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3751

Peskies / Re: UNID 6919 LSB 2242 UTC 28 May 2017

« on: May 29, 2017, 1749 UTC »

FFs pirates, get some coordination going or at least some channel separation. Like one does usb and the other does lsb if you're rock bound. Come on, this isn't rocket science.

3752

General Radio Discussion / Re: Radio Australia for sale

« on: May 29, 2017, 1743 UTC »

"Is their anything Albanian math and statistics can't solve? I think not!"

Egon Krenz sagt ja.

3753

General Radio Discussion / Re: Gregg Allman R.I.P.

« on: May 29, 2017, 1737 UTC »

Nicki Minaj went to the Gregg Allman school of lyrics writing.

6. Track: “Did It On ‘Em”

Line: “If you could turn back time…Cher/ you used to be here now you gone…Nair”

3754

Equipment / Re: Loop On Ground

« on: May 29, 2017, 1731 UTC »

My first 2m 1/4 wave vert was made with coat hangers and a uhf socket, worked fine. People underestimate the ubiquitous coat hanger.

https://www.eham.net/articles/7005
http://www.hamuniverse.com/2metergp.html
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/ab18-16.pdf

3755

Equipment / Re: Loop On Ground

« on: May 28, 2017, 1633 UTC »

Also cheap "pegs" that can be left in the ground indefinitely or at least till they rust away is to cut up a coat hanger (NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!) into sections and make them into U shapes, press them into the dirt over the wire and the wire will keep in place even when mowed over.

3756

Equipment / Re: Loop On Ground

« on: May 28, 2017, 1631 UTC »

"Red Wigglers! The Cadillac of Worms!"

3757

Huh? / Re: Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden, dies at 52

« on: May 28, 2017, 1629 UTC »

If you watch the vid I posted the url to, it shows him hanging from a phone cord around his neck kinda like how he killed himself, as well as singing the lyrics;

                               "The Day I Tried To Live"

I woke the same as any other day
Except a voice was in my head
It said seize the day, pull the trigger, drop the blade
And watch the rolling heads

The day I tried to live
I stole a thousand beggar's change
And gave it to the rich
The day I tried to win
I dangled from the power lines
And let the martyrs stretch
Singing

One more time around
Might do it
One more time around
Might make it
One more time around
Might do it
One more time around
The day I tried to live




The part about pulling the trigger might signify suicide, while the part about one more time around might signify a belief in reincarnation. But who knows, can't ask him now.

3758

Huh? / Re: A real "Inconvenient Truth"

« on: May 28, 2017, 1621 UTC »

Redhat, as I told a revolutionary type I knew decades ago; do you know what a revolution in a superpower such as the United States would entail? We're not talking about simply civilians taking up arms, but factions of the military with it's arsenals being unleashed in a total war driven by competing ideologies. That means nukes, chemical, and biological weapons very likely being used wholesale within our own borders. There wouldn't be a blade of grass worth eating after such a conflict and it would take decades, if not centuries for anything resembling functioning society to reemerge.

If you want to change the system, you have to participate in the system, you can't stand on the sidelines, observe, and complain or simply walk away. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, but radical, sudden change is always a violent and murderous affair that does no one any good.

There's also the outside influences to such activities. Don't think Russia or China or even Canada and countries in south America would sit idle as we tear ourselves apart. That being said, a great great uncle, who happened to be the only president of the Confederacy, said if there's to ever be another civil war, let them start it.

3759

Huh? / Re: God Bless you please, Jim Bunning

« on: May 28, 2017, 1618 UTC »

He sounds like an ossum guy, could use more poly ticks like him right now.

3760

Huh? / Re: Unknown Name/Clever Name/Not a Clever Name Radio stations, WTF

« on: May 28, 2017, 1616 UTC »

I had hopes that you'd enjoy that little tweak to pirate radio.

3761

General Radio Discussion / Re: Gregg Allman R.I.P.

« on: May 28, 2017, 1608 UTC »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWNKHi2joJE

3762

General Radio Discussion / Re: Radio Australia for sale

« on: May 28, 2017, 1606 UTC »

Tesla did Tunguska! ! !

3763

Equipment / Re: Loop On Ground

« on: May 28, 2017, 1604 UTC »

Plus it'll keep those damn kids of my lawn!

3764

Huh? / Re: Unknown Name/Clever Name/Not a Clever Name Radio stations, WTF

« on: May 27, 2017, 1528 UTC »

http://www.blandx.com/trf/TheRadioFamily.html

3765

General Radio Discussion / Re: Radio Australia for sale

« on: May 27, 2017, 1524 UTC »

What does it cost to run a SWBC station like Radio Australia?

The comments below the article are enlightening. A guy there keeps telling naysayers that the new technologies to replace R Australia's service to the outback are cheap, readily available, and the best way to go.

Right on. Just wire the entire area N and W of Dubbo with cell service or WiFi. Can't see how that wouldn't cost much. I'm sure the facilities would be cheap, and then the electric power to cover the entire area? Even cheaper. 

My guess is their current governments are just going to let them stay in the informational dark.

A valid question, however is the target audience hard pressed to find batteries for their portable swl sets in the outback, or do they all carry iphones? Some listeners may not have the funds to afford simple diode rectification, let alone 5th gen wifi.