I second Klaatu's assessment. Ham radio is such a huge, complicated topic, it might be very useful to have one or two "non-hams" on the round-table, to act as surrogates for ignorant listeners like me -- people whose only function would be to ask basic questions about what ham radio is, how you get started, and why it's still important.
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(kt4kb) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2017 07:14:38 +1300 > From: Klaatu <kla...@member.fsf.org> > To: hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > Subject: Re: [Hpr] Amateur radio round table? > Message-ID: <517e0c06-ea4d-4326-763c-c479858b8...@member.fsf.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > On 05/01/17 23:41, Michael wrote: >> Hello everybody, >> >> with Ken repeatedly asking for certain topics, I wonder if it would make >> sense to do a kind of round table session on mumble. Where we can just >> meet and talk about, including but not limited to, amateur radio. If we >> have a whole group of people, they can augment their answers or correct >> things right in place. Anyone interested could join in with their >> questions or be it just Ken sitting there and hitting a big buzzer each >> time we come across a term in the conversation that he thinks needs >> explanation for the rest of the audience. >> >> hw? >> >> Regards, >> Michael (Mirwi) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hpr mailing list >> Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org >> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >> > > I'm not a HAM so I wouldn't be of much use at a roundtable on the topic, > but since this is a "requested topic", I figure I may as well add to the > resquest with an idea (or rather, an additional request). > > One thing that I've found frustrating is that nobody has ever sat down > in front of a microphone or keyboard and told people EXACTLY how to get > started. > > For instance, here's how to make a bowl of cereal: > > 0. Get any bowl. > 1. Pour some Lucky Charms into it. > 2. Pour milk into it. > 3. Eat it with a spoon. > > This is not EVERY way to make cereal. It's the Ubuntu way. It tells me > exactly what to do, without even mentioning that you could serve cereal > in a mug, or that there are different brands of cereals, or that you can > invent your own by combining granola (*mueslix) with some dried fruit, > or whatever. > > > Translate that to HAM (I'm making this up because I don't know): > 0. Contact your local HAM licensing person, get trained. > 1. Get a Foobar 6000SUX radio from www.ham.com > 2. Tune in to frequency to 1337 hz > 3. Announce your call sign > 4. Profit! > > I believe if an HPR episode started with THAT, it would be invaluable to > not just current HPR listeners, but HPR listeners for years to come. > > Just an idea! > > -klaatu > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 14:32:18 -0500 > From: kt4kb <kt...@yahoo.com> > To: Klaatu <kla...@member.fsf.org>, hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > Subject: Re: [Hpr] Amateur radio round table? > Message-ID: <4c3w9fylxh12h5sao2rg7tt2.1483731138...@email.android.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, > An Amateur radio roundtable, sure count me in! > 73, Jon-KT4KB > > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S?6 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone > -------- Original message --------From: Klaatu <kla...@member.fsf.org> Date: > 1/6/17 1:14 PM (GMT-05:00) To: hpr@hackerpublicradio.org Subject: Re: > [Hpr] Amateur radio round table? > On 05/01/17 23:41, Michael wrote: >> Hello everybody, >> >> with Ken repeatedly asking for certain topics, I wonder if it would make >> sense to do a kind of round table session on mumble. Where we can just >> meet and talk about, including but not limited to, amateur radio. If we >> have a whole group of people, they can augment their answers or correct >> things right in place. Anyone interested could join in with their >> questions or be it just Ken sitting there and hitting a big buzzer each >> time we come across a term in the conversation that he thinks needs >> explanation for the rest of the audience. >> >> hw? >> >> Regards, >> Michael (Mirwi) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hpr mailing list >> Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org >> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org >> > > I'm not a HAM so I wouldn't be of much use at a roundtable on the topic, > but since this is a "requested topic", I figure I may as well add to the > resquest with an idea (or rather, an additional request). > > One thing that I've found frustrating is that nobody has ever sat down > in front of a microphone or keyboard and told people EXACTLY how to get > started. > > For instance, here's how to make a bowl of cereal: > > 0. Get any bowl. > 1. Pour some Lucky Charms into it. > 2. Pour milk into it. > 3. Eat it with a spoon. > > This is not EVERY way to make cereal. It's the Ubuntu way. It tells me > exactly what to do, without even mentioning that you could serve cereal > in a mug, or that there are different brands of cereals, or that you can > invent your own by combining granola (*mueslix) with some dried fruit, > or whatever. > > > Translate that to HAM (I'm making this up because I don't know): > 0. Contact your local HAM licensing person, get trained. > 1. Get a Foobar 6000SUX radio from www.ham.com > 2. Tune in to frequency to 1337 hz > 3. Announce your call sign > 4. Profit! > > I believe if an HPR episode started with THAT, it would be invaluable to > not just current HPR listeners, but HPR listeners for years to come. > > Just an idea! > > -klaatu > > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://hackerpublicradio.org/pipermail/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org/attachments/20170106/ccedd6eb/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Hpr mailing list > Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org > http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Hpr Digest, Vol 100, Issue 2 > *********************************** > -- http://www.cavalcadeaudio.com/ _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
