[videoblogging] Re: blogging != CB radio the end times

2005-11-21 Thread Eric Rice
I love how ham radio gets brought into the mix. Two of us on our show are amateur radio operators, licensed and the whole nine, as are most of my friends. It's the most bizarre analogy I've ever seen yet. Unless we need licenses to blog? ;-) ER --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, David

Re: [videoblogging] Re: blogging != CB radio the end times

2005-11-21 Thread David Meade
Hehe yeah. I still really like Shortwave, but rarely find time for it now. If I had to fit Ham Radio into the analogy I'd liken them to mainstream media. It's licensed, controlled, and regulated ... where as things like VoIP (largely) isn't. 73s de N9LTQ :-P On 11/21/05, Eric Rice [EMAIL

[videoblogging] Re: blogging != CB radio the end times

2005-11-21 Thread Kevin
I never thought that amateur radio would be discussed in a video blogger group, but it's great to hear how it all goes hand in hand. I know any ham radio operator would freak out if they are ever compared to cb radio operators, so I have to laugh at that. I've been a ham (radio operator) for

Re: [videoblogging] Re: blogging != CB radio the end times

2005-11-21 Thread Thomas G Henry
hey folks... didnt mean to compare two totally different things there just ignorant... cb is not ham... gotcha... pulling things dreadfully off topic again i guess im just curious what of the internet in a post apocalyptic scenario? although i guess if ur rockin ham... u

Re: [videoblogging] Re: blogging != CB radio the end times

2005-11-21 Thread David Meade
Hmmm ... for some reason I cant resist the chance to imagine how the post apocalyptic Internet would be ... :-P Well Ham radio operators have been networking computers over radio waves for a long time. I actually saw this done before I ever saw the Internet. Post apocalyptic scenario ... I'd