[Boatanchors] QST Resizing

[Phil]

The hottest thing going out here now is DMR (no I don't have one).  A 
bunch of the local hams have bought those under $100 "Radioddity" HT's, 
then spend much more time writing and rewriting the codeplugs (memories) 
for them than they do talking on them. Then have to meet up on the local 
2M/440 repeater where everyone hangs out to contact each other to "move 
over to the DMR repeater".

When one of them tells me "I just worked Greece (or whatever)", I just 
laugh at them and tell them, "no, you just worked the local DMR repeater 
then connected to the Internet"!!!

73 From "The Beaconeer's Lair"
Specializing in DXing NDBs (Longwave Beacons)
Phil, KO6BB,  http://www.qsl.net/ko6bb/
KO6BB/B beacon, ~20W on 28.290 MHz, Ringo Vertical

HF/LF RADIOS:
HOMEBREW:   7 Tube+Rect 1v3 Regen RX for LF (built 2015)
Icom:       IC-7200 Xceiver, DSP IF & filters (~2015).
Kenwood:    TS-450SAT Xceiver, cascaded 250/125Hz Inrad filters.
10M Beacon: 2 x Realistic HTX-100's on 28.290MHz
SDR:        Softrock Ensemble II LF (built from a kit 2017).

ACC:   HOMEBREW  LF-MF Pre-Amp, 8Hz Audio Filter.
        HOMEBREW  4 Port Antenna Multicoupler, Feeds 4 RX's.
        
ANTENNAS: 88 foot Long Ladder-line fed dipole, 35 feet AGL for MW/SW.
           Active Mini-Whip, 36 Feet AGL for LF/MW/SW.
           37 foot "Low Noise Vertical", 11 feet AGL for LF/MW/SW.
           Cushcraft AR-10 Ringo Vertical, 14 feet AGL for 10M beacon.
Merced, Central California, 37, 18, 37N   120, 30, 6W CM97rh

On 1/7/2018 12:36 AM, Lee Bahr wrote:
> Bill:
>
> I could not have said it any differently.  I'm a life member of the 
> ARRL too,  but would cancel if paid annually.  The thing for me is 
> worthless for the most part.  No depth, hardly any articles of 
> interest and those of interest are old news.  I'm not interested in 
> what 5 year old girl just got her EXTRA Class License.  The ARRL just 
> doesn't get it.  New cereal box licensed hams don't give a damn about 
> the League or ham radio as a hobby and the guys interested in ham 
> radio are interested in stuff QST passes over or treats lightly.  I 
> too enjoy Electric Radio.  I haven't seen a CQ magazine in years.  I 
> dropped them for lack of quality articles years ago.  All I hear now 
> about them is the issues don't show up or show up late.  I don't need 
> that type of aggravation.
>
> Lee, w0vt


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