Oh, Some of the conversations get pretty interesting, especially from some
of the groupes down in Florida. They do get pretty nasty sometimes which
shouldn't be alowed. We used to listen to them once in awhile when we lived
down their.
Carolyn
Kj4vt
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From: "Mike Barnard" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 4:34 PM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: What do hams talk about on air
> If I wasn't on this list, I wouldn't have found out lots of
> things. Radios, antennas, advice etc. Some of the off topick things
> are just as interesting.
> It's like a radio in some ways delete, or change the station.
> Mike
> KD2CDUAt 04:31 PM 5/17/2014, you wrote:
>>When I tune around, especially on 75 and 20 meters, I hear groups of hams
>>discussing antennas, amplifiers, towers, guns, loading their own
>>ammunition,
>>their cars and trucks, religion, politics, computers, gear from 50 years
>>ago, how their wife and kids and grandkids are doing, what they are going
>>to
>>do on vacation this year, their physical problems, equipment they want to
>>sell, buy, or trade, what they like to eat, getting the car painted, and
>>so
>>many topics unrelated to ham radio, it is unbelievable. I heard a long
>>talk
>>by a guy just recently who had been on cancer treatments and how his son
>>got
>>him some marijuana and he said for a year, it kept his pain and physical
>>discomforts down so he could function and now he is doing great and
>>doesn't
>>need the grass any longer. This is a drop in the bucket from what I hear
>>so
>>why does blind hams have to be so different? I agree with Ron and Jim. I
>>delete more than I read on any list regardless of the list main topic of
>>discussion. This list has answered hundreds of my questions over the
>>years
>>and I've been on blind hams since its conception. I personally enjoy the
>>off topic talk as much as the on topic ham talk because that's how it
>>works
>>on the air.
>>
>>Phil.
>>K0NX
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Dr. Ronald E. Milliman" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 1:46 PM
>>Subject: Re: Ok already, enough!
>>
>>
>> > Jim, Alan, and any others on the list that share their views, I suspect
>> > you
>> > probably perceive many, if not most, if not all, of the messages I post
>> > to
>> > this list as being of no value and hence, a waste of your time.
>> >
>> > I certainly cannot speak for the other members of this list, but it is
>> > obvious that we have a very wide repertoire of hams subscribed, ranging
>> > from
>> > highly experienced in all phases of ham radio to newcomers who are
>> > struggling to comprehend the vast array of information about different
>> > rigs
>> > and their attributes and all of the variations in antennas, their
>> > individual
>> > strengths and limitations, etc. In like manner, some of us are far more
>> > affluent than others and can afford new, top of line equipment, while
>> > others
>> > are not so fortunate. I remember when I didn't have two nickels to rub
>> > together and couldn't afford anything but the cheapest used gear. So, I
>> > urge
>> > that we all step back and reflect on when we were just getting into
>> > electronics and ham radio and remember how it was all mumbo-jumbo to us
>> > in
>> > the beginning. I remember when I didn't even know what coax was.
>> >
>> > Admittedly, I, too, get a little irritated at the posts that just say
>> > things
>> > like: "I agree," or "Ron, any idiot should know that!," or other
>> > similar
>> > kinds of remarks that are meaningless and are simply a waste of time
>> > and
>> > space. So, we just delete them and go on.
>> >
>> > I've been a ham since 1957, and I know quite a bit about electronics
>> > and
>> > ham
>> > radio, but as you can tell from some of my messages and questions, I
>> > sure
>> > don't know it all, and I've found the information shared on this list
>> > extremely useful, not all of it, of course, but you all have answered
>> > some
>> > questions that could not be answered by searching Google or reading
>> > books
>> > or
>> > asking sighted hams. Since we are blind or low-vision, we share a
>> > common
>> > trait that means we also share common challenges, the solutions to
>> > which
>> > we
>> > can also share, like tricks for tuning up our rigs, reading SWR, etc.
>> >
>> > So, Jim, Alan, and others, be patient with those who are struggling to
>> > gain
>> > the knowledge and experience you have; we are all valuable in different
>> > ways!
>> >
>> > Ron, K8HSY
>> >
>> > Dr. Ronald E. Milliman
>> > Retired Professor of Marketing
>> > President: A3 Business Solutions (a3businesssolutions.com)
>> > President: M&M Properties
>> > Chair: American Council of the Blind's PR Committee
>> > Chair: American Council of the Blind's MMS Committee
>> > President: South Central Kentucky Council of the Blind (SCKCB.ORG)
>> >
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