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General Radio Discussion / Re: Country Singer Slim Whitman Dies at Age 90

« on: June 22, 2013, 1756 UTC »

Belinda only goes for nattily attired men, like me.

Sometimes you can be so envious, Al.

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Other / Re: Odd happenings on 7180 khz; 0321 UTC, 6/17/13

« on: June 22, 2013, 1751 UTC »

Who was the ham that used to produce and air shows around 3880 khz.? He was the most hated man in ham radio for awhile. Even the print mags complained about him.

I haven't heard him in 6 or 7 years. I hope he's doing ok? Other than Timtron and his buds going off on a shaggy dog stories about finding "serious modulatin' arn" for nothing or some such other subject,that guy was the only thing worth tuning for on 80 meters.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Country Singer Slim Whitman Dies at Age 90

« on: June 20, 2013, 0053 UTC »

I thought I'd heard he'd died years ago?

I saw Slim perform the National Anthem at the 1981 Peach Bowl. I'd heard he always wore red socks. You couldn't tell during the performance as he was standing. I happened to see him signing autographs at the half. From the side I could see under the table. There were the famous red socks.

When my wife makes me go somewhere dressy, I always put on my blue suit, black cap toed shoes, and a pair of red socks in honor of Slim. People always comment on them or look our way in admiration during the event.

Oddly, she never wants to go back to those places. She must be envious of all the attention I get?

I once grew a pencil mustache in honor of Slim,too. But that's another wife and another story.

Rest In Peace, Slim. Ace Cannon and Boxcar Willie were but pale imitators of you.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Caution: Check your Yahoo email security

« on: June 19, 2013, 1022 UTC »

I've got my current Firefox browser set up to clear cookies after every session which helps......... but I just ran a spyware check of my computer before I logged on. I normally do it on Sunday and I've found I average about one piece of the crap a month.

This past Sunday, I found the monthly turd. This morning when running a new check I found eight more. Something is up on the interwebz.

My guess is it was triggered by the announcement that Yahoo was going to free up old unused email addy's for new users? I would think that hackers that keep Yahoo addresses as backups weren't happy about hearing that.

Use the turd blaster of your choice and check your computers.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Caution: Check your Yahoo email security

« on: June 18, 2013, 0446 UTC »

Yup something is up with Yahoo mail. Before I came over here my station account showed that I had message from "Commander" about the topic "Commander Bunny" coming from the old Rodent Revolution site.

As I'm the last guy in the world he would be emailing about anything, something is fishy in Yahooland.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: [UDXF] Mitigation of Radio Noise from On-Site Sources at Radio Receiving Sites

« on: June 16, 2013, 2222 UTC »

Firearms and explosives work well for off-site noise sources. You'd be amazed at what slug from a 12 gauge shotgun can do for power line transformer noise. It's recommended that you fire from no less than 30 yards out and wear hearing protection.


Disclaimer:The above is for informational use only and bears no relation to the constant ringing in my ears.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: U.S. Pushes Agencies to Free Up Spectrum

« on: June 16, 2013, 2210 UTC »

It sounds like Gene is a member just like his cousin Sy.

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General Radio Discussion / Polis Radio.........

« on: June 13, 2013, 2120 UTC »

from Turkey. Is it still on shortwave?

It could make for some very interesting listening with the events going on there.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: Oh, Alfy!

« on: June 13, 2013, 2107 UTC »

But you'll still buy us all one won't you? As the heir to the great Fansome fortune, you've got money to burn.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Oh, Alfy!

« on: June 13, 2013, 0251 UTC »

The Alinco dx-r8, SDR ready, has, get this, 5 Knobs!!! (Including a giant tuning knob and lotsa buttons!) And it's under 400 bucks. You should buy us all one.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Declassified Spy Outpost Lurks on the Dark Side of the Earth

« on: June 11, 2013, 2200 UTC »

One of my cousins was stationed at one of those places, near Thule in Greenland back in the early 70's. He joined the Air Force to avoid combat duty in S.E. Asia. He got what he wanted.

His response after coming back was, "I'd have rather been shot at."

We still call him "Eskimo Ted".

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WFUQ 6923 LSB 01:45 06/11/2013

« on: June 11, 2013, 1303 UTC »

Pat does know how to win friends and influence people.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Arnold Eidus, 90, Adman With Stradivarius, Dies

« on: June 11, 2013, 1300 UTC »

You're reaching with this one,Al. Stick to obsessing over Amelia Earhart and buzzing the Earth in your truck.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Pirate WKND [We're K-9 Dog] Op, Inventor Of The Grenade 40 transmitter on TV

« on: June 10, 2013, 2347 UTC »

Andy Yoder and I refer to him as the Nikola Tesla of Pirate Radio, Lex.

What's the video can't show is what happens to your attitude after meeting him. Once you start talking to him you realize how bright he is and how broad and deep his knowledge is on a myriad of topics. You forget about the dog stuff about five minutes in and are boggled by his mind.

Plus he's a real cool guy to hang out with.

 

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Pirate WKND [We're K-9 Dog] Op, Inventor Of The Grenade 40 transmitter on TV

« on: June 09, 2013, 0136 UTC »

I just received an email from Boomer. He says there are more clips from the show on his website, if you folks are interested. It's www.boomerthedog.net