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N2CHX
12-02-2010, 11:28 AM
Put on your assless chaps and grab your lube, you're on the couch!
Put on your assless chaps and grab your lube, you're on the couch!
Not without flowers, dinner, and a movie. I might be easy, but I'm not cheap. :rofl:
Oh, and I just bet you're happy to get me on the couch, aren't you? ;) :lol:
KC2UGV
12-02-2010, 11:49 AM
So, I'll ask the first question, which is the same that was asked of me: Tell us a bit about the road you traveled, bringing you to where you are now.
Tell us how you first got interested in amateur radio, what aspects of the hobby you like best and how you ended up on The Island.
So, I'll ask the first question, which is the same that was asked of me: Tell us a bit about the road you traveled, bringing you to where you are now.
That road is pretty boring.
Started working at age 14. Graduated HS, but never attended college. Attended a trade school for electronics and spent nearly 15 years with a soldering iron in my hand (1981 to almost 1996). Never had a formal class in computers, but spent time in various positions in the field, including Hell Desk, PC repair, and a little stint as a Novell consultant. Now working Retail for the past 9+ years. Never made more than $40K in any single year.
By age 19 had my heart broken twice. Spent the next 12 years "playing the field" a lot, until I met my current XYL in 1991. Been with her for nearly 20 years. Got married in August of 2010.
If you need more detail, you may ask, but I might not answer certain questions.
W3MIV
12-02-2010, 01:24 PM
Did you ever date Mike Castle?
Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/communistparty.png
Tell us how you first got interested in amateur radio, what aspects of the hobby you like best and how you ended up on The Island.
I think I always had some interest in HR, but never pursued it in any fashion until I met a ham when I worked for the local cable company. He encouraged me to finally go for it. I was in the middle of trying to get code down when the No-Code license came around. Got my NC Tech in 1991 (May) and took the 5 WPM later that year. Took my General in 2001 and my Extra in 2006.
I prefer SSB to just about anything else. Also prefer DX'ing over domestic. Dabble a little in contesting, but nothing serious. Don't care for Whackerism. Hate CW.
As to my winding up here, lost my temper on the Zed and got an invite from a couple of the gang here.
Did you ever date Mike Castle?
Nope. Not even Christine O'Donnell. :lol:
Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
Nyet! :rofl:
K7SGJ
12-02-2010, 01:44 PM
What do you like to do besides HR? Do any homebrew?
What do you like to do besides HR?
The wife, when she lets me. :evil: :muhahaha:
Do any homebrew?
Don't care for beer. :yuck:
KC2UGV
12-02-2010, 02:08 PM
That road is pretty boring.
Started working at age 14. Graduated HS, but never attended college. Attended a trade school for electronics and spent nearly 15 years with a soldering iron in my hand (1981 to almost 1996). Never had a formal class in computers, but spent time in various positions in the field, including Hell Desk, PC repair, and a little stint as a Novell consultant. Now working Retail for the past 9+ years. Never made more than $40K in any single year.
By age 19 had my heart broken twice. Spent the next 12 years "playing the field" a lot, until I met my current XYL in 1991. Been with her for nearly 20 years. Got married in August of 2010.
If you need more detail, you may ask, but I might not answer certain questions.
What's your opinion of Novell past, present, and future?
What's your opinion of Novell past, present, and future?
Don't have much of an opinion these days. I run NW 6.5 at home for a file server and that's about the last version I have had any experience with. As a general rule, I prefer Novell over anything else because I still can get my OS/2 (eComStation) machines to connect to it.
The wife, when she lets me.
What is this "let" thing...can you explain? Does she not actively chase you and beg your favors?
Your views on and opinions of the following:
1) Charlie Babbit
2) Charlie Daniels
3) Anything above 3800
4) Anything below the bottom 100KHz of each amateur band
What is this "let" thing...can you explain? Does she not actively chase you and beg your favors?
Used to. She's 8 years older than me. Women aren't the only ones who "suffer" from menopause. At some point, you'll find out.
Your views on and opinions of the following:
1) Charlie Babbit
Never saw Rain Man. No opinion.
2) Charlie Daniels
Not into Country. :yuck:
3) Anything above 3800
In general, a waste of spectrum. ;)
4) Anything below the bottom 100KHz of each amateur band
As long as it's RTTY or PSK, I can do it. If you mean that other "noise"... :hand:
N2CHX
12-02-2010, 03:29 PM
Nope. Not even Christine O'Donnell. :lol:
Dating and doing can be mutually exclusive.
N2CHX
12-02-2010, 03:30 PM
The wife, when she lets me. :evil: :muhahaha:
See now there you go. You need a wife who wants it as much as you do. Or more than one, take your pick.
Dating and doing can be mutually exclusive.
They were, for 12 years. ;) :lol:
W3MIV
12-02-2010, 03:41 PM
Slippery li'l devil, ain't he? Like tryin' to pinch the tail of a gudgeon.
See now there you go. You need a wife who wants it as much as you do. Or more than one, take your pick.
While that would work for me, the laws in this country wouldn't allow it. Neither would the current wife. :lol:
KG4CGC
12-02-2010, 03:48 PM
Cyprinid or circular support?
Slippery li'l devil, ain't he? Like tryin' to pinch the tail of a gudgeon.
If you have a silly question, Albi, you'll get a silly answer. ;)
Cyprinid or circular support?
That's the first question I don't get. :-?
N2CHX
12-02-2010, 03:54 PM
Boxers or briefs?
KG4CGC
12-02-2010, 03:55 PM
That's the first question I don't get. :-?
It was in relationship to Albie's comment about a gudgeon. While the circular support version can be slippery, I doubt it would have a tail.
Boxers or briefs?
Briefs.
Why am I not surprised that you asked that question? ;)
It was in relationship to Albie's comment about a gudgeon. While the circular support version can be slippery, I doubt it would have a tail.
Oh-tay!
N2CHX
12-02-2010, 04:00 PM
Briefs.
Why am I not surprised that you asked that question? ;)
Oooh, you strut the tighty whities!
It's going to be part of my standard line of questioning from now on. :)
Oooh, you strut the tighty whities!
I've been told I have the ass for them. ;)
Do you like gladiator movies? Seen a grown man naked? Been in a Turkish prison?
(Sorry, but if I hadn't asked, someone else would have...)
Do you like gladiator movies? Seen a grown man naked? Been in a Turkish prison?
(Sorry, but if I hadn't asked, someone else would have...)
Not particularly.
Yes.
Definitely not! :hand:
kf0rt
12-02-2010, 05:06 PM
Not particularly.
Yes.
Definitely not! :hand:
I think I'm detecting a trend.
I think I'm detecting a trend.
A lot of Airplane fans, obviously. :lol:
Well, this "session" seems to have burned out already..... :chin:
suddenseer
12-02-2010, 06:38 PM
What is the most interesting qso you have had? Freq, mode, rig, etc.
What is the most interesting qso you have had? Freq, mode, rig, etc.
That would have to be back in the early to mid 90s when I was fairly heavy into 10m packet QSOs. I once spent 2 hours in a keyboard to keyboard QSO with a station in France. We chatted about all sorts of things, including the record snow they had earlier that year.
The funny thing about that QSO was that I was about 1.5 hours into it, when I started getting more than a few retries on packets. I couldn't understand it at first, until I realized that I still had the IC-745 turned down to 10 watts. Cranked the knob back up to 100 and finished that last half hour at a "throbbing" 100 watts until the path finally faded out. That was fun.
Now, if you want to know about some of the DX highlights..... ;)
That would have to be back in the early to mid 90s when I was fairly heavy into 10m packet QSOs
Ever use the node 'AZSE' on 28.195, 1200 baud?
Ever use the node 'AZSE' on 28.195, 1200 baud?
Nope. I stuck with 300 baud on HF. It was perfect for keyboarding, given my typing speed at the time.
Nope. I stuck with 300 baud on HF. It was perfect for keyboarding, given my typing speed at the time.
I had an MSYS BBS system up in the 90s which used 28.195/1200 as a QSO link/gateway port; that section of the node used an HR-2510 connected to a 3-el Yagi fixed-pointed to the southwest. About 10 every morning, AZSE would come up in the 'Heard' list for the 10M port and would remain there until well after local sunset - sometimes as late as midnight. It was used to gateway local 2M and 223MHz keyboard chat sessions onto the "pipe" fed to/from the university club station.
That little Uniden passed a royal shit-ton of traffic without a single hiccup. It did so for years.
If you were active on 10M at the time I figured you might have been one of the regulars on BARBER...
If you were active on 10M at the time I figured you might have been one of the regulars on BARBER...
Afraid not. I pretty much lived on 28.103 or 28.105 during that period. Had a lot of fun.
Sadly, 10m HF packet dried up and most of the nodes on those 2 frequencies went away by 1999.
I did run a KAM for a gateway between 2m and 10m, but it never really saw much action. Still have a KAM+ gathering dust on a shelf somewhere...
w2amr
12-03-2010, 11:14 AM
What is the most interesting qso you have had? Freq, mode, rig, etc.That is an excellent question.:agree:
suddenseer
12-03-2010, 09:26 PM
That is an excellent question.:agree:I am glad you liked it. Every ham that has ever had a working radio has one.
N2CHX
12-03-2010, 09:30 PM
Still have a KAM+ gathering dust on a shelf somewhere...
Heh, I AM a KAM+ :lol:
KG4CGC
12-03-2010, 09:34 PM
Jim, what do you consider some of the more technical aspects of the hobby that you have delved into?
Example: For me it is building and testing antennas (even though I think for a long time before any actual action) and building things, starting from a simple beginning.
Jim, what do you consider some of the more technical aspects of the hobby that you have delved into?
Example: For me it is building and testing antennas (even though I think for a long time before any actual action) and building things, starting from a simple beginning.
At this point, it's antennas and propagation. Can't do much without both. ;)
Every so often, I've find something worth taking apart and fixing, but I find I'm spending less and less time on those projects. As a result, I have several pieces of ham gear laying around here that are in the queue for repair, but I can never seem to get to them.
All the antennas I use here on a regular basis are home-made wire types. I have 1 or 2 multi-band verticals that are store bought stuff, but I find they don't provide me the same performance as I get from the wires.
How would you react if another guy told you that you're hotter than molten carbon?
How would you react if another guy told you that you're hotter than molten carbon?
I'd think it was a line of crap. Then I would politely decline the next question. ;) :lol:
N2CHX
12-04-2010, 12:29 PM
I'd think it was a line of crap. Then I would politely decline the next question. ;) :lol:
How would you react if Kelli said you were hotter than molten carbon?
How would you react if Kelli said you were hotter than molten carbon?
I'd probably still think it was a line, but I'd probably say yes to the next question. ;) :rofl:
w2amr
12-04-2010, 02:19 PM
How would you react if another guy told you that you're hotter than molten carbon?
I would probably suggest this.
http://rlv.zcache.com/guide_dogs_blind_people_sticker-p217624969805861442q0ou_400.jpg
I would probably suggest this.
http://rlv.zcache.com/guide_dogs_blind_people_sticker-p217624969805861442q0ou_400.jpg
:rofl: :rofl:
:agree:
:rofl: :rofl:
I would probably suggest this.
http://rlv.zcache.com/guide_dogs_blind_people_sticker-p217624969805861442q0ou_400.jpg
:nono::roll::roll::disagree::naughty::slap::slap:
KA5PIU
12-04-2010, 06:38 PM
Hello.
What can I say, odd people here based on some of the questions, yes?!
And, nearly without exception, everyone here swam to the island from the Zed, to get away from the pollution caused by the failing sewage treatment plant over there. ;)
^^^^^ Obvious post is obvious.
w2amr
12-05-2010, 04:23 AM
:nono::roll::roll::disagree::naughty::slap::slap:
65 year olds seldom reach the molten carbon stage, unless it's in a crematorium.
65 year olds seldom reach the molten carbon stage, unless it's in a crematorium.
Good thing I'm not 65 then. ;)
w2amr
12-05-2010, 07:56 AM
Good thing I'm not 65 then. ;)It's only a matter of time young fella.
ka8ncr
12-05-2010, 09:47 AM
Put on your assless chaps and grab your lube, you're on the couch!
I thought all chaps were assless.
Hmm... who should be the next one to occupy the Island's couch??
I do have a nomination....
Hmm... who should be the next one to occupy the Island's couch??
I do have a nomination....
Since you've already been, I'm gonna have to find some fresh meat.
Has N8TB has his turn?
suddenseer
12-06-2010, 06:48 PM
Since you've already been, I'm gonna have to find some fresh meat.
Has N8TB has his turn?yep
KG4CGC
12-06-2010, 07:01 PM
Perhaps at this point, you could PM your next possible victim and see if they will go willingly.
I don't think Fred has had a turn. N8YX, perhaps? :evil:
I was thinking W2IBC.....
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