Oh, spare us, Trippy. What would be the point of a contest if it were over
VOIP?
----- Original Message -----
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!
Hi all,
Well, here's where we are in getting me on echo link and hf remote =
bases.
Were not!
First, for the 3rd time, my friend, Rick, wo8m, scanned and faxed my =
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. =
This means that your system's TCP configuration is correct for use with =
EchoLink.
The tester did not receive a response for some of the UDP tests. If you =
have a router or firewall installed, be sure its Port Forwarding feature =
is correctly set. (See Help for details.)"
Trippy's comment, where in the heck do I go on the echolink web site? =
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 =
configured to allow EchoLink to access the Internet.
There appears to be a router between this computer and the Internet. A =
router normally requires special configuration for use with EchoLink."
Folks, that's a crock of crap, because I have no router, just a dsl =
modem, what are they drinking?
For more information, click the Help button above, or see the Firewall =
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 =
contests go on cq100, God, all this could be prevented, all of it. All =
these people who have nice yards, and they can get on hf, and those of =
us who live in places where we can't, like apartments, and condos, what =
a heck of a mess! And what bugs me the most is, the ARRL, witch I will =
not join, because people like me, who are in the minority. The ARRL, =
and most hams, don't give a crap. None of them think about this =
situation, none of them. What will they do, when they can no longer live =
where they have a yard to put up antennas?
This hobby is diing, because of these kind of things, and the attitudes. =
If they would only put contests on cq100, (all contests), then I =
wouldn't be going through all this. The powers that are intrenched, just =
think contests should be on hf, well, really, radio only!
Well, Monday night, on that balcony, will decide what's gonna happen =
with my ham future. If that tuner does what it's suppose to do, great, =
if not, what can I say, but cq100, for the rest of my life, and even =
that's declining, down hill. People are leaving in droves, the ham rules =
aren't being enforced.
It's killing me folks. You might think I'm over dramatic, but if I can't =
have my hobby back, I don't need to live.
There's nothing worse than a life, with your hobbies taken away from ya. =
I know hams in this town, right now, who cannot get on the air, many =
many of them. I ask "why", and they say, "Trippy, I can't put up =
antennas where I live.
" Or, "I'm too old to climb towers, and string wires, and all that =
stuff, and nobody has time. And 99% of the hams in this country could =
care less, and they won't let ham radio come to cq100, where we don't =
have firewall issues, port forwarding issues, issues with skype, issues =
with hf remote base software. But we do have the bands, the frequencies. =
Now, all we need is, all the hams to come over there, and we'll have =
everything we have on hf, and no antennas that you can't put up, either =
because of where you live, or, because you're too old to do all this =
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 =
the air, because no hams in that city will go over there and get her on =
the air., I wish I could get her on the fricken air myself, but I can't, =
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 =
permission. They have no idea about those of us out here, and what they =
either don't care to see, or, what they fail to see is, in the future =
they will be in the same situation as people like me are in. We will all =
get older, we will all be where we can't put up antennas, due to space =
limits, or, our bodies and/or minds will fail.
Trippy, ac8s
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