Au contraire.
It is not that my, and hopefully anyone else's, whole day is consumed
with the reflector. Rather it is that many of us have a busy schedule
and have to sort through this BS to get to our only desire for the
reflector - amateur radio.
One exception, because of the nature of many amateur radio operators,
an occasional "off topic" is required as a one-time question or
similar, but not leading to a long e-mail trail. I would hope that
those that respond to these occasional requests do so directly and not
respond to the entire reflector.
IMHO (to quote a internationally acclaimed orator and noble statesman).
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*From:* Rick Hiller -- W5RH via BVARC <[email protected]>
*To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>
*Cc:* Rick Hiller -- W5RH <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Sunday, April 2, 2017 10:03 AM
*Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Trash on our Amateur Radio reflector
Well now, let's see...
No political comments -- then no discussion about HR555.
No religious comments -- then no discussion about the propagation, sun
spots, solar storms, because that is Mother Nature/God -- the ultimate
OP, no matter what building you go into Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
No humorous comments.....oh, no humor, sorry, I'll stop here then.
C'mon folks, if your whole day is consumed by what comes across the
BVARC reflector and you do not know what a delete key is, then you
deserve to be miserable. Even Dr. Feinman had a sense of humor.
73 (sincerely) Rick -- W5RH
ps...keep complaiing and I will start the wood chuck thread
again....Oh..,,sorry, no humor allowed. My apologies.
Rick Hiller
/The Radio Hotel/ -- W5RH
On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Pat Cameron via BVARC <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I vote for that! ( and the code requirement :-)
On Apr 2, 2017 8:56 AM, "K5HM" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I do not care for political or religious comments but if we
ban humor, well, that is a step too far.
There is precious little ham humor in our hobby. We all seen
to take ourselves too seriously. Next thing you know, we will
be bannibg the expressions of humor like words like Ha Ha or
Hee Hee Heee.
Come on April 1^st . OK?
73,
Ron, K5HM
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
www.qrz.com/db/k5hm <http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm>
ARRL Logologo (2)smaller Prize
* Excelsior!*
*From:*BVARC [mailto:[email protected] g
<mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Pat Cameron
via BVARC
*Sent:* Sunday, April 2, 2017 7:16 AM
*To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Cc:* Pat Cameron <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>; Michael Monsour <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Trash on our Amateur Radio reflector
Can we take a vote?
*/Best Regards,/*
*/Pat Cameron/*
(832)885-2899
On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 6:08 AM, K5IZO via BVARC
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Michael, I agree.
Let's keep this reflector for ham radio so we don't have
to receive this garbage. Political views, sinkholes and
April Fools trash isn't welcome here.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 2, 2017, at 5:57 AM, Michael Monsour via BVARC
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
If you are going to do April 1st stuff then have the
FCC turn ham radio into CB. No more calls and free for
all and anything goes
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 10:51 PM, Jeff Davis via BVARC
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I enjoyed it, I’ve been hit with so many today
that it was getting old. Then this one and man I
swallowed it hook line and oh you know.
it wasn’t till I went back to read it again and
saw the date that I went, oh crap, I fell for one.
Thanks,
KF5HQE Jeff
On Apr 1, 2017, at 10:12 PM, gmuller885 via
BVARC <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Just haveing fun michael. Don't take it so
seriously.
Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy® Note 4.
-------- Original message --------
From: Michael Monsour via BVARC
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: 4/1/17 9:42 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Cc: Michael Monsour <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>, JP Pritchard
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] FCC action!!
Enough with the April 1st junk
On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 9:03 PM, JP Pritchard
via BVARC<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
I know this is crap since the federal
government would never say in a press
release that it had made a big mistake.
Nice try Chris. You're an April fool.
JP
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 1, 2017, at 8:45 PM, Chris Boone
via BVARC <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> FCC to reinstate Morse Code test
>
> Washington, D.C. – April 1, 2017 –
>
> Today, the Federal Communications
Commission (Commission or FCC) approved
Report and Order 14-987af which reinstates
the Morse Code test for General Class and
Amateur Extra Class licensees.
>
> “It was a big mistake eliminating the
Morse Code test,” admits Dotty Dasher, the
FCC’s director of examinations. “We now
realize that being able to send and
receive Morse Code is an essential skill
for radio amateurs. As they say, it really
does get through when other modes can’t.”
>
> Not only will new applicants have to
take the test, but General Class licensees
who have never passed a code test will
have one year to pass a 5-wpm code test.
Similarly, Amateur Extra class licensees
that never passed a code test will have
one year to pass a 13-wpm test. Those
amateurs that fail to pass the test will
face revocation of their operating
privileges. Materials for administering
the examinations will be distributed to
Volunteer Examiner Coordinators by the end
of April, so that they can begin the
testing on May 1, 2017.
>
> “This isn’t going to be one of those
silly multiple-choice type tests,” noted
Dasher. “We’re going to be sending
five-character random code groups, just
like we did in the old days. And,
applicants will have to prove that they
can send, too, using a poorly adjusted
straight key.”
>
> Technician Class licensees will not be
required to take a Morse Code test, nor
will a test be required for new
applicants. “We discussed it,” said
Dasher, “but decided that since most Techs
can’t even figure out how to program their
HTs, requiring them to learn Morse Code
seemed like cruel and unusual punishment.”
>
> When asked what other actions we might
see from the FCC, Dasher hinted that in
the future applicants taking the written
exam may be required to draw circuit
diagrams, such as Colpitts oscillators and
diode ring mixers, once again. “We’re
beginning to think that if an applicant
passes an amateur radio license exam it
should mean that he or she actually knows
something,” she said.
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