Re: [Elecraft] Man hospitalized
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[Elecraft] Man hospitalized
Personally, I thought both of the little stories were great examples of American Humour and very funny. I recognized myself and some of my ham colleagues on this reflector too! Diversity problems indeed. And they are in a long and honourable amateur radio tradition -- remember Larson E Rapp and Gil cartoons in QST? eric VA7DZ K3 3620 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident
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 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 r
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:25:40 -0800 (PST) ab2tc wrote: > > Absolutely hysterically funny and to the point! > > Knut - AB2TC > > > N3PSJ-2 wrote: >> >> Hilarious! >> >> Ken KE3C >> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Mike B wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Grant Youngman wrote: >>> > Too good!! :-) >>> And too true! I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT! Elecraft was messing with our "Brains?" I should have kept my "Hallicrafters SX-28A and Eico 723 xmtr!!! NOW! If we can just get a price figure outta that "UN-Affiliated" organization (Elecraft) for the "P3" then we'll all be "Happy-Campers!". GAWD! I LOVE THIS HOBBY!!! Jim/nn6ee __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident
Great !!! We will see soon a 3D-SP movie picture scenario Hi ! 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 *Elecraft, by Hams, for Hams...What else ! >>> 10-02-2010 15:16 >>> 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized = Hyperbole
Hyperbole: >From Greek, it means 'exaggeration'. Hyperbole is a literary or oratory device used to create emphasis. The goal is to get the audience to connect with the "main points of reference" in order to derive understanding embedded within the message. I cannot speak to the "offence" of this content being posted to this forum. I have no authority or intent to approve or deny it. It will disappear, I'm sure. But I got the message :~] N1BBR -- bw...@fastmail.net __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident
Yeesh! When you put it that way I guess we should be glad it's taking place by e-mail!! 73 - Ken, VE3HLS > C'mon, Ken. They're just fondling each other's perceived > knowledge of > all things having to do with radio design, ergonomics, > audio, contest > operation, DXing, and electronic theory. What's the harm in > that? > > 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 > > >I vote for a little more humour. > > > >I also re-cast my vote in favour of the gentlemen's > agreement I thought we had whereby everyone was going to > preface their Subject with K3, K2, etc., as applicable. > > > >That would permit my K3 e-mail filter to send those > messages to my trash bin. Then you guys could go on ad > nauseum (actually, you left ad nauseum behind a few days > ago) about AGC settings, or get your calipers out again and > obsess about the spacing of buttons on your K3's front > panel! Geesh! > > > >73 - Ken > > > > > > > >--- On Wed, 2/10/10, Bob Garrett > wrote: > > > >> From: Bob Garrett > >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related > incident > >> To: n...@n5ge.com, elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >> Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 7:08 PM > >> Hmmm, no humor in life? I do my > >> best to inject as much humor and laughs in > >> to every day. I thought he quip was histerical > in > >> light of the protracted > >> discussion about AGC etc. Just one mans > >> opinion. 73, Bob K3UL > >> > >> > __ > >> 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:26:28 -0800 (PST), Ken Alexander wrote: C'mon, Ken. They're just fondling each other's perceived knowledge of all things having to do with radio design, ergonomics, audio, contest operation, DXing, and electronic theory. What's the harm in that? 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 >I vote for a little more humour. > >I also re-cast my vote in favour of the gentlemen's agreement I thought we had >whereby everyone was going to preface their Subject with K3, K2, etc., as >applicable. > >That would permit my K3 e-mail filter to send those messages to my trash bin. >Then you guys could go on ad nauseum (actually, you left ad nauseum behind a >few days ago) about AGC settings, or get your calipers out again and obsess >about the spacing of buttons on your K3's front panel! Geesh! > >73 - Ken > > > >--- On Wed, 2/10/10, Bob Garrett wrote: > >> From: Bob Garrett >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident >> To: n...@n5ge.com, elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 7:08 PM >> Hmmm, no humor in life? I do my >> best to inject as much humor and laughs in >> to every day. I thought he quip was histerical in >> light of the protracted >> discussion about AGC etc. Just one mans >> opinion. 73, Bob K3UL >> >> __ >> 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
The article was an obvious violation of federal HIPAA law and subject to fines. Mr. Stumpo has reported this to HHS who promised to act swiftly and decisively. Let this be a warning to the rest of you because repeating the story could involve you in prosecution. I suggest we drop the matter immediately before the hammer falls. Steve N4LQ - Original Message - From: "David Y." To: "Al Lorona" ; "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized > Bravo! > > Dave W7AQK > > > - Original Message - > From: "Al Lorona" > To: "Elecraft Reflector" > Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:22 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized > > > 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://mailm
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
Bravo! Dave W7AQK - Original Message - From: "Al Lorona" To: "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:22 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident
I vote for a little more humour. I also re-cast my vote in favour of the gentlemen's agreement I thought we had whereby everyone was going to preface their Subject with K3, K2, etc., as applicable. That would permit my K3 e-mail filter to send those messages to my trash bin. Then you guys could go on ad nauseum (actually, you left ad nauseum behind a few days ago) about AGC settings, or get your calipers out again and obsess about the spacing of buttons on your K3's front panel! Geesh! 73 - Ken --- On Wed, 2/10/10, Bob Garrett wrote: > From: Bob Garrett > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident > To: n...@n5ge.com, elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 7:08 PM > Hmmm, no humor in life? I do my > best to inject as much humor and laughs in > to every day. I thought he quip was histerical in > light of the protracted > discussion about AGC etc. Just one mans > opinion. 73, Bob K3UL > > __ > 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident
Hmmm, no humor in life? I do my best to inject as much humor and laughs in to every day. I thought he quip was histerical in light of the protracted discussion about AGC etc. Just one mans opinion. 73, Bob K3UL __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident
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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident
I suppose victim was yaesu'ed into buying it off ms ellie craft...hi Ken..G0ORH Sent from my iPhone On 10 Feb 2010, at 11:16, k...@aol.com wrote: > 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.
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized - related incident
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 tha
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
Great... and there is still a kernel of truthHi !! 73's Philippe A65BI K3#3616 *Elecraft, by Hams, for Hams...What else ! >>> Mike 10-02-2010 3:54 >>> ROTFLMAO!!! 73, Mike NF4L Al Lorona wrote: > 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
I Enjoyed that. (Maybe you should consider giving up the day job.) Bryan, Zl1NI > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft- > boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Al Lorona > > MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO > > __ 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] Man Hospitalized
Well it compels us to buy even more perfect STUFF. That really helps the economy!!! 73 Geo/W2BPI From: k.alexan...@rogers.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net, alor...@sbcglobal.net Sent: 2/9/2010 21:13:10 Eastern Standard Time Subj: Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized Sounds like a bad case of "Obsessive AGC Disorder"! Been a lot of it going around lately. 8-) 73 - Ken --- On Tue, 2/9/10, Al Lorona wrote: > From: Al Lorona > Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized > To: "Elecraft Reflector" > Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 11:22 PM > 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. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
Sounds like a bad case of "Obsessive AGC Disorder"! Been a lot of it going around lately. 8-) 73 - Ken --- On Tue, 2/9/10, Al Lorona wrote: > From: Al Lorona > Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized > To: "Elecraft Reflector" > Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 11:22 PM > 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. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
This is funny stuff. And a lesson. Learn how to use the PRE, ATT, and RF Gain knob, and save your health. :>) -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Man-Hospitalized-tp4544653p4545368.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
Absolutely hysterically funny and to the point! Knut - AB2TC N3PSJ-2 wrote: > > Hilarious! > > Ken KE3C > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Mike B wrote: > >> >> >> Grant Youngman wrote: >> > Too good!! :-) >> And too true! >> > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Man-Hospitalized-tp4544653p4545294.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ 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
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Thanks very much! I haven't had that good a laugh in a very long time. 73, Todd WA7U -- From: "Al Lorona" Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:22 PM To: "Elecraft Reflector" Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
Hilarious! Ken KE3C On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Mike B wrote: > > > Grant Youngman wrote: > > Too good!! :-) > And too true! > > > __ > 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
Grant Youngman wrote: > Too good!! :-) And too true! __ 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] Man Hospitalized
I heard he was a former Toyota QC man that kept mumbling "electromagnetic interference" until they finally let him go. 73, Gary NL7Y (K3, there's a better road ahead!) __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
ROTFLMAO!!! 73, Mike NF4L Al Lorona wrote: > 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
Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
Too good!! :-) Grant/NQ5T > -Original Message- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Al Lorona > Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:23 PM > To: Elecraft Reflector > Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized > > MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO __ 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] Man Hospitalized
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
