one side, aided by the sapping current of corrupted morals on the other. ...[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted [early in life] are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous. ... The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world. ...[W]here is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths...? Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness — these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens."
At the end of the Revolution, when our Founders were endeavoring "to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity," Founding brothers Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and our Constitution's author, James Madison, wrote The Federalist Papers, its most authentic and comprehensive explication.
In Federalist No. 1, Hamilton warned, "Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants."
Sound familiar?
In No. 10, Madison cautions, "Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm," and insisted in No. 57, "The aim of every political Constitution is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers, men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous, whilst they continue to hold their public trust."
Madison's Supreme Court nominee, Justice Joseph Story, wrote, "Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them."
The Founders thus warned of the perils posed by the candidate who lacks political courage; the candidate who tells us everything we want to hear.
In November 1800, John Adams, in his fourth year as president, wrote to his wife Abigail, "I Pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessing on this house, and on ALL that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof!"
We should all pray likewise, now, today, this minute.
As Adams understood, "A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."
Almost two centuries later, Ronald Reagan reiterated, "Freedom is ... never more than one generation away from extinction. Every generation has to learn how to protect and defend it, or it's gone and gone for a long, long time."
So, what of the current generation of voters, and the two presidential candidates?
On 4 November, one of these candidates will receive a majority of electoral votes, and in January, be seated as our next president. But for sure, this election is much more than a referendum on the two candidates; it is a referendum on the ability of Americans to discern between one candidate who possesses the character and integrity of a statesman, which the office of president requires, and one who does not.
At this pivotal moment in our nation's history, let's hope that a majority of us have sufficient courage and character to make that distinction, and vote on what we know rather than how we feel.
Let's put country first.
For more information on the character of the presidential candidates, link to The McCain record and The Obama record.
Please forward these insights to your family, friends and associates.
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I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THE SEXUAL PERVERTS,
LYING SOB'S AND GENERAL MALCONTENTS THAT
LIKE TO DISRUPT CONVERSATIONS AND OR
DISCUSSIONS WITH STUPID, IGNORANT AND
IRRELEVANT COMMENTARY. NOT TO MENTION
JUST PLAIN BULLSHIT.
SO, SINCE I CAN'T SCREEN THEM ALL OUT I
HAVE DECIDED TO CLOSE THIS BLOG TO ONLY
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BUT I SEE NO ALTERNATIVE.
THUS, PLEASE SEND ME YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS,
WITH YOUR REAL NAME AND CALLSIGN IF YOU
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LYING SOB'S AND GENERAL MALCONTENTS THAT
LIKE TO DISRUPT CONVERSATIONS AND OR
DISCUSSIONS WITH STUPID, IGNORANT AND
IRRELEVANT COMMENTARY. NOT TO MENTION
JUST PLAIN BULLSHIT.
SO, SINCE I CAN'T SCREEN THEM ALL OUT I
HAVE DECIDED TO CLOSE THIS BLOG TO ONLY
THOSE I DESIRE TO BE HERE. I HATE IT,
BUT I SEE NO ALTERNATIVE.
THUS, PLEASE SEND ME YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS,
WITH YOUR REAL NAME AND CALLSIGN IF YOU
HAVE IT, TO THE E-MAIL I HAVE LISTED ON
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Friday, October 17, 2008
The Federalist Papers
FOR THOSE OF US THAT SEEM TO HAVE TROUBLE
THESE DAYS COMPREHENDING THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LIVE UNDER. ALLOW ME
TO PRESENT SOME LIGHT READING.
Go visit this site.
THESE DAYS COMPREHENDING THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LIVE UNDER. ALLOW ME
TO PRESENT SOME LIGHT READING.
Go visit this site.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
TODAY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DIED
Mark this date down, October 14, 2008, this
is the day the United States ceased to exist.
Against the well thought out advise of our
founding fathers this government has chosen
to become bankers. All good intentioned of
course, but it will lead to the total change
to Socialism that our for fathers were concerned
about and the Left wing zealots have vigerously
persued since the days of the Hippies.
We have essentially ended the well thought out
system of checks and balances designed into our
form of Democracy which has worked these nearly
300 years.
When one branch of the government controls the
purse strings and can tell banks who to lend
to, and how much,at what rate, or at all then
the that system fails. As does the concept of
Government so well preserved untill now.
President Bush tried to make it more palatable
by saying it is ALL temporary. Trust me, it
is not. That is what Roosevelt said about
Social Security ("it is not intended to replace
the individuals savings for his own retirement").
A separate fund in each persons name USED to be
where the Social Security was placed. Lindon
Baines Johnson changed all that. He had to finance
that other unpopular war, Vietnam. So all the
SS money went to the General Fund, on a "temporary
basis". Guess what? That was in 1967 or so, and
the money STILL goes to the fund. It will never
change.
Did you hear Obama talking to that Plumber? He
was explaining that he wants to take his money
and distribute it to every one else.
Did you hear Obama say he wants to tax just the
rich and pay for the social programs with it.
A sharp talking head actually called it what it
is. SOCIALISM.
And now Bush says it is only temporary. Don't hold
your breath.
Be careful what happens next. Be real careful about
big government taking more of our freedoms. After
the Patriot act and now this we better be putting
that second amendment to use.
Good by America, it's been a hell of a run.
is the day the United States ceased to exist.
Against the well thought out advise of our
founding fathers this government has chosen
to become bankers. All good intentioned of
course, but it will lead to the total change
to Socialism that our for fathers were concerned
about and the Left wing zealots have vigerously
persued since the days of the Hippies.
We have essentially ended the well thought out
system of checks and balances designed into our
form of Democracy which has worked these nearly
300 years.
When one branch of the government controls the
purse strings and can tell banks who to lend
to, and how much,at what rate, or at all then
the that system fails. As does the concept of
Government so well preserved untill now.
President Bush tried to make it more palatable
by saying it is ALL temporary. Trust me, it
is not. That is what Roosevelt said about
Social Security ("it is not intended to replace
the individuals savings for his own retirement").
A separate fund in each persons name USED to be
where the Social Security was placed. Lindon
Baines Johnson changed all that. He had to finance
that other unpopular war, Vietnam. So all the
SS money went to the General Fund, on a "temporary
basis". Guess what? That was in 1967 or so, and
the money STILL goes to the fund. It will never
change.
Did you hear Obama talking to that Plumber? He
was explaining that he wants to take his money
and distribute it to every one else.
Did you hear Obama say he wants to tax just the
rich and pay for the social programs with it.
A sharp talking head actually called it what it
is. SOCIALISM.
And now Bush says it is only temporary. Don't hold
your breath.
Be careful what happens next. Be real careful about
big government taking more of our freedoms. After
the Patriot act and now this we better be putting
that second amendment to use.
Good by America, it's been a hell of a run.
Monday, October 13, 2008
ANYONE RECOGNIZE THIS ANTENNA ?
A FRIEND OF MINE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT JUST
WHAT IT IS SO HE CAN PUT IT ON HIS RV.
YEP, HE IS A BONAFIDE ROAD WARRIOR.
WONDER IF HE NEEDS A ROTAR TOO?
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
WHAT IT IS SO HE CAN PUT IT ON HIS RV.
YEP, HE IS A BONAFIDE ROAD WARRIOR.
WONDER IF HE NEEDS A ROTAR TOO?
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
K3TP Just can't leave things alone.
A well know Karol Madera supporter, K3TP,
recently issued dead mans call has apparantly
decided it is time to stir things up on
QRZ. At this point it is just LIBEL. I'll
be checking with my lawyer tomorrow.
As Karol enjoys saying "stay tuned"
Go visit this site.
#13 Today, 12:28 AM
w4nti
QRZ Member Join Date: Dec 1999
Posts: 713
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You sir are a liar.
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QUOTE:
Originally Posted by k3tp
I heard the 14.275 lids (k3vr, w4nti, and some others) drive them off frequency this morning. VK9DWX was operating on 14.275, and these clowns operated on top of them, and drove them off frequency. I suppose that the new fcc regulations are that an FCC licensed station preempts any station licensed by any other ITU approved licensing authority (HI HI), and that dx expeditions are to be considered "harmful interference" (HI HI).
Anyone else hear the lids driving VK9DWX off frequency?
One fellow was really annoyed to hear k3vr telling him off, and asked k3vr to identify. K3VR identified in code, and told the guy that if he didn't understand it, he must be one of the new no code generals or extras. He then made a few snide remarks about pipsqueaks using IC-703's and 706's, pointing out that he had an IC-7800. Great operator, isn't he? Really welcoming to new hams, isn't he?
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By virtue of the fact that YOU, K3TP are a supporter of the Crazy Canadian, VE7KFM, this is to be expected from you.
Tomorrow I will be asking my lawyer how to continue. As a start I would expect a apology rendered here on QRZ in this thread, would be a good start. Games are over.
Dan/W4NTI
recently issued dead mans call has apparantly
decided it is time to stir things up on
QRZ. At this point it is just LIBEL. I'll
be checking with my lawyer tomorrow.
As Karol enjoys saying "stay tuned"
Go visit this site.
#13 Today, 12:28 AM
w4nti
QRZ Member Join Date: Dec 1999
Posts: 713
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You sir are a liar.
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QUOTE:
Originally Posted by k3tp
I heard the 14.275 lids (k3vr, w4nti, and some others) drive them off frequency this morning. VK9DWX was operating on 14.275, and these clowns operated on top of them, and drove them off frequency. I suppose that the new fcc regulations are that an FCC licensed station preempts any station licensed by any other ITU approved licensing authority (HI HI), and that dx expeditions are to be considered "harmful interference" (HI HI).
Anyone else hear the lids driving VK9DWX off frequency?
One fellow was really annoyed to hear k3vr telling him off, and asked k3vr to identify. K3VR identified in code, and told the guy that if he didn't understand it, he must be one of the new no code generals or extras. He then made a few snide remarks about pipsqueaks using IC-703's and 706's, pointing out that he had an IC-7800. Great operator, isn't he? Really welcoming to new hams, isn't he?
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By virtue of the fact that YOU, K3TP are a supporter of the Crazy Canadian, VE7KFM, this is to be expected from you.
Tomorrow I will be asking my lawyer how to continue. As a start I would expect a apology rendered here on QRZ in this thread, would be a good start. Games are over.
Dan/W4NTI
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Solar Cycle 24 firing up.
Space Weather News for Oct. 11, 2008
http://spaceweather.com
NEW SUNSPOT: A "new-cycle" sunspot belonging to Solar Cycle 24 is emerging near the sun's northeastern limb. This is the third time in as many weeks that a new-cycle sunspot has interrupted the year's remarkable run of blank suns. The accelerating pace of new-cycle sunspot production is an encouraging sign that, while solar activity remains very low, the sunspot cycle is unfolding more or less normally. We are not stuck in a permanent solar minimum. Readers with solar telescopes should train them on the sun this weekend to observe sunspot genesis in action.
AURORA WATCH: Sky watchers from Alaska to Scandinavia should be alert for auroras tonight. A solar wind stream is buffeting Earth's magnetic field and causing high-latitude geomagnetic storms.
Visit http://spaceweather.com for images and updates.
Sign up for free Space Weather News bulletins:
http://spaceweather.com/services/
Yesterday I worked Tasmania (VK7) LONG PATH over the North Pole.
Great signals both ways.
Keep a watch on long patch you will be surprised. Like point
your antenna East and make some noise.
http://spaceweather.com
NEW SUNSPOT: A "new-cycle" sunspot belonging to Solar Cycle 24 is emerging near the sun's northeastern limb. This is the third time in as many weeks that a new-cycle sunspot has interrupted the year's remarkable run of blank suns. The accelerating pace of new-cycle sunspot production is an encouraging sign that, while solar activity remains very low, the sunspot cycle is unfolding more or less normally. We are not stuck in a permanent solar minimum. Readers with solar telescopes should train them on the sun this weekend to observe sunspot genesis in action.
AURORA WATCH: Sky watchers from Alaska to Scandinavia should be alert for auroras tonight. A solar wind stream is buffeting Earth's magnetic field and causing high-latitude geomagnetic storms.
Visit http://spaceweather.com for images and updates.
Sign up for free Space Weather News bulletins:
http://spaceweather.com/services/
Yesterday I worked Tasmania (VK7) LONG PATH over the North Pole.
Great signals both ways.
Keep a watch on long patch you will be surprised. Like point
your antenna East and make some noise.
Real Home Brew Radio
Check out OLD RADIO's in each month of QST. Better
than the magazine.
September shows how to make a TUBE. Thats right
How to make a tube. Now that's a home made
setup
Go visit this site.
than the magazine.
September shows how to make a TUBE. Thats right
How to make a tube. Now that's a home made
setup
Go visit this site.
Friday, October 10, 2008
DUMB ASSES ALIVE AND WELL
TODAY ON 14.275 KAROL WAS DOING HIS USUAL STUPID DEEDS.
HOWEVER JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO A FELLA OUT OF MY
NORTH EAST EVEN BEAT HIM OUT.
VK7XX FROM TASMANIA WAS COMING IN OVER THE POLE ON
LONG PATH AND UP COMES A MORON REPLAYING KAROL DOING
A CQ.
WITH THE LONG PATH OPEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHERE
IT WAS COMING FROM. BUT IT PEAKED TO MY NORTH EAST.
THEN FADED OUT, AND LAST HEARD FROM MY SOUTH EAST.
THIS INDICATES I WAS HEARING THE LONG PATH SIGNAL FROM
A STATION OUT OF FLORIDA...POSSIBLE?? AT THE SAME TIME
THE TASMANIA STATION LOST SIGNIFICANT STRENGTH.
SO I WILL SAY I BELIEVE WE HAVE A ROTTEN APPLE IN THE
MIX OUT OF FLORIDA. ONE THING FOR SURE IT WAS NOT
KFM, KZ8O, OR VR.
COME ON FOLKS A BIT MORE OF THIS IS NEEDED.
Dan/W4NTI
HOWEVER JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO A FELLA OUT OF MY
NORTH EAST EVEN BEAT HIM OUT.
VK7XX FROM TASMANIA WAS COMING IN OVER THE POLE ON
LONG PATH AND UP COMES A MORON REPLAYING KAROL DOING
A CQ.
WITH THE LONG PATH OPEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHERE
IT WAS COMING FROM. BUT IT PEAKED TO MY NORTH EAST.
THEN FADED OUT, AND LAST HEARD FROM MY SOUTH EAST.
THIS INDICATES I WAS HEARING THE LONG PATH SIGNAL FROM
A STATION OUT OF FLORIDA...POSSIBLE?? AT THE SAME TIME
THE TASMANIA STATION LOST SIGNIFICANT STRENGTH.
SO I WILL SAY I BELIEVE WE HAVE A ROTTEN APPLE IN THE
MIX OUT OF FLORIDA. ONE THING FOR SURE IT WAS NOT
KFM, KZ8O, OR VR.
COME ON FOLKS A BIT MORE OF THIS IS NEEDED.
Dan/W4NTI
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
KAROL says "I also flew the S2 when in the Canadian Navy"
Heard today on 14.275 from you know who...... Let's see now.
He was a Lawyer......NOT
He was a Graduate of the "Equivalent of the American West Point"...
NOT. He was a SELF ADMITTED ACTING Lance Corporal.
He was trained in Electronic Warfare.......Not (don't even know
what a AD COCK antenna is.
He stood on the BORDERS of FREEDOM....Possibly, I met some real flaks in NATO in Germany in the 70s.
The most believable one is....He wore the Blue Hat and was a
Liberian.
This is better than a soap opera.
Dan/W4NTI
IT SEEMS I OWE KAROL AN APOLOGY.
Not knowing who the anonomous poster was on my post
of yesterday I'll have to go on faith he is for real.
Assuming he does indeed live close to KZ8O and his
reason for saying what he does is pure as the
wind driven snow....Then it wasn't Karol doing what
I thought he was. I APOLOGIZE TO YOU KAROL. But I
assure you I'll be listening.
Like today...about 2PM on 14.275 Good ole Karol shows
up at tells W3HEM of the Northrup Gruman Net that he
recommended they come to this frequency more often.
Well, not sure that's such a good idea consider his
tactics and all. I'm sure his invitation was in
good faith, right? eh? Time will tell I reckon.
of yesterday I'll have to go on faith he is for real.
Assuming he does indeed live close to KZ8O and his
reason for saying what he does is pure as the
wind driven snow....Then it wasn't Karol doing what
I thought he was. I APOLOGIZE TO YOU KAROL. But I
assure you I'll be listening.
Like today...about 2PM on 14.275 Good ole Karol shows
up at tells W3HEM of the Northrup Gruman Net that he
recommended they come to this frequency more often.
Well, not sure that's such a good idea consider his
tactics and all. I'm sure his invitation was in
good faith, right? eh? Time will tell I reckon.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
POOR KAROL HAS GONE NUTS
KAROL HAS A GREAT NEW DEAL GOING. HE SITS UP THERE
AND COMPLAINS ABOUT BEING ABUSED BY MOSTLY AMERICANS.
THEN HE FIRES UP A TAPE AND CLAIMS IT IS EVERYONE
ELSE JAMMING HIM. I THINK I WILL WORK HIM OVER A BIT.
COME ON IN AND JOIN THE FUN. YOU TWO UP THERE IN
PANSY LAND ARE WELCOME, ASSUMING YOU CAN GET A SIGNAL.
AND COMPLAINS ABOUT BEING ABUSED BY MOSTLY AMERICANS.
THEN HE FIRES UP A TAPE AND CLAIMS IT IS EVERYONE
ELSE JAMMING HIM. I THINK I WILL WORK HIM OVER A BIT.
COME ON IN AND JOIN THE FUN. YOU TWO UP THERE IN
PANSY LAND ARE WELCOME, ASSUMING YOU CAN GET A SIGNAL.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
TO ALL YOU COWARDS THAT THINK YOU'RE AMERICANS.
Hank,
This country has turned into the Socialist Government the old Soviet Union tried to turn us into.
Nikita S. Kruschev, Premier, USSR in 1961 stood at the Pulpit at the United Nations in New York City and removed his shoe and began to bang it's heel while swearing to the Adlie Stevenson and the entire gathering of nations "WE WILL BURY YOU"
Congratulations to you left wing wacko's. With your HELP he accomplished just that.
I AM ASHAMED TO CALL YOU MY FELLOW COUNTRYMEN. You are a discrace and do not deserve to live under the Stars and Stripes.
Do me a favor please. When you pass the flag again please bow your heads, don't even try to salute her. You have discraced her enough.
And when you see a veteran or one of our proud hero's that are taking the fight to the enemy in the Middle East, stop, cross the street and go the other way. You don't deserve to walk down the same street of a true American.
And when those you wanted to take us over, take you out of the crowd, and put the gun to your head, you will know why. Cowards.
Dan/W4NTI
ex SGT US AIR FORCE
SGT US ARMY
VIETNAM VETERAN
This country has turned into the Socialist Government the old Soviet Union tried to turn us into.
Nikita S. Kruschev, Premier, USSR in 1961 stood at the Pulpit at the United Nations in New York City and removed his shoe and began to bang it's heel while swearing to the Adlie Stevenson and the entire gathering of nations "WE WILL BURY YOU"
Congratulations to you left wing wacko's. With your HELP he accomplished just that.
I AM ASHAMED TO CALL YOU MY FELLOW COUNTRYMEN. You are a discrace and do not deserve to live under the Stars and Stripes.
Do me a favor please. When you pass the flag again please bow your heads, don't even try to salute her. You have discraced her enough.
And when you see a veteran or one of our proud hero's that are taking the fight to the enemy in the Middle East, stop, cross the street and go the other way. You don't deserve to walk down the same street of a true American.
And when those you wanted to take us over, take you out of the crowd, and put the gun to your head, you will know why. Cowards.
Dan/W4NTI
ex SGT US AIR FORCE
SGT US ARMY
VIETNAM VETERAN
Friday, October 3, 2008
IF YOUR WAITING FOR BETTER PROPAGATION...WELL PERHAPS WE SHOULD TRY 100 KC.
Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age
Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 is now the 'blankest year' of the Space Age.
As of September 27, 2008, the sun had been blank, i.e., had no visible sunspots, on 200 days of the year.
To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go back to 1954, three years before the launch of Sputnik, when the sun was blank 241 times.
"Sunspot counts are at a 50-year low," says solar physicist David Hathaway of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. "We're experiencing a deep minimum of the solar cycle."
Coinciding with the string of blank suns is a 50-year record low in solar wind pressure, a recent discovery of the Ulysses spacecraft. (See the Science@NASA story Solar Wind Loses Pressure.)
The pressure drop began years before the current minimum, so it is unclear how the two phenomena are connected, if at all. This is another mystery for SDO and the others.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/
30sep_blankyear.htm?list1066509
I remember being a pre hi school kid and learning of the IGY, International Geophysical Year. Think that was about 1958. It was supposed to be the highest peak in sunspots in recorded history. I believe it made it. I'll guarantee you everything since has been
downhill.
Don't give up, just concentrate on the lower bands. 40 will be
the premier DX band, followed by 20. If you do CW I suggest 30 meters will be excellent.
So unless you want to go with 200 foot towers and phased verticals
and loops enjoy what is available. 80 and 160 will amaze you,
especially since US 80meters is now down to 3.6 Mhz.
Dan/W4NTI
Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 is now the 'blankest year' of the Space Age.
As of September 27, 2008, the sun had been blank, i.e., had no visible sunspots, on 200 days of the year.
To find a year with more blank suns, you have to go back to 1954, three years before the launch of Sputnik, when the sun was blank 241 times.
"Sunspot counts are at a 50-year low," says solar physicist David Hathaway of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. "We're experiencing a deep minimum of the solar cycle."
Coinciding with the string of blank suns is a 50-year record low in solar wind pressure, a recent discovery of the Ulysses spacecraft. (See the Science@NASA story Solar Wind Loses Pressure.)
The pressure drop began years before the current minimum, so it is unclear how the two phenomena are connected, if at all. This is another mystery for SDO and the others.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/
30sep_blankyear.htm?list1066509
I remember being a pre hi school kid and learning of the IGY, International Geophysical Year. Think that was about 1958. It was supposed to be the highest peak in sunspots in recorded history. I believe it made it. I'll guarantee you everything since has been
downhill.
Don't give up, just concentrate on the lower bands. 40 will be
the premier DX band, followed by 20. If you do CW I suggest 30 meters will be excellent.
So unless you want to go with 200 foot towers and phased verticals
and loops enjoy what is available. 80 and 160 will amaze you,
especially since US 80meters is now down to 3.6 Mhz.
Dan/W4NTI
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
PLEASE RETHINK YOUR VOTE FOR THIS GUY
Obama’s Radical Agenda Exposed
An Urgent Message from The National Republican Trust PAC
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He even has terrorist friends he won’t denounce. One such man is William Ayers, a leader in the radical terrorist group the Weatherman Underground. The group bombed several government buildings, including the Pentagon, killing civilians and police officers.
In 2001, Ayers said he had no regrets for his actions and wished he could have done more.
The ties between Obama and Ayers are tight. Both served on two non profit boards and they worked closely together. Ayers even hosted a political event at his home for Obama.
Obama has acknowledged he is a friend of Ayers and defends his association by saying he, Obama, was only 8 years old at the time of the Pentagon bombing.
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