Amen Howard, thanks for your posting about this. I agree with
you and think that the list should just muddle along as it is now
with occasional wonderings off topic but sticking mainly to ham
and other radio related issues. 73, Jim WA6EKS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Date sent: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 15:39:24 -0600
Subject: OT Off topic item posts
While at times the list does wander away from Amateur Radio, for
me that's
OK, sometimes it is a nice diversion.
In general Hams are more knowledgeable in many areas of
technology than the
typical John Doe.
When the Victor Reader Stream came out I subscribed to the Stream
e-mail
list and it was full of a bunch of nuts and there were 100 to 200
messages
per day and few of them contained anything worthwhile in my
opinion.
What little discussion was had here on the Stream or talking
thermostat was
in general interesting.
It isn't practical to have a list for every piece of equipment we
might own
or acquire.
When the occasional off-topic item comes up, it gives some of us
an
opportunity to help someone.
While some of you may talk about huge Delta loop antennas or Icom
equipment,
I have no interest in those subjects and find them just as much a
bother as
the occasional so-called -off-topic item.
I like and collect R.L. Drake equipment and while it is Ham
Radio, you all
would get tired of me posting dozens of posts on that subject.
Folks, lighten-up and use this list to learn something outside
your little
world of Ham Radio and take the opportunity to help someone who
is having a
problem or is looking for information.
Sorry I got on my soapbox.
To get back to Ham Radio, 73 to all of you!
Howard #3
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]
To: <[log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: New blind-hams list?
Relax guys!
On ham radio many things are talked about besides antennas and
radios. If
we need fast reliable and helpful information, putting the words
"off
topic"
in the subject line, both helps those who don't want to talk
about
anything
except radios amplifiers and antennas, and also gives you back
fast
helpful
information. Besides I get my information back from people I
trust.
If the problem can be solved here, we stay here. If not, we
move. Just
like a net and QRM.
Their is a problem and it affects all of us. Some by sending
and others
by
reading.
Personally, I wouldn't be comfortable with a list that allowed
any e-mail
attachments. A virus can attack an address book, and bang!
there you are.
Their is nothing that prevents a person from using a sendspace
or dropbox
link for a file. The other thing is to just take a few seconds
to dig the
address you want to send something to, out of the message
header.
For me, the goal is to keep this community together. What ever
allows
that
to happen is the means to that goal.
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