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Where do you live? On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Ernie Rice <[email protected]> wrote: > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from > this list > > Not true in my area! > > Ernie > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 7, 2013, at 12:09, Zack Widup <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe > from this list > > > > If you're limiting yourself to shortwave, that may be true. I got > > interested in VHF/UHF/microwave/mmwave weak-signal work a number of years > > ago. It's a whole new world. The others interested in this facet of ham > > radio are not the same as most of the HF ops. Almost all are willing to > > give a hand, get new people involved and on the air. Almost all are very > > technically competent and have something useful to contribute. Sort of > > breathes new life into the hobby. > > > > 73, Zack W9SZ > > > > > >> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Ernie Rice <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe > from > >> this list > >> > >> And most hams still won't help. I am letting my ticket expire because > the > >> hobby is no longer fun or useful. Hams talk about CB ad chicken band > or > >> low lives. Go to 80 m on any night and listen to the crap up there. > >> > >> Ernie > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Oct 7, 2013, at 11:46, David Goren <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe > >> from this list > >>> > >>> From reading the comments on the site, a lot of people use it as a > >> simulator to help them as they study for their ham licenses. Current > hams > >> use it as a way to elmer newcomers. That alone has some value, bec. > when I > >> tried to become a ham as a teen I found most didn't want to bother to > lend > >> a hand. > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Oct 7, 2013, at 9:37 AM, Zack Widup wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe > >> from this list > >>>> > >>>> If there are signals long-since departed from the airwaves on > >>>> Hamsphere, perhaps nostalgia? That's all I can think of. > >>>> > >>>> I picked up a small portable shortwave radio at a ham auction for $10 > >>>> a few months ago. It needed a bit of repair work but is a nice little > >>>> radio. I'm pretty sure similar radios for similar prices can be had on > >>>> eBay. Also, my Yaesu VX-6 does a decent job of receiving on the > >>>> shortwave bands when it has a decent antenna. The only problem I might > >>>> see with those is the need for an adaptor for the SMA connector it > >>>> uses for the antenna. But those are also easy to come by. > >>>> > >>>> 73, Zack (W9SZ) > >>>> > >>>>> On 10/7/13, Rick Hampton <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe > >> from > >>>>> this list > >>>>> > >>>>> According to the Wikipedia entry > >>>>> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HamSphere) you're pretty much dead on > >>>>> with your assessment. > >>>>> > >>>>> I ran across it a while back and couldn't understand why anyone would > >>>>> take the time to build something that emulates the worst part of a > real > >>>>> radio circuit, and from the comments I've read, does so only poorly. > >>>>> > >>>>> Apparently, there is a niche (but not a huge niche) for people who > like > >>>>> the idea of dealing with noise, static, etc, but don't have the > >>>>> wherewithal to either get real radios or the license to operate them. > >>>>> That doesn't include me, but to each his own... > >>>>> > >>>>> Rick > >>>>> > >>>>>> On 10/7/2013 7:28 AM, Kevin Elliott wrote: > >>>>>> Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe > >> from > >>>>>> this list > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Can someone explain what the appeal of Hamsphere is? I have played > >> with it > >>>>>> a few times, and I just can't get over the fact that nothing is > really > >>>>>> transmitting on frequencies. It's not much different than a voice > chat > >>>>>> server with a ton of channels. It seems like a nice way to play with > >> the > >>>>>> concepts without needing the equipment, but other than a really > really > >>>>>> basic learning tool, how is it practical in any way? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> There's something that having laws to restrict transmissions on real > >>>>>> frequencies and the need for relatively costly equipment that makes > >> real > >>>>>> transmissions that much more interesting, even if you're just > scanning > >>>>>> bands and not participating in amateur radio (which is also a > blast). > >>>>>> > >>>>>> And doesn't hamsphere have some kind of subscription cost?! Please, > >> tell > >>>>>> me what the appeal is so I can die knowing. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -Kevin > >>>>> ______________________________________________________________ > >>>>> Spooks mailing list > >>>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks > >>>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >>>>> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >>>>> > >>>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >>>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >>>> ______________________________________________________________ > >>>> Spooks mailing list > >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks > >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >>>> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >>>> > >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >>> > >>> ______________________________________________________________ > >>> Spooks mailing list > >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks > >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >>> > >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Spooks mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:[email protected] > >> > >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Spooks mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Spooks mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
