Thanks for the invintation!

I was invited by Bob NA4BH to come here. Thanks Bob! I am a misfit ham. I will not or ever will be a member of the ARRL. I disagree too much what they have to say. I quit being a member of any ham club. Ham Radio is ONLY a hobby. I want to stay away from the politics. Speaking about politics, I do like to talk about it on the air.

Besides Ham Radio, which actually is my 2nd hobby. I love trains. I wold rather go to a model railroad convention than a hamfest! However, in my modeling, there is a house that has a tower with a beam and a dipole on the layout! My favorite railroad is the Rock Island Line. I have more invested in my model trains than I do in ham radio station!

I do have HF-UHF abilities. I love to talk about trains and our state of affairs. Those who try to control me, really gets under my skin.

Thanks for listening to my rant. 73 and have a good day,
Andy KF4JQD

Good to see you Andy,Welcome.
Mike

Welcome, Andy.

I used to be into model railroading years ago...right before I discovered SWLing, amateur/CB radio and all the other neat RF-based aspects of the electronics hobby. When I took a look around at what people are doing these days with cab control, CTC and the like I was stunned...it's a far cry from the time of simple block switching!

Welcome Andy! :cheers:

We have a large section of P.J here, no tight *ssed moderators that have a God complex too :mrgreen:

Just have fun here, we do, enjoy the Island and the drinks :cheers:

Welcome Andy. Glad you caught a boat to the Island before the other place sinks. It is a different World here, laid back easy going and we have one hell of a bartender. It's about time for happy hour, which lasts 24 hours a day. Not available in SECTOR R.

Welcome fatass. (;->) You'll find a few misfit railfans here too and you just met one of them. Speaking of the CRI&P, who put the toll gate in New Orleans when the tracks never went there and what engineer would stop and pay for pig iron even if they did?

Thanks for all the comments. I enjoy my freedoms and wish to talk and tell stories to others.

In the world of modeling, there is the fairly new Direct Demand Control. This allows many locomotives on the same track with the SAME electrical block! I have G,O,HO, and N scales. A friend of mine is adding DCC and sound to his N scale locomotives. Can you believe that? I got my electronic start in model railroading. Then went to CB and into Ham Radio. The circle has been complete for 10 years now, I'm back into model railroading.

I am on Facebook. Eric Cartman is my hero!

73,
Andy KF4JQD

Welcome to The Island, Andy.
Make your way on down to the bar at the end of the pier and grab a deck chair and a line. The mahi are biting and the breezes are warm.

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I used to scratch-build my own rolling stock and structures in HO gauge. Had a German friend/CB crony/retired engineer local to my area who was an absolute master with a miniature lathe and milling machine. Built all his own steam locomotives and freight consist, but never did do the 'layout' bit. I wonder what happened to all of his stuff.

Welcome, Andy!
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I dabbled a little with O and HO trains when I was younger, and into my teenage years. Two things killed my interest off... the first was when the family moved from NJ to PA, and I lost my layout, had no space for a new one, an a few boxes got lost in transit (and the insurance didn't pay off, which is a 'whole 'nother story)

The second was that my younger brother got involved with a hobby shop, and somehow all of MY rolling stock disappeared. So did his, for that matter. I don't know what the full story was, but when I finally got fed up about it (as my last engine vanished), he'd gotten kicked out of the store for good and they were claiming he owed them. I don't know if he got snookered or what, but I paid the price for it.

Oh, there was a third reason as well. New home was up the street from a tourist steam RR, got involved with that for awhile. Playing with the real thing (even if I did just stand in the tender and shovel coal down to the engineer & fireman) was a lot more fun than models!

73