"I guess I am still waiting for the one that wires an echo mike to his icom IC-27H."
I'm surprised that hasn't happened yet myself. I will admit, however, that I would be rolling on the floor laughing harder than I have in a long time. Just the thought of it has me laughing my you-know-what off! Chris N9XCR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Urish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] dumb as mud > I guess this is Off Topic(tm) > But I have to agree, I am seeing more of the CB'ers getting licensed and > showing up on 2m. Here in Denton we have lidiot that I have finally > given up on that just cannot figure out how to say his own callsign. He > chronically quick keys and cuts himself off.. Now I am a fair and > balanced elmer type and I have spend tons of time with this guy over the > phone and finally just with on-air elmering and he just doesn't get it. > > So what do you do? Most of the old timers won't even talk to him > anymore. I guess the hope is that he will just go away. > > I guess I am still waiting for the one that wires an echo mike to his > icom IC-27H.. > > > Kris Kirby wrote: > > On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Nate Duehr wrote: > >> It's rampant. I'd easily estimate that 1/4 of our members don't really > >> "get" how a repeater works. > >> > >> "You're 20 over 9 here!" > > > > I think I've heard something similar on the air here; one station was > > doing the drawn-out calling that you'd do for a contest working a station > > in the mud over a repeater. I hope someone clues him in.. If I get a > > chance next time, I'll pull him off-line and chat with him. > > Self-policing... I know that I probably violate a lot of what I was > > taught, but there is something to using a little procedure; it makes > > things a little more professional, even if the professional radio > > operator is a endangered species. > > > > -- > Jay Urish W5GM > DCARA President ARRL Life Member > Denton County ARRL VEC > N5ERS VP/Trustee > > Monitoring 1292.30Ghz PL-100.0 441.375 PL-88.5 and 444.850 PL-88.5 > > > > > > 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/
