Ya think???

How I would get on 440....get a Motorola mobile or handheld..program it or bitbang it into the ham band.Put it on the analyzer for final alignment for frequency and power out as well as RX sens.....

Put 100 Watt Spectra/Syntor X-9000 and Maxtracs in car (no Riceboxes allowed in car)

OK....for HF I do own a 14 year old Icom 706MKII-G and a Kenwood TS-590, wish I had my Swan 500 back.....

How the Appliance op gets on 440....Hop in family hooptie, drive to AES or HRO.Buy a $50 baofeng/TYT/Wouxun. Ask dweeb behind counter to program it for you. Buy a MFJ magmount with connector already attached. Get on WINSYSTEM and ask for radio checks HOURLY. Announce your "First Personal" and that your on the side.Tell everyone how amazed you are that a little radio is making it all the way to Ohio and that they have your meter pegged and sound "wall to wall & treetop tall". For Christmas ask wife to buy you a Mirage LINEAR (with proper cables for the Chinese HT) you can REALLY be the big dawg in town.

For birthday ask kids to buy you a Yaesu crackerbox mobile, have local stereo shop install trunklip antenna mount.Plug radio into cigarette lighter outlet...

For Anniversary have wife buy you a Alinco HF rig and antenna tuner. Connect the Alinco to your left over 11 meter Super Skyraker 47Db gain Omnibeam and use the tuner to get it to work on 10/15/20/40 meters. (dont even THINK of making flat top wire dipoles).Don't even THINK of buying a old Swan/Drake/Kenwood/Trio rig..might have to actually FIX something...

You can thank (my opinion) dingbats like "Gordon" for the store-bought "hams" on the air. i am VERY happy he doesnt sell pilots licenses....

On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Mike <ipscone@msdsite.com> wrote:

But that's not amateur radio. Whatever happened to the "experiment" and
"build" and "test". Today, most of the new people don't know an antenna
from a doughnut. That's a sad commentary for where amateur radio has
gone.

> Well....for some thats a great option. Micro-Node International stuff is
> well designed, can't go wrong there...
> Companies that host your website charge,ISP's charge,VoIP service
> providers
> charge....
>
> I saw this one on line....A "Service" that allows you to use their WORLD
> CLASS Elecraft K-3 (all 4 of them) remotely so you don't have to
> install anything at your home.Just sign on, hammer down and be a "Big
> Dawg".So what does this cost? (Kevlar underwear time)....
> The "Package" starts at a Paultry $3000 a year (no transmit time included)
> and goes all the way to $7000 a year (includes TX time and you can reserve
> it for your contest time)......
> Hows THAT for HAM radio with a dollar sign in mind????
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Jim Duuuude
> <telesistant@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> For those who just *DONT* want to (or for some reason can't) go through
>> the process
>> of setting up a Linux system, dealing with its administration,
>> configuring
>> hardware, etc.,
>> there is now a "hosted", subscription-based solution that, along with a
>> Micro-Node International
>> RTCM (Radio Thin Client Module) (or a generic Voter board), makes a nice
>> "no-brainer" Allstar
>> node installation.
>>
>> Attached is the "initial marketing blurb" from Micro-Node.
>>
>> Jim WB6NIL
>>
>> P.S. Sorry for this being a blatant advertisement regarding a for-pay
>> service. It seemed appropriate.
>> If you don't agree, please try not to send *TOO* many "flaming spears"
>> in
>> my direction :-) :-).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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