Holy thread resurrection, Batman! This one from before my NES birthday!
Since it involves amateur radio, along will be Mike shortly complaining about stinky hams. [laugh]
The "public health" "experts" were caught red-handed calling things like motorcycle crashes and gunshot wounds "COVID deaths" so the credibility of their numbers is suspect to say the least.
Well, a**h***ry seems to be a common occurrence in the amateur radio community. I believe I mentioned in another thread an active ham I know - instructed the Technician exam prep course I took* - happened to have a mic keyed when the clock in the hall struck a few bongs of Westminster Chimes...
How are they? Charter's website says they can give us service, but (a) no gear on the poles, and (b) when I asked at the office in town, they said flat-out NO.
Really isn't that tall??!? A 40' is a toadstool. A decent TV aerial off our roof would be >40' AGL. We took down a pine tree next to the house a few years back that was 85'+.
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That, too! [devil]
If they're bitching about 40' (forty!!) in that neighborhood, NOTHING will make them happy. **** 'em and take 'em to court, stuffing PRB-1 so far up their asses they can duly taste the shit. Deny their kids candy on Halloween, and shit on their doorsteps this coming Mischief Night. They've...
FWIW, a few weeks ago I received a QSL card, dated October 28, 2011, from W1 QSL Bureau, for a contact in Guadalajara!! It was definitely not me. I brought it up to our (CT) Section Manager, and she said, "Prob. wrong callsign."