Let me guess.... Mormons?
Let me guess.... Mormons?
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Nah, Mormons are all on their game for disaster prep. Most mormons can live without outside supplies for 6 months.Originally Posted by KJ3N
I imagine so, but for a 2-3 year period, there were Mormons coming into the local HRO to buy ham radio stuff. They bought a lot, mostly VHF/UHF.
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"If someone tells you he believes in and talks to an invisible bunny named Harvey, you put him on medication and a regimen of therapy. If someone tells you he believes in and talks to God, well, that's perfectly acceptable. Why that's the case is impossible for me to fathom." - WP2XX
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Oh, to be sure. I just don't think they'd be asking for donations for them from them non-public.
That's the difference; I think the Mormons would just find a frequency to keep in touch with the "Mother Ship", and wouldn't probably cause a problem. The others would all be playing "disaster central", and fucking everything up. There was a time I used to get involved when we had a need for emergency radio ops with radios out here, but that was long ago. With the advances in radio technology and dependability, it's time to leave it to the "trained" communicators, whoever they be. In an emergency, most everyone else would be more useful calling CQ on the low bands, doing some EME, or watching a movie on Amazon Prime.
Sadly, most of these whackers never will get it.
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You're gonna want to hit the repeater during the rapture?
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No, but the list of WHO I'd like to hit is long, and distinguished.
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Fixed that for you. We've got a shit-ton of repeaters around here, most of which will be useless in a real disaster because they're limited to either a few of hours of battery power or none at all.
Last edited by NQ6U; 07-31-2013 at 12:13 PM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Smells scammy. I'd look into it further without exchanging any more emails until you know more. Then let the state and feds, ''drop the maul'' on them.
After reading that ad, the first thing I would do is to offer to fix the guy's Caps Lock key.
Next, find a couple disposable radios (old crystal-controlled 2M stuff, vintage Swans, an Eico 753, etc) and arrange for them to pick it up.
Then start watching the Buffalo area CL Electronics section and eBay for the stuff to be relisted, along with any other items which they've duped their way into.
Top it all off with some creative Rants & Raves postings highlighting the scam (if in fact that's what is occurring) and a bit of flagwork to shut down their acquisition pipeline. Or variations on this theme...much fun could be had.
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