"...theres nothing more to add." Now, how would you know that? I'll wait for an administrator's opinion and abide by that, thank you. I DO believe that I have something to say in spite of you pompous denial. Tom
"--- In [email protected], "de W5DK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Refrain,,,,,,,theres nothing more to add. Sounds like trouble anyways. I > type stuff all the time then never hit send. > > > > License class means nothing. > > > > So,,,, who else drained a liter of water from a 600ft air dielectric hard > line today? Who wants the video? > > > > Don w5dk > > Not a list admin > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 8:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: New 6M Repeater in Central NH > > > > Dear Repeater-Builder administrators: > I've got a few things to say along the lines of this post. They are > not only off topic, they are clearly discouraged in the intro. page of > the site: HOWEVER, I believe they now need to be said. In spite of > this, I will respectfully defer to your judgement on this. Should I > respond on this thread, begin a new thread or refrain from comment > altogether? > Tom > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> , Nate Duehr <nate@> wrote: > > > > > > On Jul 25, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Jason Greene wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> , Nate Duehr <nate@> wrote: > > >> > > >> No point in extending the pointless "license class wars" on a club > > >> website though. > > >> > > >> Nate WY0X > > > > > > I understood that caption as a reference their abilities. If you were > > > familiar with the club up here you would know this isn't a problem- no > > > ego's to deal with. > > > > > > I was a little nervous about saying anything for that reason -- > > different areas, different people. Not much overt "class war" going > > on here either, but a recent e-mail exchange with a grumpy old fuddy > > duddy who posted to a local VHF+ mailing list that people who use > > repeaters are nothing more than "pickle pushers" -- made me react > > badly to the caption. > > > > You know, (and I told him this too)... if he were putting on CW > > classes, RF engineering classes, and helping people learn, it'd be one > > thing. But he acts like he came out of his momma knowing CW and how > > to read Smith charts. That just chaps me to no end. > > > > We have plenty of nice folks who have come into the hobby through the > > use of our repeaters *first* who then learn about simplex, and then > > SSB, and then digital modes, and then weak-signal optimization > > techniques and antennas, and DX and... the list goes on, of course. > > What a great hobby. > > > > Repeaters are often the "gateway" to a lifetime of learning and > > camaraderie for many new hams. Treating them like crap does nothing > > to further any useful "cause". > > > > Sorry had to rant there -- hopefully that's on-topic enough for RB... > > about repeaters, but not really about building them... unless you > > consider that they're often the place where the local ham community > > gets "built" these days... > > > > -- > > Nate Duehr, WY0X > > nate@ > > >
