ARRL Dues Hike & More

[W3WN]

Ahem.
I nominate Ron.

Not going to happen.

I'd have to move to Connecticut. Which means I'd have to get a divorce, since The Boss won't move away from Pittsburgh. And that would mean I'd be so cleaned out, I couldn't afford to move in the first place.

Seriously, if I had a say, I'd nominate Wayne Mills N7NG. Assuming he'd go back to CT.

[NQ6U]

'Wik likely will be teaching whomever gets the job.

The WIK showed Hiram Percy Maxim how to build his first radio and the ARRL was his idea.

[kb2vxa]

First dues hike since 2001 -- 15 years."
Big fuckin' deal. It's like a flood control dam out of control, store it until the dam bursts typical ARRL out of control.

"(2) Dave Sumner K1ZZ is retiring in the spring."
If I cared I'd say it's about time they loose that asshole. All the way home from Dayton I listened to him and his little gang of lids talking shit on 52, the 2M FM CALLING channel when they should have been on 55 the normally accepted talkaround channel. That's par for the course, they treat membership with the same lack of respect and consideration.

"Anyone want his job? They're looking for applicants."
You gotta be fuckin' high, I quit years ago under the banner "Taxation without representation is tyranny!" when every time I tried to discuss an important matter with a Section Manager I was brushed aside. ARRL 4Q!

Oh and BTW thanks for another opportunity to vent gas so I don't explode.

[X-Rated]

First dues hike since 2001 -- 15 years."
Big fuckin' deal. It's like a flood control dam out of control, store it until the dam bursts typical ARRL out of control.

"(2) Dave Sumner K1ZZ is retiring in the spring."
If I cared I'd say it's about time they loose that asshole. All the way home from Dayton I listened to him and his little gang of lids talking shit on 52, the 2M FM CALLING channel when they should have been on 55 the normally accepted talkaround channel. That's par for the course, they treat membership with the same lack of respect and consideration.

"Anyone want his job? They're looking for applicants."
You gotta be fuckin' high, I quit years ago under the banner "Taxation without representation is tyranny!" when every time I tried to discuss an important matter with a Section Manager I was brushed aside. ARRL 4Q!

Oh and BTW thanks for another opportunity to vent gas so I don't explode.

Why don't you just tell us how you really feel?

[kb2vxa]

I nominate Glen Baxter.

[XE1/N5AL]

I nominate Glen Baxter.

We all know what would be the result of that ....AARA ARRL credit cards! Waa-hoo! We could use them to buy new rigs and support ham radio vendors. Our shacks would be overflowing with goodies! It's just like FREE MONEY!!!

[wa6mhz]

I'll go!! But its going to be hard getting used to SNOW 6 months a year!

[kb2vxa]

In Newington the snow never stops. With Baxter running the show huskies and yellow snow turns brown with HIS qualifications, BS, MS, PhD... Bull Shit and More Shit Piled Higher and Deeper. Oh and don't forget his PE, as a Practicing Engineer no matter how much practice he'll never get it right. He'd be perfect for FCC Field Engineer like Roger Nye The FCC Guy who tried plugging an N connector into an SO-239 and after handing him the correct jumper he tried to read a 5W CB radio with a 100W 450MHz slug in the trusty Bird 43. "Hey Rog, try THIS one." It only got worse...

[kb2vxa]

OK, I feel much better having vented that gas otherwise wasted in summer when heat isn't needed. After all I can only sit on so many ducks before someone complains to the ASPCA for being cruel to animals.

[K0RGR]

Well, I won't miss the 10 bucks. I was much more interested in the other news out of the Director meeting. They will be petitioning FCC to refarm the
3600 to 3650 segment on 75 back to CW/Digital, and grant technicians some kind of digital privileges on 15 and 80.

As somebody who has to contend with a lot of QRM in the digital section of 80, I'm all in favor of both those things. If they create a separate Tech subband, I'll move my net there so Techs can participate. Most of you probably know that I've been advocating some kind of nighttime HF band that Techs might actually use for a long time. Out here in the flatlands, unless you are close to a major metropolis or happen to have a repeater that's linked full time to something like the WIN System, two meters is a vast desert wasteland. It would be great for newbs in that situation - that is, in most of the country - to have something to do.