From: George Kerby on



On 7/30/10 6:10 PM, in article Xns9DC5C2F6F85CDnoonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13,
"Larry" <noone(a)home.com> wrote:

> John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in
> news:usm556dg9jo79qvdsk1d9ckdv37nolnrcp(a)4ax.com:
>
>>> I'm wondering how many hams had/have backup power for their rigs.
>>
>> Quite a few in my experience.
>>
>>
>
> It's not really fair because I live in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo
> in 1989, but every ham here has multiple orgasms when we think we are
important.

From: George Kerby on



On 7/30/10 8:48 PM, in article h40756hqt4792i5bbauv43f8p5ef7sgmk8(a)4ax.com,
"John Navas" <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:10:11 +0000, in
> <Xns9DC5C2F6F85CDnoonehomecom(a)74.209.131.13>, Larry <noone(a)home.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So, if you think ham radio is just a bunch of super CBers, a throwback
>> before the internet, you're wrong.
>
> Did I say that?

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From: tlvp on
On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:16:08 -0400, David Kaye <sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dennis Ferguson <dcferguson(a)pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>> So in summary, you don't want hams to have the spectrum, but you also
>> don't want commercial guys put up antennas in your neighbourhood so
>> that they can use it.
>
> I don't want unsightly antennas. This is the modern, aesthetic world.
> This is no longer the slash-and-burn is the rule. Cell antennas are being
> disguised as fake trees and bird houses and all kinds of things. I'm not
> asking companies to limit their antennas, just make them pleasing or
> invisible.

Are fake trees more pleasing, or invisible, than simple, honest, antenna towers?

Cheers, -- tlvp
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