Okay.. Everyone had to suffer through this crap on QRZ.COM and in other forums.
I could comment on further on this. But... Can we give this a rest? Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 9:28 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] snide remarks > > Tony has a great point! > > The issue with sera was a simple one, not so much that > the old farts complained about the new PL > encode/decode requirement. > > The issue at hand with "sera" is simple, coordinators > throughout the U.S. have no authority to dictate > repeater operations other than they conform to good > engineering and good amateur practice. > > Regards, Barry > > > --- Tony King - W4ZT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> We all have occasion to suffer from diarrhea of the >> mouth and fortunately >> when spoken those words don't linger for long in the >> minds of most of those >> that hear them. Unfortunately when those same words >> are put in print they >> linger way beyond the half life of plutonium. >> >> I really couldn't care less how long you've been a >> ham or how old you are >> or whose cousin you married. It's careless and down >> right rude to >> respond the way the two gentlemen below did. We've >> seen more and more of >> this kind of response on this list and others lately >> and, without appearing >> thin skinned, I'm pretty tired of it. >> >> Gentlemen, if you can't offer sincere help or an >> opinion that's relevant or >> that doesn't reflect negatively on your upbringing, >> it might be better to >> leave it alone. >> >> 73, Tony W4ZT >> >> At 11:44 PM 11/30/2004, Neal Newman >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >Sorry I cannot resist this one.. >> > >> > And you call yourself a Ham?????...<snip> >> >> >> At 12:39 AM 12/2/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >RE using CTCSS: >> > >> >Nobody said repeater owners were smart. The SERA >> group just rescinded >> >their new rule of requiring CTCSS/DCS on all new >> repeater pairs because >> >too many of the old farts complained. (most >> probably didn't know how to >> >program a tone in their machines or radios.) (might >> have something to do >> >with cousins marrying cousins) >> > >> >Art - KC7GF >> >"old fart since 42" >> > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > All your favorites on one personal page - Try My Yahoo! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

