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Sindow posted:Which one of you is this I think he misunderstood the point of the "myspace angle"
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Jose Pointero fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Mar 21, 2010 23:20
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I really don't think it's a good idea to post people's addresses on here.
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Jose Pointero fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Mar 21, 2010 23:30
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Can't anyone just use his call to get his address immediately? If you blur the call then you'd also have to take down the link and, well, then it's not funny anymore.
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Mar 21, 2010 23:41
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AtomicMonsters posted:Can't anyone just use his call to get his address immediately? If you blur the call then you'd also have to take down the link and, well, then it's not funny anymore. Posting personal info that isn't yours is not liked around here, but an internet detective's work is never done.
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Jose Pointero fucked around with this message at 03:49 on Aug 28, 2019 |
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Mar 21, 2010 23:50
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I think this is one of those rare situations where we can let this slide. Basically the OP is a list of nerd residences.
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Mar 22, 2010 02:38
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Speaking of call signs look what the Texas Department of Transportation gave me! (Yes I made them fix it, but kept these for my shack, also great to throw them on at ham conventions)
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Mar 22, 2010 06:42
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Sindow posted:Which one of you is this I giving kinky on you... quote:I enjoy receiving straight sex,and giving kinky on you. SSBBW? Single Side Ba... 
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Mar 22, 2010 16:34
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bladernr posted:I giving kinky on you... SSBBW? Single Side Ba... [/quote] Single Side-Big Beautiful Women. WHAAA???
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Mar 22, 2010 16:48
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Phuzion posted:Single Side-Big Beautiful Women. Nah. Its Single Side Band - Bordered at Waist. Breast men would be all over the USB (Upper Side, Boobs) while the rear end fans would be all about the LSB (Lower Side, Butt). Example: I got this SSBBW I'm seeing. Her USB is a little weak, but the LSB more than makes up for it. I could moonbounce that poo poo all night long!
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Mar 22, 2010 20:50
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BigHustle posted:Nah. Its Single Side Band - Bordered at Waist. Also, this guy apparently likes to piss on people. Or be pissed on. 
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Mar 22, 2010 21:14
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Has anyone looked that call up on google? This guy has many profiles: http://www.stdfriends.com/KB3CNV
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Mar 22, 2010 22:08
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Back when I was still in elementary school, I was somewhat into amateur radio and electronics in general, but as my track in education took me further towards computer programming, I began to shy away from ham radio and electronics. I've always still held an interest, though, it's just been a matter of finding the time among everything else I've been doing. Long story short, this is the first time I've actually gotten around to checking this thread out, and I still managed to get 77% accuracy on the Tech test on QRZ. I'm thinking about spending a weekend or two brushing up on the terms I'm still unfamiliar with, then getting my Tech license just for fun. With that in mind, are there any "gotchas" that I should know about when taking the test, or is it just a standard written test? Thanks for the cool thread, by the way. I'll be reading it more often.
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Blue Bar Crash posted:With that in mind, are there any "gotchas" that I should know about when taking the test, or is it just a standard written test? The only thing I can suggest is to make sure you know the material itself and not memorize the correct letter assigned to the answers in the question pool. The pool may have the answer to T1A01 marked as A, but the actual test may have the correct answer on lines B, C, or D. According to the greybeard that runs testing for one of the clubs here, they have a handful of people each year who memorize the question and letter associated with the test pool instead of learning their poo poo and end up bombing the test because the answers aren't the same. I went and took the Tech and General at the same time. It's worth the extra study time to have the expanded privileges, especially if you want to do more than chat with the local repeater retards. Most of the bands between 6m and 80m are either not available for Tech use or they're limited to where they can run frequency-wise.
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Blue Bar Crash - The tech exam is pretty easy, really. Download one of the various practice exam programs and practice a few times and you'll be fine. It's been a few years since I took it, but it's not terribly long and most of the exam focuses on FCC rules and safety with a small bit that actually covers radios and antennae. Also, while you're there, go ahead and take at least the General exam. It won't cost you anything extra, and you might just luck out... When I took the tech exam, I missed General by 2 questions, having never even seen any of the materials for General. When I took General, I missed Extra by about 5 after only quickly studying. Either way, I'd say get General as fast as you can. That's, IMHO, where the real fun is (not to dis any UHF/VHF ops). ReD_DaWn posted:Has anyone looked that call up on google? This guy has many profiles: http://www.stdfriends.com/KB3CNV STD(s) : Other 
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ReD_DaWn posted:Has anyone looked that call up on google? This guy has many profiles: http://www.stdfriends.com/KB3CNV bladernr posted:STD(s) : Other He thinks an STD is a SWR Tuned Dipole. I think we need to invite him to join Hamsexy and see what happens.
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So on Friday I think I'm taking the opportunity to stop at the AES in Milwaukee. Must. Resist. Urge. To. Buy. Something. Expensive!
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nmfree posted:So on Friday I think I'm taking the opportunity to stop at the AES in Milwaukee. Must. Resist. Urge. To. Buy. Something. Expensive! Please post a trip report. I am lucky (or unlucky) that there is a Ham Radio outlet about 9 miles from my house.
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Just passed my general and tech exam a few weeks ago. My father's a Ham, so a lot of the stuff I knew from growing up around it. Still, I don't know what the hell I'm doing. OP, can you add me to the list? KB1TTV. edit: I wasn't directly inspired by the thread, but thanks to the links in the first post, the test was easy. Thanks! No no serious fucked around with this message at 15:32 on Mar 24, 2010 |
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No no serious posted:Just passed my general and tech exam a few weeks ago. My father's a Ham, so a lot of the stuff I knew from growing up around it. Still, I don't know what the hell I'm doing. "Hey dad, I was thinking, you could really use one of those Yaesu 9000MPs, it would really look good in the shack..."
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This guy entertains me; he's a total nutjob. I hope someone tracks him down eventually.
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nmfree posted:Congratulations! Ha! I was half expecting him to give me a whole Ham setup. He's a generous person, but I think he's having money problems (who isn't). I did pick up a VX-8R, which I'm loving. I'm so glad I thought ahead and found one with dual receivers, so I can mess with APRS while listening to the cranky guys on 2m talk about running to the store to get milk, and how their wives suck. A rig that can do 40m will be my next acquisition. Hey speaking of APRS... I searched for this everywhere. Is it possible (and often used) to do reliable long-distance communication via APRS? i.e.: if I see someone in Fiji on aprs.fi, is it possible to send them a message from around the world only via APRS? Or is it only really for local data (albeit gatewayed to the 'net). On that same note, are there any BBSs or similar things I can contact interactively with APRS?
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No no serious posted:Hey speaking of APRS... I searched for this everywhere. Is it possible (and often used) to do reliable long-distance communication via APRS? i.e.: if I see someone in Fiji on aprs.fi, is it possible to send them a message from around the world only via APRS? Or is it only really for local data (albeit gatewayed to the 'net). On that same note, are there any BBSs or similar things I can contact interactively with APRS? You could try doing some aprs satellite stuff. The aprs.org website hypes it up more than a bit. On a totally unrelated note, I finally have a rig! I'm powering an ft-817nd off an old computer power supply.
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AtomicMonsters posted:On a totally unrelated note, I finally have a rig! I'm powering an ft-817nd off an old computer power supply. Sweet! Here's a pic of my 'shack' as it stands today. Yaesu FT-60R for 2m/70cm chatting Grundig G6 for shortwave/general receiving ASUS 900a EeePC running EEEbuntu 3.0 Netbook Remix for EchoLink and digital mode reception using fldigi I've also got a RadioShack DX-394 that I'm sending off for some mods and should be sending a money order for the Kenwood TS-520s I've been looking at sometime tomorrow. BigHustle fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Mar 24, 2010 |
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Dijkstra posted:Please post a trip report. 6 miles from me. I haven't been in there in a while. No time / money / location to setup something good.
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xergm posted:This guy entertains me; he's a total nutjob. "11 meters is where all the pirates hang out"  FEMA NWO This guy is the youtube equivalent of most 80 meter nutjobs. I'm following him now... thanks for this! 
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Where does he even live? One of the reasons he doesn't want a license is because he has to give up personal info? I can assume he doesn't have any credit cards the neither. Nor does he have social security, loans, or even bank accounts. I'm still working on getting my license, but even I know that a good ham doesn't look at the bands like they 'own' them. He's also right, a good ham will kick you off their forum if you tell them you're not getting a license; it's illegal. They don't do it because they want want you to fit in their 'box' they do it because you can gently caress up things without the proper knowledge. (/rant)
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xergm posted:Where does he even live? One of the reasons he doesn't want a license is because he has to give up personal info? I can assume he doesn't have any credit cards the neither. Nor does he have social security, loans, or even bank accounts. I get the feeling that this guy set his radio up strictly to talk on the CB frequencies and DX the rest. Rather than just ask questions about the radios he was interested in, he chose to go about it with the 'I ain't givin my info to no gubmint agency' route and pissed the hams off. Pirates don't hang out on 11m, rednecks with CBs and retards who couldn't pass the Tech test do.
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BigHustle posted:I get the feeling that this guy set his radio up strictly to talk on the CB frequencies and DX the rest. Rather than just ask questions about the radios he was interested in, he chose to go about it with the 'I ain't givin my info to no gubmint agency' route and pissed the hams off. Yeah, most pirates I've heard tend to hang out in the 40-60 meter area. I guess you could count many CB operators at 11 meters as pirates since many of them are running way more power then 5 watts, way out of band limits, etc. Edit: Yeah that guy is a loon. HFX fucked around with this message at 12:30 on Mar 25, 2010 |
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HFX posted:6 miles from me. I haven't been in there in a while. No time / money / location to setup something good. I'm around 90 minutes to 2 hours from the Woodbridge, VA HRO depending on beltway traffic. When I was in college I was only 30-45 minutes away and would go every few months, then I learned it was actually cheaper to buy from them over the phone to avoid sales tax. Don't think I've been to the actual store in like 6 years, and I haven't bought any amateur radio toys in 5 years. I have an Icom 706MIIG that needs work on the FM transmit (a simple soldering joint needs retouched), a dual-band Yaesu mobile whose dual receive is aweful unless you have tone-decode enabled otherwise it's pager-noise galore, and a Yaesu VX-5R which works as good as the day I bought it. All my antennas are still either on the roof or strung through the woods of my parents house, at the moment I live in a apartment with my wife. We're moving soon so soon I'll have some land to play around. Radio Nowhere fucked around with this message at 14:26 on Mar 25, 2010 |
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Radio Nowhere posted:I'm around 90 minutes to 2 hours from the Woodbridge, VA HRO depending on beltway traffic. When I was in college I was only 30-45 minutes away and would go every few months, then I learned it was actually cheaper to buy from them over the phone to avoid sales tax. Don't think I've been to the actual store in like 6 years, and I haven't bought any amateur radio toys in 5 years. I have an Icom 706MIIG that needs work on the FM transmit (a simply soldering joint needs retouched), a dual-band Yaesu mobile whose dual receive is aweful unless you have tone-decode enabled otherwise it's pager-noise galore, and a Yaesu VX-5R which works as good as the day I bought it. All my antennas are still either on the roof or strung through the woods of my parents house, at the moment I live in a apartment with my wife. We're moving soon so soon I'll have some land to play around. You'll enjoy that. What really kind of makes me unhappy is if I go to park I can hear all these conversations and work in with them. Then I get back to my apartment, and its S8 on all the bands and I'm kind of like meh. I was going to put up an antenna in the trees nearby, but they cut them back heavily. :-(
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Any Mid-Atlantic area ham goons going to the Timonium Hamfest this weekend ? http://www.gbhc.org/
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Dijkstra posted:Please post a trip report. So I bought a VX-8 at AES on the way down.  When I get home tomorrow I'll try to post a proper TFR-style box post.
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So I've got about a week worth of free time before my test, does anyone have any internet study material I can use? I have a few study guides, but I'm just wondering if anyone has found anything really outstanding. I'm mostly looking for General and Extra stuff, I think I have the Technician exam down to a T. I figure if I'm going to test I'm definitely going to get my General, and push myself to get the Extra. From what I hear, as long as you have a good source, the Extra isn't too bad.
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If you haven't yet, use the qrz question banks; I was able to one-shot from nothing to extra using 'em.
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I've been using HamTestOnline, which works pretty well, and they simulate question frequencies. These study guides I've found pretty much outline what the answers and and the multiple ways they can be worded. Honestly, I remember of lot of concepts on electrical circuits from my physics class; beyond that, most of this stuff isn't concept base, it's regulations and general amateur conduct.
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I'm trying to learn out more about dstar, can you really just plug your radio into your computer and hop on a repeater for internet access? (if the repeater supports it of course) Or does that mode only work with their fancy 1.2ghz radio? Being able to grab a map/weather report/shoot a quick email, would convince me to sell some gear to get it, but if it's the $1k 1.2ghz radio only, well, when toys get into the 4 digits I start getting queazy. blugu64 fucked around with this message at 09:36 on Mar 31, 2010 |
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