[Milsurplus] Re: Cipher Challenge!

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

There's a lot to be said for the old saw about 
having to kiss a lot of frogs before you find 
the beautiful princess/handsome prince! 
 
73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 
Oklahoma City, OK 
 


> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:33:26 -0500
> From: ka1kaq at gmail.com
> To: arc5 at ix.netcom.com
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Re: Cipher Challenge!
> CC: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>
> On 11/7/07, David Stinson  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