Some relaxation time in this world of brutes have never harmed a person. It's a hobby first ! Cheers Philippe A65BI K3#3616 *Elecraft, by Hams, for Hams...What else !
>>> Radio Amateur N5GE <n...@n5ge.com> 10-02-2010 19:26 >>> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:16:02 EST, k...@aol.com wrote: Enough. This is not an audition reflector for comedians. Please take it off line. Thanks, Tom, N5GE n...@n5ge.com K3 #806 with SUB RX, K3 #1055, PR6, XV144, XV432, KRC2, W1, 2 W2's and other small kits 1 K144XV on order http://www.n5ge.com http://www.swotrc.net >In a related incident, another ham-radio enthusiast, Hezekiah Bambershoot, >of Ft Jackson, was arrested at police headquarters for disorderly conduct >and assaulting a police officer. Bambershoot initially came to >headquarters reporting he had been victimized buying a radio from a >mysterious >Californian named Ellie Craft. > >Ms Craft allegedly took advantage of Bambershoot by claiming to have >down-conversion which he mistook for a syndrome of the same name. >Bambershoot >was happy with his purchase until his friends told him how foolish he had >been. > >According to Police spokesman, Ken Wood, "The poor man was distraught and >raving about roofing filters. What the heck are they?" The arrest report >filed by fellow-ham and officer, Ike Com, listed Bambershoot's original >complaint as "radio mushiness" but notes, "I told him all my radios sound >mushy but he was upset he couldn't hear it on his. When we tried to calm him >down he became unruly." > >Su Yae, an EMT called to the scene, defended Bambershoot saying, "When I >got there he was on the floor repeating 'A, G, C, Slope, Pre and A T T' over >and over. He was babbling. They claimed he was clicking his heels but I >didn't hear anything. The poor man was just frustrated because his >purchase had so many faults he couldn't find. I feel sorry for him." > >Bambershoot is being held on $10,000 bond. Police are still searching for >the elusive Ellie Craft. > >Buck >k4ia > >In a message dated 2/9/2010 6:22:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >alor...@sbcglobal.net writes: >MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO > >Southland County Morning News > >Southland -- A ham radio enthusiast was admitted to County Hospital today >suffering from anxiety over what he perceived as serious problems with his >new radio, authorities reported Tuesday. > >Irv Stumpo, 55, of East Pharsalia, checked into the emergency room "in >distress," according to the nurse on watch just before midnight Tuesday. "He >was perspiring profusely and moaning over and over, 'My K-3 is no good, no >good'," said Paula Stevens, a nurse at County. "He had enormous headphones >clamped tightly on his head which we had a ton of difficulty removing, and >he was also wearing ear buds," she said. "Isn't that strange? He was half >incoherent but kept mumbling something about dynamic range and audio >artifacts. I have no idea what that means." > >Randy LaHood, a fifteen year emergency room veteran, said that during an >examination Mr. Stumpo went into considerable technical detail about a radio >he had recently purchased from Elecraft, a company that makes high-end ham >radios. "He began by explaining that his radio had 'noisy receiver' and >'mushy signals'," explained Dr. LaHood. "From what I could gather, he had >just spent a lot of money on a radio and hadn't actually noticed any of these >problems himself, but others in a internet group kept putting the ideas >into his head," he said. Over a course of weeks, Stumpo became distraught >over >various imperfections in what Dr. LaHood said was a classic case of the >power of suggestion. > >The hospital records also said that Stumpo drew mathematical figures he >labeled "AGC slope", and filled four pages by writing "AGC off", "Ear >Isolation" and "K3" repeatedly. Hospital officials could not explain the >cryptic >scribblings. > >Dr. LaHood said that Stumpo repeated the phrase "mushy AGC" for at least >four hours while he waited for treatment. Other patients who were in the >waiting room at the time moved to the other side of the room for fear he >might >endanger them. J. B. Archer was one of those in the waiting room at the >time who had brought in his twelve-year-old son with a basketball injury. >"Good ol' boy was pretty upset, I just told him it would be alright, but he >wouldn't let up with 'I can't pick out the pileups'. I thought he had been >involved in a big accident on the highway. Then he said other things like >'the impedance of my headphones' and 'ride the R. F. gain'. Then he started >with 'diversity problem' and I thought maybe he was having trouble with >racial relations. He was in terrible shape, I'll tell you that." > >Rick Culver, president of a local ham radio club, told the Morning News in >a telephone interview, "A lot of these guys spend five or ten thousand >dollars on a radio they think is going to be absolutely perfect in every >conceiveable way. When it's not, they go into a panic buying lots of other >accessories which promise to fix the issue they think they're having. This is >followed by a deep buyer's remorse." He went on to recount a recent case which > epitomized this effect. "We had one guy who had a radio that put out 95 >watts instead of 100. He went berserk and ended up smashing his radio with a >baseball bat. Not everyone gets that violent, but he never would have >worried about it if it hadn't been for an internet forum that drummed it into >his head twenty four seven that his radio was broken." > >Hospital officials said that Stumpo was treated with sedatives and is >being kept for observation. >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
