[Milsurplus] Re: Cipher Challenge!

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On 11/7/07, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Like a lot of ham radio VHF repeaters,
> many "groups" are ego trips
> and exercises in petty despotism for their "owners,"
> which is why we get continual, destructive
> fragmentation of the mil-radio community into
> little fiefdoms, isolated from each other and thus
> missing out on invaluable "cross-pollination" of interests
> and ideas.  When, oh when are we going to learn to ignore
> the occasion sour-graper who grumbles because some post
> isn't to his personal tastes?
> His "delete" key works just like yours.
> Before long, we'll have the
> "Mil-radios Used during the Monsoon Season
> in South East Asia, Except the Gray Ones" Yahoo group.

Man-o-man, isn't that the truth!! What's the difference in getting 20
email messages a day from 5 different groups, or 100 from 1? Other
than being able to claim ownership somehow?

The AM community gets high marks in this area, having merged the AM
Window, AMfone, and AM Classifieds into AMfone.net some years back,
and now together with WA5AM's AMRadio reflector. Tube, Class E solid
state, Flex radios, Yaecomwood - you can find it all in one place.
Even ARC-5 and Milsurplus stuff used for AM. A few guys are salvaging
the old 'modded' gear and using it instead of hacking up good stuff.

I've sure deleted a lot of posts over the years of no interest to me.
But the gems found here that solved a long-forgotten problem with a
piece of gear I'd forgotten about, everyday tips, or getting turned-on
to something 'new' are the reasons I prefer the 'one list' approach.
Throw out a question in a single post and get a half dozen or more
replies in no time.

Reminds me a bit of Dennis Stark's old group email approach: a ton of
great info from many different folks on many different items, all in
one place. Milsurplus being the binding thread.

~ Todd,  KA1KAQ