"Steveo" wrote in message
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Vinnie S. wrote:
On 16 Dec 2006 01:56:51 GMT, Steveo wrote:

"U-Know-Who" wrote:
wrote in message
ps.com...
FCC announced today that Element 1, the 5 wpm Morse Code test, will
no longer be required for
any class of US amateur license. Technicians will get Technician
Plus privileges.

See news item on

www.fcc.gov

The effective date of this change isn't clear but should be soon.

73 de Jim, N2EY


I still don't want one. Mostly assholes there.

I'm there. You can talk with me on 75 meters.

Vinnie S.

Remember that exemption thing with the hams? I have two buddies that are
extras' - local here and they'd like to hear me on 20 40 or 80 (160?) NOT
TWO METERS THO!

The thing about it is they still use 11 meters as much as they use any of
those bands. You do too, right?

Contrary to what some elitist morons would have you believe, one service
does not preclude the other.

"U-Know-Who" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Vinnie S. wrote:
On 16 Dec 2006 01:56:51 GMT, Steveo wrote:

"U-Know-Who" wrote:
wrote in message
ps.com...
FCC announced today that Element 1, the 5 wpm Morse Code test,
will no longer be required for
any class of US amateur license. Technicians will get Technician
Plus privileges.

See news item on

www.fcc.gov

The effective date of this change isn't clear but should be soon.

73 de Jim, N2EY


I still don't want one. Mostly assholes there.

I'm there. You can talk with me on 75 meters.

Vinnie S.

Remember that exemption thing with the hams? I have two buddies that
are extras' - local here and they'd like to hear me on 20 40 or 80
(160?) NOT TWO METERS THO!

The thing about it is they still use 11 meters as much as they use any
of those bands. You do too, right?

Contrary to what some elitist morons would have you believe, one service
does not preclude the other.

Exactly, the good ones never leave 11M ssb.

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"U-Know-Who" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"U-Know-Who" wrote:
wrote in message
ps.com...
FCC announced today that Element 1, the 5 wpm Morse Code test, will
no longer be required for
any class of US amateur license. Technicians will get Technician
Plus privileges.

See news item on

www.fcc.gov

The effective date of this change isn't clear but should be soon.

73 de Jim, N2EY


I still don't want one. Mostly assholes there.

Can't blame ya. Mark is there tho, surely that should entice you?

They really shouldn't do away with the CW requirement, imo. It keeps the
mental midgets like Mark and Dogie Adair riding the short bus, right?

I don't mean to throw all ham operators under the bus, by no means. Some
of
them are the nicest people you will ever meet in person or on 11 meters.

Hello Mopar,

You have the nicest way of putting it .... You can tell someone to go to
h*ll in such a way that he will actually look forward to the trip


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Vinnie S. wrote:
On 16 Dec 2006 02:58:54 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
Remember that exemption thing with the hams? I have two buddies that
are extras' - local here and they'd like to hear me on 20 40 or 80
(160?) NOT TWO METERS THO!

The thing about it is they still use 11 meters as much as they use
any of those bands. You do too, right?

Remember the guy I bought my Icom from? He told me that the biggest
offenders in radio are extra class hams.

I think this is a great thing for ham radio. You can now get some new
blood into this hobby.

Vinnie S.

You're probably right, it should make it easier for the no codes to
gain
more HF privilege but that doesn't blow my hair back either. I may end
up there after I pass 50, or not. I'm happy with my little shot down CB
so far.

btw..i remember who you bought your radio from man.

I'm telling you, With 75M, I can talk to you all the time. Take the
practice tests on eham.net. You'll pass them easily.

Vinnie S.

I'm not worried about passing the no code test, and we have each others
land line in case it's really pressing, right?

Get ready to hear me on 11M in your hometown as the band opens up. If you
don't hear me directly, you'll hear people calling out my name. g

I'm getting ready for it again, because the last time was so much fun.

Hello Mopar

I remember well when I had the monster antenna when I was a kid. I could
reach Washington, D.C. from Rochester, NY running 65 watts in the middle of
the day and all points in between. On 160 meters.

At night, that extended over most of the lower 48 states - running 25 watts
on 160.

Between 80 and 20 and all bands in between, you're good for much of the
world by picking your frequencies and time of day - unless the bands are
really messed up by a big solar storm.

Heck, I ran a phone patch running 12 watts rms into the beam from Guam
Island back to Rochester, NY. Until the guy said I was weak, at which point
I threw on the afterburner. Nearly knocked his speaker off the shelf. Guam
to Rochester has to be pushing the heck out of 10,000 miles .... and 12
watts would have been sufficient for a qso on ssb, just needed a titch more
for the phone patch

For the most part, you really don't need a lot of power. Just pick the
frequency, mode, and time appropriately.

I'll chat with you off-group via e-mail.


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

"Jim Hampton" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"U-Know-Who" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"U-Know-Who" wrote:
wrote in message
ps.com...
FCC announced today that Element 1, the 5 wpm Morse Code test,
will no longer be required for
any class of US amateur license. Technicians will get Technician
Plus privileges.

See news item on

www.fcc.gov

The effective date of this change isn't clear but should be
soon.

73 de Jim, N2EY


I still don't want one. Mostly assholes there.

Can't blame ya. Mark is there tho, surely that should entice you?

They really shouldn't do away with the CW requirement, imo. It keeps
the mental midgets like Mark and Dogie Adair riding the short bus,
right?

I don't mean to throw all ham operators under the bus, by no means.
Some
of
them are the nicest people you will ever meet in person or on 11
meters.

Hello Mopar,

You have the nicest way of putting it .... You can tell someone to go to
h*ll in such a way that he will actually look forward to the trip

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

Hello Jim

We may be going to hell in a bucket, but at least we're enjoying the ride.
($1 Grateful)

"Jim Hampton" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Vinnie S. wrote:
On 16 Dec 2006 02:58:54 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
Remember that exemption thing with the hams? I have two buddies
that are extras' - local here and they'd like to hear me on 20 40
or 80 (160?) NOT TWO METERS THO!

The thing about it is they still use 11 meters as much as they
use any of those bands. You do too, right?

Remember the guy I bought my Icom from? He told me that the
biggest offenders in radio are extra class hams.

I think this is a great thing for ham radio. You can now get some
new blood into this hobby.

Vinnie S.

You're probably right, it should make it easier for the no codes to
gain
more HF privilege but that doesn't blow my hair back either. I may
end up there after I pass 50, or not. I'm happy with my little shot
down CB so far.

btw..i remember who you bought your radio from man.

I'm telling you, With 75M, I can talk to you all the time. Take the
practice tests on eham.net. You'll pass them easily.

Vinnie S.

I'm not worried about passing the no code test, and we have each others
land line in case it's really pressing, right?

Get ready to hear me on 11M in your hometown as the band opens up. If
you don't hear me directly, you'll hear people calling out my name. g

I'm getting ready for it again, because the last time was so much fun.

Hello Mopar

I remember well when I had the monster antenna when I was a kid. I could
reach Washington, D.C. from Rochester, NY running 65 watts in the middle
of the day and all points in between. On 160 meters.

At night, that extended over most of the lower 48 states - running 25
watts on 160.

Between 80 and 20 and all bands in between, you're good for much of the
world by picking your frequencies and time of day - unless the bands are
really messed up by a big solar storm.

Heck, I ran a phone patch running 12 watts rms into the beam from Guam
Island back to Rochester, NY. Until the guy said I was weak, at which
point I threw on the afterburner. Nearly knocked his speaker off the
shelf. Guam to Rochester has to be pushing the heck out of 10,000 miles
.... and 12 watts would have been sufficient for a qso on ssb, just
needed a titch more for the phone patch

For the most part, you really don't need a lot of power. Just pick the
frequency, mode, and time appropriately.

I'll chat with you off-group via e-mail.

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

Yeah I must agree those are some most impressive kredentials, Jim, and you
know you and I would get along just as well on 11 as we do via email. I'm
not an amp junkie at all man, most times I only run about 80 watts on the
peaks.

I'm more into a good antenna.

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Jim Hampton" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Vinnie S. wrote:
On 16 Dec 2006 02:58:54 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
Remember that exemption thing with the hams? I have two buddies
that are extras' - local here and they'd like to hear me on 20
40
or 80 (160?) NOT TWO METERS THO!

The thing about it is they still use 11 meters as much as they
use any of those bands. You do too, right?

Remember the guy I bought my Icom from? He told me that the
biggest offenders in radio are extra class hams.

I think this is a great thing for ham radio. You can now get some
new blood into this hobby.

Vinnie S.

You're probably right, it should make it easier for the no codes to
gain
more HF privilege but that doesn't blow my hair back either. I may
end up there after I pass 50, or not. I'm happy with my little shot
down CB so far.

btw..i remember who you bought your radio from man.

I'm telling you, With 75M, I can talk to you all the time. Take the
practice tests on eham.net. You'll pass them easily.

Vinnie S.

I'm not worried about passing the no code test, and we have each
others
land line in case it's really pressing, right?

Get ready to hear me on 11M in your hometown as the band opens up. If
you don't hear me directly, you'll hear people calling out my name.
g

I'm getting ready for it again, because the last time was so much fun.

Hello Mopar

I remember well when I had the monster antenna when I was a kid. I
could
reach Washington, D.C. from Rochester, NY running 65 watts in the middle
of the day and all points in between. On 160 meters.

At night, that extended over most of the lower 48 states - running 25
watts on 160.

Between 80 and 20 and all bands in between, you're good for much of the
world by picking your frequencies and time of day - unless the bands are
really messed up by a big solar storm.

Heck, I ran a phone patch running 12 watts rms into the beam from Guam
Island back to Rochester, NY. Until the guy said I was weak, at which
point I threw on the afterburner. Nearly knocked his speaker off the
shelf. Guam to Rochester has to be pushing the heck out of 10,000 miles
.... and 12 watts would have been sufficient for a qso on ssb, just
needed a titch more for the phone patch

For the most part, you really don't need a lot of power. Just pick the
frequency, mode, and time appropriately.

I'll chat with you off-group via e-mail.

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

Yeah I must agree those are some most impressive kredentials, Jim, and you
know you and I would get along just as well on 11 as we do via email. I'm
not an amp junkie at all man, most times I only run about 80 watts on the
peaks.

I'm more into a good antenna.


Hello Mopar,

I agree with you; a good antenna helps on *both* ends of the circuit.

Heck, if you're ever in the Rochester area, give a call. I'll give you the
phone number off-group and we can have a couple of cool 807s LOL

80 watts peak can do wonders when you use a good antenna. I know that for a
fact; I used to run 25 watts am on 160 meters and was good for most of the
lower 48 at night. The fools tried a lot of high power on 80 meters and
didn't have the comms that I did with low power and a good antenna on 160.
And I was running AM for the most part


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Jim Hampton" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"U-Know-Who" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"U-Know-Who" wrote:
wrote in message
ps.com...
FCC announced today that Element 1, the 5 wpm Morse Code test,
will no longer be required for
any class of US amateur license. Technicians will get
Technician
Plus privileges.

See news item on

www.fcc.gov

The effective date of this change isn't clear but should be
soon.

73 de Jim, N2EY


I still don't want one. Mostly assholes there.

Can't blame ya. Mark is there tho, surely that should entice you?

They really shouldn't do away with the CW requirement, imo. It keeps
the mental midgets like Mark and Dogie Adair riding the short bus,
right?

I don't mean to throw all ham operators under the bus, by no means.
Some
of
them are the nicest people you will ever meet in person or on 11
meters.

Hello Mopar,

You have the nicest way of putting it .... You can tell someone to go
to
h*ll in such a way that he will actually look forward to the trip

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

Hello Jim

We may be going to hell in a bucket, but at least we're enjoying the ride.
($1 Grateful)

LOL

73,
Jim

"Jim Hampton" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Jim Hampton" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Vinnie S. wrote:
On 16 Dec 2006 02:58:54 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
Remember that exemption thing with the hams? I have two
buddies that are extras' - local here and they'd like to hear
me on 20
40
or 80 (160?) NOT TWO METERS THO!

The thing about it is they still use 11 meters as much as
they use any of those bands. You do too, right?

Remember the guy I bought my Icom from? He told me that the
biggest offenders in radio are extra class hams.

I think this is a great thing for ham radio. You can now get
some new blood into this hobby.

Vinnie S.

You're probably right, it should make it easier for the no codes
to
gain
more HF privilege but that doesn't blow my hair back either. I
may end up there after I pass 50, or not. I'm happy with my
little shot down CB so far.

btw..i remember who you bought your radio from man.

I'm telling you, With 75M, I can talk to you all the time. Take
the practice tests on eham.net. You'll pass them easily.

Vinnie S.

I'm not worried about passing the no code test, and we have each
others
land line in case it's really pressing, right?

Get ready to hear me on 11M in your hometown as the band opens up.
If you don't hear me directly, you'll hear people calling out my
name.
g

I'm getting ready for it again, because the last time was so much
fun.

Hello Mopar

I remember well when I had the monster antenna when I was a kid. I
could
reach Washington, D.C. from Rochester, NY running 65 watts in the
middle of the day and all points in between. On 160 meters.

At night, that extended over most of the lower 48 states - running 25
watts on 160.

Between 80 and 20 and all bands in between, you're good for much of
the world by picking your frequencies and time of day - unless the
bands are really messed up by a big solar storm.

Heck, I ran a phone patch running 12 watts rms into the beam from
Guam Island back to Rochester, NY. Until the guy said I was weak, at
which point I threw on the afterburner. Nearly knocked his speaker
off the shelf. Guam to Rochester has to be pushing the heck out of
10,000 miles .... and 12 watts would have been sufficient for a qso
on ssb, just needed a titch more for the phone patch

For the most part, you really don't need a lot of power. Just pick
the frequency, mode, and time appropriately.

I'll chat with you off-group via e-mail.

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

Yeah I must agree those are some most impressive kredentials, Jim, and
you know you and I would get along just as well on 11 as we do via
email. I'm not an amp junkie at all man, most times I only run about 80
watts on the peaks.

I'm more into a good antenna.

Hello Mopar,

I agree with you; a good antenna helps on *both* ends of the circuit.

Heck, if you're ever in the Rochester area, give a call. I'll give you
the phone number off-group and we can have a couple of cool 807s LOL

Hi Jim

Yeah that sounds good. About the only time I get around your neck of the
woods is when I go to Niagara Falls to support the Casino.

80 watts peak can do wonders when you use a good antenna. I know that
for a fact; I used to run 25 watts am on 160 meters and was good for most
of the lower 48 at night. The fools tried a lot of high power on 80
meters and didn't have the comms that I did with low power and a good
antenna on 160. And I was running AM for the most part

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

There you go Jim, I have the 30L1 sitting here just for special occasions
but that's SSB only of course. :-)

--
Happy Holidays

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Jim Hampton" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Jim Hampton" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Vinnie S. wrote:
On 16 Dec 2006 02:58:54 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
Remember that exemption thing with the hams? I have two
buddies that are extras' - local here and they'd like to
hear
me on 20
40
or 80 (160?) NOT TWO METERS THO!

The thing about it is they still use 11 meters as much as
they use any of those bands. You do too, right?

Remember the guy I bought my Icom from? He told me that the
biggest offenders in radio are extra class hams.

I think this is a great thing for ham radio. You can now get
some new blood into this hobby.

Vinnie S.

You're probably right, it should make it easier for the no
codes
to
gain
more HF privilege but that doesn't blow my hair back either. I
may end up there after I pass 50, or not. I'm happy with my
little shot down CB so far.

btw..i remember who you bought your radio from man.

I'm telling you, With 75M, I can talk to you all the time. Take
the practice tests on eham.net. You'll pass them easily.

Vinnie S.

I'm not worried about passing the no code test, and we have each
others
land line in case it's really pressing, right?

Get ready to hear me on 11M in your hometown as the band opens up.
If you don't hear me directly, you'll hear people calling out my
name.
g

I'm getting ready for it again, because the last time was so much
fun.

Hello Mopar

I remember well when I had the monster antenna when I was a kid. I
could
reach Washington, D.C. from Rochester, NY running 65 watts in the
middle of the day and all points in between. On 160 meters.

At night, that extended over most of the lower 48 states - running
25
watts on 160.

Between 80 and 20 and all bands in between, you're good for much of
the world by picking your frequencies and time of day - unless the
bands are really messed up by a big solar storm.

Heck, I ran a phone patch running 12 watts rms into the beam from
Guam Island back to Rochester, NY. Until the guy said I was weak,
at
which point I threw on the afterburner. Nearly knocked his speaker
off the shelf. Guam to Rochester has to be pushing the heck out of
10,000 miles .... and 12 watts would have been sufficient for a qso
on ssb, just needed a titch more for the phone patch

For the most part, you really don't need a lot of power. Just pick
the frequency, mode, and time appropriately.

I'll chat with you off-group via e-mail.

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

Yeah I must agree those are some most impressive kredentials, Jim, and
you know you and I would get along just as well on 11 as we do via
email. I'm not an amp junkie at all man, most times I only run about
80
watts on the peaks.

I'm more into a good antenna.

Hello Mopar,

I agree with you; a good antenna helps on *both* ends of the circuit.

Heck, if you're ever in the Rochester area, give a call. I'll give you
the phone number off-group and we can have a couple of cool 807s LOL

Hi Jim

Yeah that sounds good. About the only time I get around your neck of the
woods is when I go to Niagara Falls to support the Casino.

80 watts peak can do wonders when you use a good antenna. I know that
for a fact; I used to run 25 watts am on 160 meters and was good for
most
of the lower 48 at night. The fools tried a lot of high power on 80
meters and didn't have the comms that I did with low power and a good
antenna on 160. And I was running AM for the most part

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

There you go Jim, I have the 30L1 sitting here just for special occasions
but that's SSB only of course. :-)

--
Happy Holidays

Hello Mopar,

The 30L1 is a nice amp. Had one on Guam for RTTY, the Henry 2-K for the
more serious stuff on CW and SSB, and, of course, that infamous RCA on a
rhombic with perhaps a good million watts erp for when the XO wanted a phone
patch and props were terrible. He got his phone patch; all the big
stateside stations were S-2, S-3 and we were punching through from 20 to 40
over 9 LOL. Dang, what a measly 50,000 output into a rhombic running
probably 14 dB or more forward gain can do )


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim