Hi Buddy,
I don't appreciate your insensativity, and I will tell you this.
I would never say to you, what you just said to me.
Trippy, ac8s
----- Original Message -----
From: Buddy Brannan
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
Wah wah wah wah. You're not the only guy to ever operate from an =
apartment. Think you've got it tough? What about all those hams in =
Tokyo? And, apparently you *don't* read QST, because, sad to say, there =
are lots of hams who live in areas where, for various reasons, they =
can't put up big antennas. Not just apartments, but condos and homes in =
deed-restricted areas. There's lots of information on stealth operating =
if you care to look for it. Except whining is easier, right? If I can't =
have my hobby, I on't want to live=85overdramatic muh?=20
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
On Jun 24, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Steve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Oh, spare us, Trippy. What would be the point of a contest if it were =
over=20
> VOIP?
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Harry Brown
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:40 AM
> Subject: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
>=20
>=20
> Hi all,
> Well, here's where we are in getting me on echo link and hf remote =3D
> bases.
> Were not!
> First, for the 3rd time, my friend, Rick, wo8m, scanned and faxed my =3D=
> license to the folks at echo link.
> It said my license is unreadable, so, no validation!
> Then, a firewall test failure!
> Here's what the test said.
> "Windows XP Service Pack 3
> Local IP address: 192.168.1.78
> Firewall Test Results: FAIL
> The test successfully connected to the EchoLink server on TCP port =
5200. =3D
> This means that your system's TCP configuration is correct for use =
with =3D
> EchoLink.
> The tester did not receive a response for some of the UDP tests. If =
you =3D
> have a router or firewall installed, be sure its Port Forwarding =
feature =3D
> is correctly set. (See Help for details.)"
> Trippy's comment, where in the heck do I go on the echolink web site? =
=3D
> I'll try to find the help, but who knows!
> Now, back to the results.
> "If you have Internet security software installed, be sure it is =3D
> configured to allow EchoLink to access the Internet.
> There appears to be a router between this computer and the Internet. =
A =3D
> router normally requires special configuration for use with EchoLink."
> Folks, that's a crock of crap, because I have no router, just a dsl =3D
> modem, what are they drinking?
> For more information, click the Help button above, or see the Firewall =
=3D
> Solutions page on the EchoLink Web site.
> What a disaster this is.
> Ya know folks, all is nightmare could be prevented if they just let =3D
> contests go on cq100, God, all this could be prevented, all of it. All =
=3D
> these people who have nice yards, and they can get on hf, and those of =
=3D
> us who live in places where we can't, like apartments, and condos, =
what =3D
> a heck of a mess! And what bugs me the most is, the ARRL, witch I will =
=3D
> not join, because people like me, who are in the minority. The ARRL, =
=3D
> and most hams, don't give a crap. None of them think about this =3D
> situation, none of them. What will they do, when they can no longer =
live =3D
> where they have a yard to put up antennas?
> This hobby is diing, because of these kind of things, and the =
attitudes. =3D
> If they would only put contests on cq100, (all contests), then I =3D
> wouldn't be going through all this. The powers that are intrenched, =
just =3D
> think contests should be on hf, well, really, radio only!
> Well, Monday night, on that balcony, will decide what's gonna happen =3D=
> with my ham future. If that tuner does what it's suppose to do, great, =
=3D
> if not, what can I say, but cq100, for the rest of my life, and even =3D=
> that's declining, down hill. People are leaving in droves, the ham =
rules =3D
> aren't being enforced.
> It's killing me folks. You might think I'm over dramatic, but if I =
can't =3D
> have my hobby back, I don't need to live.
> There's nothing worse than a life, with your hobbies taken away from =
ya. =3D
> I know hams in this town, right now, who cannot get on the air, many =3D=
> many of them. I ask "why", and they say, "Trippy, I can't put up =3D
> antennas where I live.
> " Or, "I'm too old to climb towers, and string wires, and all that =3D
> stuff, and nobody has time. And 99% of the hams in this country could =
=3D
> care less, and they won't let ham radio come to cq100, where we don't =
=3D
> have firewall issues, port forwarding issues, issues with skype, =
issues =3D
> with hf remote base software. But we do have the bands, the =
frequencies. =3D
> Now, all we need is, all the hams to come over there, and we'll have =3D=
> everything we have on hf, and no antennas that you can't put up, =
either =3D
> because of where you live, or, because you're too old to do all this =3D=
> antenna stuff, and your body and/or mind, won't let you any more.
> I feel for sister Alverna, wa0sgj, in Rochester, Mn, who can't get on =
=3D
> the air, because no hams in that city will go over there and get her =
on =3D
> the air., I wish I could get her on the fricken air myself, but I =
can't, =3D
> but I feel for her, she's just another casualty.
> I'd love you to send my email to ARRL, you have, for sure, my =3D
> permission. They have no idea about those of us out here, and what =
they =3D
> either don't care to see, or, what they fail to see is, in the future =
=3D
> they will be in the same situation as people like me are in. We will =
all =3D
> get older, we will all be where we can't put up antennas, due to space =
=3D
> limits, or, our bodies and/or minds will fail.
> Trippy, ac8s=20
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