Hi.

That is why joining radio clubs is a good idea.  That way you form those 
relationships and come to know the people in your community.  I live in a 
metropolitan area of about 400,000 people, and I'm not afraid to have hams 
over to help with projects, and I'm well known in the community.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 07:23 PM 11/6/2008 +1100, you wrote:
>I thought I'd better sit on this one for a while, before I posted on it.
>my XYL and I are in a relationship.
>as you are well aware, it's all about comprimise.
>let me put it in terms that'll make it easier on all concerned.
>first point,
>we rent this property.
>i.e. we don't own it. so anything I put up here must be able to be torn
>down at a moment's notice and single handedly. i.e. one person job.
>secondly, she and I had many troubles with cb operators many years back
>and I suspect a good many of them listen to, or have, migrated to the
>ham bands.
>knowing the majority of cb operators around sydney as I do, save those
>that choose to stay well out of the whole main stream 40 channel
>spectrum, a high portion of those operators would rather rob you then help.
>and as much as we want to believe amateur operators are a more civilised
>bunch,,, for the most part, they are.
>this is due partly to the fact that by law, they have to be. i.e.
>following correct operating procedures.
>and partly to the fact that a good many of them are x cb operators that
>got out of the game due to the afforemensioned ratbag element.
>neither the XYL or I wish to take the risk in inviting people we don't
>know from addam over, only to find ourselves in a pile of dung we won't
>be able to dig our way out of.
>we rarely have people round as it is, and those we do have round we know
>rather well, and trust.
>and thus my friends, we come to the crux of the matter.
>neither of us trust easily.
>and as much as other hams might wish to help, people, in general, do not
>care for other people's predicament. thus, you end up with an
>installation you can't tackle on your own if need be, and an unhappy
>landlord.
>if it were our own house, and we trusted the people to do what we asked
>of them, then yes I'd allow people to assist me.
>as it stands now, it's simply a case of:
>fooll me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me. fool me thrice,
>then it's my own stupid fault.
>sorry for the long pose, I just want people to understand where it is we
>are coming from.
>Shaun,
>vk2fese,
>web sites:
>http://www.myspace.com/blindmanshaunoliver
>http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/
>skype: brailledude
>
>
>--
>Shaun,
>vk2fese,
>web sites:
>http://www.myspace.com/blindmanshaunoliver
>http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/
>skype: brailledude
>
>
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