That's an interesting observation, Mac. What, then encourages someone
to earn their license? Ham radio used to be classified as a technical
hobby. That never meant that one could or would design and build all
their own equipment, though admittedly such was the case in years past.
As a te
And let's not forget the "Doctor is In" column stating the dangers of
how one must never ever operate a transmitter with tube finals, nor
purchase vintage equipment. Beginning hams can't be expected to learn
how to dip the plate and bring up the load.
Sad. Really sad.
I enjoyed my Dayton
QST is the membership monthly journal. It should never have been sold
from a book store. I'm happy they stopped that activity.
"business" yes, but with nonprofit status. They incur expenses and
generate revenue. If they didn't manage it as a business, do you really
think they would have lasted all
In the segment of the Electronic Industry I was in the term "Director" was
the title they gave managers just below the VP level.
Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
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Until a few years ago I could buy QST at the local Barnes & Nobel. Can't do
that anymore. But the local library has QST.
I have never seen QEX so I don't have a clue what I may be missing.
But I have no use for the ARRL. They are just another business.
Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios
You said: "The term director in the corporate world is reserved for
individuals of high achievement in business and commerce when we don't
have an officer position for them" Having been in the corporate world
work environment for many years and involved with a number of different
corporations, I ca
Not to defend his actions but if QST had continued to feature technical
articles it would have lost readership and advertisers. At least QSX gives the
technically astute community a place to interact. The current licensing
requirements and the resultant less technical ham community do not have
Another piece of major damage to amateur radio that has been credited to
Rinaldo was taking in-depth technical articles out of QST and having them
published in a separate publication, QEX, that full members must now pay
extra to receive, leaving QST to be filled mostly with "human interest"
dri
I hear W9EFJ (a local), chatting away on 29.022 with another guy, about
R390s, and that's it at the present. I heard you guys briefly on 21.420.
Things seem to be dying down. I wonder if it's because the heavy
thunderstorms (which are probably causing this) are getting too close to me,
to access
I stand corrected, thank you sir, I inadvertently used the wrong title,
but the observation stands.
I have met many of the ARRL Directors and remain underwhelmed.The
term director in the corporate world (The ARRL is Corporation) is
reserved for individuals of high achievement in business
There are 15 Division Directors and 71 Section Managers. Who are the
"Regional Directors"??
Pete, wa2cwa
http://www.manualman.com
On Thu, 29 May 2008 15:11:12 -0700 W6OM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Its really a cheap circus with bad clowns and has been so for a long
>
> time. Have you ever m
Ellen --
Mike and I tried calling you at 9:40 but didn't hear anything.
Mark K3MSBcribe in the message body.
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Me too, Ellen and all I hear is CBer bleed over from the Interstate.
Rick
I'm on 29.0 at the moment.
73,
Ellen - AF9J
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I'm on 29.0 at the moment.
73,
Ellen - AF9J
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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Now on 21.420
> Need to put out some calls .Just talked to Mike o
In, Mi, NJ, Oh, and Pa.
Not a bad evening's work!
There's lots of room for more signals, so come on up!
Mike Duke, K5XU
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
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Need to put out some calls .Just talked to Mike om 420. (K5XU).
I couldn't hear the other guys he was talking to.
K9DVL
Dave
Ellen Rugowski wrote:
Mike,
I ch
Mike,
I checked 21.420 2 minutes ago, and I heard nothing. That's thing about
Sporadic E - it's very geography specific. I've been in situations where
people 20 mies from me have been owrking them left and right, while I didn't
hear a peep. 10 seems to be opening again. I want to pull off my f
I was just on 6m. A friend of mine sent me an e-mail to tell me that he
worked Puerto Rico with 5W on 6m, at 5:30 CDT. So I abandoned plans to do
10m (which seemed to be open), and went to 6. I just finished calling CQ on
50.400 for the past 10 or 15 minutes. I thought I briefly heard heard bit
I'm in qso with WA8YUZ near Detroit.
He's totally quieting my receiver.
Come on down.
I also had a complete qso on 29.0 with K3MSB, and with a station in Ohio who
was down in my noise level.
Right now, 15 is cooking good.
Come on up there and enjoy the conditions.
Mike Duke, K5XU
American
Very strong signals from 1, 2, nd 3 land into Mississippi on 10 and 6
meters.
I even heard W1VZR on 50.400 AM, but my noise level and the qsb made copy
difficult.
I'm going back and forth between 29.0 and 21.420 if anyone wants to try an
AM qso on 10 or 15 meters.
Mike Duke, K5XU
American
Its really a cheap circus with bad clowns and has been so for a long
time. Have you ever met some of their Regional Directors, hardly the
kind of people who inspire confident and trust.
I keep my membership active so I can pound on them every week
concerning their gross mismanagement.
Cheer
Ron said: Where the ARRL finds these misfits remains a mystery.
The question isn't where the ARRgghhL finds these misfits it is WHY they
find them and put them in a controlling environment in the first place!
Mod-U-Lator,
Mike(y)
W3SLK
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Does anyone know if the vent plug that goes in the top of a Bird Termaline
8892 has any special features or is it just a plug with a protected hole in
the top? I priced one at Bird and the silly thing is $55.00! That includes
the shipping plug too, but I have that one. I can buy a vent port at t
Rinaldo was a "empty suit" at very best, and possessed the creativity of
a "brick". Where the ARRL finds these misfits remains a mystery.
Tom Peters in the Search for Excellence books said, The style,
effectiveness and direction of any group, organization or firm is a
direct reflection of th
A ringleader of anti-AM bias at the ARRL will retire
June 2, according to an article in the club's
magazine, QST.
Paul Rinaldo, 77, led the League's effort in the 1980s
to purge from the ARRL Handbook a substantial amount
of reference material about vacuum tubes and
explanatory articles about Ampl
Thanks, Todd. I have a couple of searches working on eBay now just in case
they become available. I'd love to find a bulk deal on these fuses. I
found the glass screw in type for the BC-610 at Home Depot a while back and
bought several boxes, but they were anything but a deal!
Thanks,
Rick/K5IA
Just a thought on the fuse, Rick: watch ebay and other online sites
for surplus deals. Several transmitters here use the old 15A
screw-type glass panel fuses which are getting difficult to find as
well as being pricey when located. Found a dealer auctioning them by
the dozens on ebay and cut a priv
I once had the task to find a suitable HV fuse for use on a 400 watt solid
state lighting ballast that needed to isolate a bad ballast while holding off
360 volts DC. The ballast used a little over 1 ampere when working, and when a
fault ocurred (shorted transistors) the current could bring dow
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