I was wondering if anyone would be game to starting a BBS Net at some point Whether we do it via Echolink, IRLP, or even use something like 10m, would anyone be interested?
Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to All on Mon Apr 23 2007 01:04 pm
I was wondering if anyone would be game to starting a BBS Net at some poi Whether we do it via Echolink, IRLP, or even use something like 10m, woul anyone be interested?
I am interested... How about 40 meters at night?
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Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to All on Mon Apr 23 2007 01:04 pm
I was wondering if anyone would be game to starting a BBS Net at some poi Whether we do it via Echolink, IRLP, or even use something like 10m, woul anyone be interested?
I am interested... How about 40 meters at night?
Re: BBS Net
By: W8ZZU to Sam Alexander on Tue Apr 24 2007 12:15 am
Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to All on Mon Apr 23 2007 01:04 pm
I was wondering if anyone would be game to starting a BBS Net at some Whether we do it via Echolink, IRLP, or even use something like 10m, w anyone be interested?
I am interested... How about 40 meters at night?
I'd love to, but unfortunately I don't have a 40m radio and i'm only a tech :-/ I'm looking at getting a 6m radio soon (hopefully), and until I get my license upgraded I do have 6m privilages.
I figured what a fun thing to chat about on the air then BBSes. WHo knows how many others have these two hobbies in interest.
Sam
Without regards to the social ramifications;Frank Sapone wrote to Sam Alexander <=-
Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to W8ZZU on Fri Apr 27 2007 01:53 pm
Re: BBS Net
By: W8ZZU to Sam Alexander on Tue Apr 24 2007 12:15 am
Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to All on Mon Apr 23 2007 01:04 pm
I was wondering if anyone would be game to starting a BBS Net at some Whether we do it via Echolink, IRLP, or even use something like 10m, w anyone be interested?
I am interested... How about 40 meters at night?
I'd love to, but unfortunately I don't have a 40m radio and i'm only a tech :-/ I'm looking at getting a 6m radio soon (hopefully), and until I get my license upgraded I do have 6m privilages.
I figured what a fun thing to chat about on the air then BBSes. WHo knows how many others have these two hobbies in interest.
Sam
I only have a Technician License as well :/. Too lazy to go for the General.
I think I'm intimidated by the CW test, though I heard it's fairly
easy considering it's only 5 WPM.
73,
KB3GWQ
What is BBS Net? Is it like a BBS hosted via HAM Radio? And wow, echolink. I haven't used that in years.
I was wondering if anyone would be game to starting a BBS Net at some Whether we do it via Echolink, IRLP, or even use something like 10m, w anyone be interested?
I am interested... How about 40 meters at night?
I'd love to, but unfortunately I don't have a 40m radio and i'm only a tech :-/ I'm looking at getting a 6m radio soon (hopefully), and until I get my license upgraded I do have 6m privilages.
I figured what a fun thing to chat about on the air then BBSes. WHo knows how many others have these two hobbies in interest.
I only have a Technician License as well :/. Too lazy to go for the General
I think I'm intimidated by the CW test, though I heard it's fairly easy considering it's only 5 WPM.
Morse code is no longer required for any ham radio license.
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Wow, it's been a couple years since I've really been messing about with Amat Radio. I heard that they were going to get rid of CW but I can't believe it really happened. Were a lot of people pissed off about it? I know some Amateur Radio Operators are really religious about CW, and I remember people were angry about it being 5 WPM claiming that it was too easy.
Re: BBS Net
By: Frank Sapone to W8ZZU on Sun Apr 29 2007 02:17 am
Wow, it's been a couple years since I've really been messing about with A Radio. I heard that they were going to get rid of CW but I can't believe really happened. Were a lot of people pissed off about it? I know some Amateur Radio Operators are really religious about CW, and I remember peo were angry about it being 5 WPM claiming that it was too easy.
Actualy, the transition went quite smoothly with minimal bitching.
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Crazy, I'll definitely have to start studying up then. Did the tests get an easier? =)
Re: BBS NetDunno, the first test was pretty easy. There was some program I used, I
By: Frank Sapone to W8ZZU on Sun Apr 29 2007 07:08 pm
Crazy, I'll definitely have to start studying up then. Did the tests get easier? =)
<shrug> were they ever hard? I have been into radio for 17 years, since I 12, It comes easy to me.
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Re: BBS Net
By: W8ZZU to Sam Alexander on M
Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to All on Mon Apr 23 2007 01:04 pm
I was wondering if anyone would be game to starting a BBS Net at some Whether we do it via Echolink, IRLP, or even use something like 10m, w anyone be interested?
I am interested... How about 40 meters at night?
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What is BBS Net? Is it like a BBS hosted via HAM Radio? And wow, echolink. I haven't used that in years.
KB3QW
Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to W8ZZU on Fri Apr 27 2007 01:53 pm
Re: BBS Net
By: W8ZZU to Sam Alexander on Tue Apr 24 2007 12:15 am
Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to All on Mon Apr 23 2007 01:04 pm
I was wondering if anyone would be game to starting a BBS Net at so Whether we do it via Echolink, IRLP, or even use something like 10m anyone be interested?
I am interested... How about 40 meters at night?
I'd love to, but unfortunately I don't have a 40m radio and i'm only a te :-/ I'm looking at getting a 6m radio soon (hopefully), and until I get license upgraded I do have 6m privilages.
I figured what a fun thing to chat about on the air then BBSes. WHo know how many others have these two hobbies in interest.
Sam
I only have a Technician License as well :/. Too lazy to go for the General
I think I'm intimidated by the CW test, though I heard it's fairly easy considering it's only 5 WPM.
73,
KB3GWQ
Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to W8ZZU on Fri Apr 27 2007 02:53 pm
I was wondering if anyone would be game to starting a BBS Net at so Whether we do it via Echolink, IRLP, or even use something like 10m anyone be interested?
I am interested... How about 40 meters at night?
I'd love to, but unfortunately I don't have a 40m radio and i'm only a te :-/ I'm looking at getting a 6m radio soon (hopefully), and until I get license upgraded I do have 6m privilages.
I figured what a fun thing to chat about on the air then BBSes. WHo know how many others have these two hobbies in interest.
Well, then the only way it can be done is Echolink and in that case I am not interested.
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Re: BBS Net
By: W8ZZU to Frank Sapone on Sa
Morse code is no longer required for any ham radio license.
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Wow, it's been a couple years since I've really been messing about with Amat Radio. I heard that they were going to get rid of CW but I can't believe it really happened. Were a lot of people pissed off about it? I know some Amateur Radio Operators are really religious about CW, and I remember people were angry about it being 5 WPM claiming that it was too easy.
Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to Frank Sapone on Mon Apr 30 2007 09:53 am
Yeah, I'm afraid people think that of me now using BBS'. I'm only 19 so I missed the BBS craze at it's height by a few years and by the time I was old enough to know what it was dial-up faded out and I was unaware of telnet (I came across BBS' around the age of 6 or 7 when my Uncle used to talk about i and I remember WarGames). In any case though, I love an old dos prompt and 'm not a stranger to setting up IRQs and whatnot. Thanks to having an old Apple IIe then IIGs then finally we got a 95 PC but I was so into DOS games at the time.
It's great to see technology evolve, and I wish there was younger hams on amateur radio. One of the reasons I sold my radio a few years back was because I got so sick of talking to people over 40 all the time. There was literally one kid in my area who was my age. It just got annoying. Hopefully, now it's a bit more different considering they changed the CW requirements.
73,
KB3GWQ
I love reading about old technology. I even set up my own BBS not too long ago. Not too many users, and I'm still learning how to setup doors but slowly I'm figuring it all out. We have no BBS in this area and I'm unaware of any from this area, ever.
I was wondering if anyone would be game to starting a BBS Net at Whether we do it via Echolink, IRLP, or even use something like anyone be interested?
I am interested... How about 40 meters at night?
I'd love to, but unfortunately I don't have a 40m radio and i'm only a :-/ I'm looking at getting a 6m radio soon (hopefully), and until I g license upgraded I do have 6m privilages.
I figured what a fun thing to chat about on the air then BBSes. WHo k how many others have these two hobbies in interest.
Well, then the only way it can be done is Echolink and in that case I am interested.
Echolink is the only way I could do it right now also... as for interest,
to each his own. I think it would make for an interesting discussion.
You had folks like me who are new to the hobby and excited about the elimintion of code requirements, but many old-schoolers look at folks like me as not true hams. Not unlike us being old-school computer guys frowning on someoen saying "they know computers" because they can get around Windows never opening a computer case or having to haggle with IRQs, Interupts,
dip switches, jumpers, etc.
I think technology has made it easier for anyone to get involved with ham radios, or even computers for that matter, but as technology evolves, the old-timers always hate to see it happen to some degree.
No, its not that anyone hates to see it happen, it's the fact that nobody li cocky little turds that come from CB and get on 20 meters and ask how many pounds they are hitting you with. Or the twat that is on 40 meters with his audio cranked way up, distorting and splattering 10-15 KCs in either directi of your operating freuency. Or the ass that comes on frequency when you are the middle of a QSO and starts calling CQ. You see, the CW requirement weed out about 50 percent of the retards. I could go on and on. Don't get me wr I think its great to have more people in the hobby but they should at least learn where the mic gain control in before they start blabbing their mouth.
Without regards to the social ramifications;W8ZZU wrote to Sam Alexander <=-
Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to Frank Sapone on Mon Apr 30 2007 10:53 am
You had folks like me who are new to the hobby and excited about the elimintion of code requirements, but many old-schoolers look at folks like me as not true hams. Not unlike us being old-school computer guys frowning on someoen saying "they know computers" because they can get around Windows never opening a computer case or having to haggle with IRQs, Interupts,
dip switches, jumpers, etc.
I think technology has made it easier for anyone to get involved with ham radios, or even computers for that matter, but as technology evolves, the old-timers always hate to see it happen to some degree.
No, its not that anyone hates to see it happen, it's the fact that
nobody likes cocky little turds that come from CB and get on 20 meters
and ask how many pounds they are hitting you with. Or the twat that is
on 40 meters with his audio cranked way up, distorting and splattering 10-15 KCs in either direction of your operating freuency. Or the ass
that comes on frequency when you are in the middle of a QSO and starts calling CQ. You see, the CW requirement weeded out about 50 percent of the retards. I could go on and on. Don't get me wrong I think its
great to have more people in the hobby but they should at least learn where the mic gain control in before they start blabbing their mouth.
Without regards to the social ramifications;Death wrote to W8ZZU <=-
Re: BBS Net
By: W8ZZU to Sam Alexander on Fri May 04 2007 03:00 pm
No, its not that anyone hates to see it happen, it's the fact that nobody li cocky little turds that come from CB and get on 20 meters and ask how many pounds they are hitting you with. Or the twat that is on 40 meters with his audio cranked way up, distorting and splattering 10-15 KCs in either directi of your operating freuency. Or the ass that comes on frequency when you are the middle of a QSO and starts calling CQ. You see, the CW requirement weed out about 50 percent of the retards. I could go on and on. Don't get me wr I think its great to have more people in the hobby but they should at least learn where the mic gain control in before they start blabbing their mouth.
Ahhhh.. I see now, you are Ham Radio's equal to the elitist PRICKS of
the BBS world.. ;o)
You see, the CW requirement weed out about 50 percent of the retards.
Ahhhh.. I see now, you are Ham Radio's equal to the elitist PRICKS of
the BBS world.. ;o)
Without regards to the social ramifications;Angus McLeod wrote to Death <=-
Re: BBS Net
By: Death to W8ZZU on Fri May 04 2007 23:47:00
You see, the CW requirement weed out about 50 percent of the retards.
Ahhhh.. I see now, you are Ham Radio's equal to the elitist PRICKS of
the BBS world.. ;o)
It's a fair point. There is a whole lot more to operating on the
aamateur bands than pressing the PTT. There are procedures that every
ham should know.
The asshole that passes a multiple-choice test will just hop on the
bands, randomly select a spot and start calling CQ. If you're *lucky*
he might start with "QRZ?" which is stupid, because that means "Who is calling me?" and the obvious answer is "Nobody, because you just got here." What he is SUPPOSED to do is listen for a couple minutes to see
if he hears any activity. If he does not, he should not assume the frequency is clear, because there may be a QSO going on and he just
can't hear the station that is transmitting. So he should then say "Is this frequency in use?" or send "QRL?" and listen again.
So "elitist PRICKS" like me would prefer if every moronic asshole with
the price of a HT in his pocket didn't jump straight on the bands
without having any exposure to the history and tradition of amateur
radio.
Would that be like an Elmer?
I ask because I have read about Elmers. I just haven't met one yet. I
think they are fictitional.
BTW folks with a code endorsement are also somewhat likely to behave
just as you have described too. I read QST - Fed action section on
their enforcement efforts.
Seems FCC licensing doesn't rule out rude and illegal behavior.
No, its not that anyone hates to see it happen, it's the fact that nobody cocky little turds that come from CB and get on 20 meters and ask how man pounds they are hitting you with. Or the twat that is on 40 meters with audio cranked way up, distorting and splattering 10-15 KCs in either dire of your operating freuency. Or the ass that comes on frequency when you the middle of a QSO and starts calling CQ. You see, the CW requirement w out about 50 percent of the retards. I could go on and on. Don't get me I think its great to have more people in the hobby but they should at lea learn where the mic gain control in before they start blabbing their mout
Ahhhh.. I see now, you are Ham Radio's equal to the elitist PRICKS of the BB world.. ;o)
No, its not that anyone hates to see it happen, it's the fact that nobody likes cocky little turds that come from CB and get on 20 meters and ask how many pounds they are hitting you with. Or the twat that is on 40 meters with his audio cranked way up, distorting and splattering 10-15 KCs in either direction of your operating freuency. Or the ass that comes on frequency when you are in the middle of a QSO and starts calling CQ. You see, the CW requirement weeded out about 50 percent of the retards. I could go on and on. Don't get me wrong I think its great to have more people in the hobby but they should at least learn where the mic gain control in before they start blabbing their mouth.
From what I have heard (second hand) is the attitudes you describe are
already on the bands. And more.
I don't think it's so much a cross-over group of former CB users but a
lack of civility in general. I don't think their knowledge of code
makes much difference.
Echolink is the only way I could do it right now also... as for interest, to each his own. I think it would make for an interesting discussion.
Well, Echolink is not radio. You can do the same thing with an instant messenger that has VOIP built in.
No, its not that anyone hates to see it happen, it's the fact that nobody li cocky little turds that come from CB and get on 20 meters and ask how many pounds they are hitting you with. Or the twat that is on 40 meters with his audio cranked way up, distorting and splattering 10-15 KCs in either directi of your operating freuency. Or the ass that comes on frequency when you are the middle of a QSO and starts calling CQ. You see, the CW requirement weed out about 50 percent of the retards. I could go on and on. Don't get me wr I think its great to have more people in the hobby but they should at least learn where the mic gain control in before they start blabbing their mouth.
Echolink is just the middleman... if I jump on our local echolink repeater and fire-off a connection to another repeater, plus 3-4 others in here do the same thing, we are on the radio. Granted, someone can use echolink to call another person's computer, and that's just VOIP, but I don't like
doing it that way.
Echolink and IRLP were meant to bridge repeaters across the Internet, and
it does a pretty good job at it. I've talked to many folks who were all over the world from my mobile 2m radio via echolink, and if we were to fire-off a net or even just ragchew, that'd be a great way of doing it.
No, its not that anyone hates to see it happen, it's the fact that nobody cocky little turds that come from CB and get on 20 meters and ask how man pounds they are hitting you with. Or the twat that is on 40 meters with audio cranked way up, distorting and splattering 10-15 KCs in either dire of your operating freuency. Or the ass that comes on frequency when you the middle of a QSO and starts calling CQ. You see, the CW requirement w out about 50 percent of the retards. I could go on and on. Don't get me I think its great to have more people in the hobby but they should at lea learn where the mic gain control in before they start blabbing their mout
I agree with you that requiring CW did mean only those serious about learning the hobby would advance to higher licenses, and to a degree I wish they hadn't removed the CW testing. I say this as a technician because I had been learning CW and I still plan on learning CW.
At any rate, right now I'm only on 2m, so I've not experienced what you talked about. However when i get my general license and move up to doing
DX, I'll be one of those guys with a badge of not being a 'real ham'
because I never had to take a code test. I didn't get into ham radio at this point because of the no-code rule, I've wanted to get licensed since high school and just now has become the ideal time to get involved with
the hobby. However because of the code elimination, for a while anyway
I'll probably be looked down on by other hams who have been licensed for years.
Well, in my area it is alot of people from CB coming over. It's not the knowledge of the code, it's the fact that most people never bothered with a general license because they were too lazy to learn code. That fact is, it weed out alot of the dolts.
Well, in my area it is alot of people from CB coming over. It's not the knowledge of the code, it's the fact that most people never bothered with general license because they were too lazy to learn code. That fact is, weed out alot of the dolts.
I've not seen any CB'ers hitting the local repeaters in my area, instead we've had several newbies move up the license latter, and they've all been great assets to the local ham community. I've yet to hear any negative
talk or 'CB talk' on the local repeaters.
However if it did happen, as it's happening in your area, I could see folks getting mad.
I never said anything about repeaters.. I don't even talk on repeaters.. Maybe 1 and it accounts for about 1 percent of my radio activity. Listen on meters between 28.300 and 28.500 Listen on 20 and 40.
I never said anything about repeaters.. I don't even talk on repeaters.. Maybe 1 and it accounts for about 1 percent of my radio activity. Listen meters between 28.300 and 28.500 Listen on 20 and 40.
I only have a 2m radio right now, so that's the scope of my ham radio world until I save-up some cash. Besides, being a Tech I can't talk on much past 10m anyway.
Without regards to the social ramifications;W8ZZU wrote to Sam Alexander <=-
Re: Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to W8ZZU on Tue May 15 2007 05:40 pm
I never said anything about repeaters.. I don't even talk on repeaters.. Maybe 1 and it accounts for about 1 percent of my radio activity. Listen meters between 28.300 and 28.500 Listen on 20 and 40.
I only have a 2m radio right now, so that's the scope of my ham radio world until I save-up some cash. Besides, being a Tech I can't talk on much past 10m anyway.
I am sorry to hear that. You can't talk on any frequency below 10
meter. The only HF phone privliges a tech has is 10 meter from 28.300
to 28.500 (The CB portion of the band)
I only have a 2m radio right now, so that's the scope of my ham radio wor until I save-up some cash. Besides, being a Tech I can't talk on much pa 10m anyway.
I am sorry to hear that. You can't talk on any frequency below 10 meter. The only HF phone privliges a tech has is 10 meter from 28.300 to 28.500 (The CB portion of the band)
Of course you know CB is 11 meters. Are you saying that 10 meters is
the NEW 11 meters?
Re: Re: BBS Net
By: Sam Alexander to W8ZZU on Tue May 15 2007 05:40 pm
I never said anything about repeaters.. I don't even talk on repeater Maybe 1 and it accounts for about 1 percent of my radio activity. Lis meters between 28.300 and 28.500 Listen on 20 and 40.
I only have a 2m radio right now, so that's the scope of my ham radio wor until I save-up some cash. Besides, being a Tech I can't talk on much pa 10m anyway.
I am sorry to hear that. You can't talk on any frequency below 10 meter. T only HF phone privliges a tech has is 10 meter from 28.300 to 28.500 (The CB portion of the band)
I am sorry to hear that. You can't talk on any frequency below 10 meter. T only HF phone privliges a tech has is 10 meter from 28.300 to 28.500 (The CB portion of the band)
I am sorry to hear that. You can't talk on any frequency below 10 meter. T only HF phone privliges a tech has is 10 meter from 28.300 t 28.500 (The CB portion of the band)
Tech has,
10, 40, 15, 80, meter frequencies that we can use... Limited to 200watts. Unless I am reading the band plans wrong?
Tech has,
10, 40, 15, 80, meter frequencies that we can use... Limited to 200watts. Unless I am reading the band plans wrong?
You only have phone on 10 meters. All of the other bands are CW only
for the tech.
I must be reading this wrong. Lets take 80 meters. The chart is green from 3800 to 4000kHz. Green on the chart is phone and image. Same with the othe HF bands?
OTE: TIDE 1.11
OTE: TIDE 1.11
Looks like you need to set "Strip Fidonet Kludge Lines" to "Yes" in SCFG->External Programs->Editors->tide.
Looks like you need to set "Strip Fidonet Kludge Lines" to "Yes" in SCFG->External Programs->Editors->tide.
OTE: TIDE 1.11
Looks like you need to set "Strip Fidonet Kludge Lines" to "Yes" in SCFG->External Programs->Editors->tide.
OKay, better?
OTE: TIDE 1.11
OTE: TIDE 1.11
Looks like you need to set "Strip Fidonet Kludge Lines" to "Yes" in SCFG->External Programs->Editors->tide.
Are you sure this isn't a way for unregistered software to advertise
it's self?
OK, I'll look into it.
er... thanks.
OTE: TIDE 1.11
Looks like you need to set "Strip Fidonet Kludge Lines" to "Yes" in SCFG->External Programs->Editors->tide.
OKay, better?
Tech has,
10, 40, 15, 80, meter frequencies that we can use... Limited to 200watts. Unless I am reading the band plans wrong?
I must be reading this wrong. Lets take 80 meters. The chart is green from 3800 to 4000kHz. Green on the chart is phone and image. Same with the othe
I am sorry to hear that. You can't talk on any frequency below 10 meter. T only HF phone privliges a tech has is 10 meter from 28.300 t 28.500 (The CB portion of the band)
Tech has,
10, 40, 15, 80, meter frequencies that we can use... Limited to 200watts. Unless I am reading the band plans wrong?
Tech has,
10, 40, 15, 80, meter frequencies that we can use... Limited to 200watts. Unless I am reading the band plans wrong?
You only have phone on 10 meters. All of the other bands are CW only
for the tech.
I must be reading this wrong. Lets take 80 meters. The chart is green from 3800 to 4000kHz. Green on the chart is phone and image. Same with the othe HF bands?
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