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by Mong
Wed May 05, 2010 12:16 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Upstate Hamfest Spartanburg SC
Replies: 8
Views: 22130

Re: Upstate Hamfest Spartanburg SC

w2wtf wrote:I won the legally questionable raffle!

What did you win?
by Mong
Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:23 am
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Upstate Hamfest Spartanburg SC
Replies: 8
Views: 22130

Re: Upstate Hamfest Spartanburg SC

Mong wrote:I'll be passing through about 52 hours too late.

Fixed
by Mong
Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:48 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Upstate Hamfest Spartanburg SC
Replies: 8
Views: 22130

Re: Upstate Hamfest Spartanburg SC

I'll be passing through about 12 hours too early.
by Mong
Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:33 am
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Timonium Hamfest March 27 - 28
Replies: 7
Views: 16566

Re: Timonium Hamfest March 27 - 28

Oh, and why so ever did Shelby move Master Mong? The woman who was hired to run the fairgrounds wanted to more than double the price and give them half the area they have used for years. They requested to meet and negotiate and she basically ignored them and left them with a take it or leave it att...
by Mong
Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:47 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Timonium Hamfest March 27 - 28
Replies: 7
Views: 16566

Re: Timonium Hamfest March 27 - 28

Damn, a two-day hamfest. I don't think we have those around these parts. In western NC, we have two of them within about 40 miles of each other. One in the middle of March (Charlotte) and another on Labor Day weekend (Shelby) for the last 50ish years. The Shelby hamfest actually has people show up ...
by Mong
Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:08 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Anyone going to Charlotte on the 13th?
Replies: 13
Views: 27538

Re: Anyone going to Charlotte on the 13th?

ka8ypy wrote:Are you moving or removing someone from the gene pool??

#1.......further away from Dayton (there goes any chance of going now)
by Mong
Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:09 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Anyone going to Charlotte on the 13th?
Replies: 13
Views: 27538

Re: Anyone going to Charlotte on the 13th?

ka8ypy wrote:
Mong wrote:You're supposed to give us more notice (by us, I mean the Charlotte members.... me) :baby:
If I would have had more notice my self, I would have let the whole Carolina Chapter know of my travel plans. Maybe next time.


They'll be one less Carolina member by then :baby:
by Mong
Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:45 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Anyone going to Charlotte on the 13th?
Replies: 13
Views: 27538

Re: Anyone going to Charlotte on the 13th?

You're supposed to give us more notice (by us, I mean the Charlotte members.... me) :baby:
by Mong
Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:08 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Anyone going to Charlotte on the 13th?
Replies: 13
Views: 27538

Re: Anyone going to Charlotte on the 13th?

Sounds like it was as I expected, too bad I was not able to make to say hi.
by Mong
Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:52 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Anyone going to Charlotte on the 13th?
Replies: 13
Views: 27538

Re: Anyone going to Charlotte on the 13th?

I think the new location sucks since they say Concord yet it's WAY on the other side of nothing compared naything in Concord. BUT.... I am off that weekend and am only coming from Gastonia so I'll be there. As a plus, the old hamfest location in Charlotte will have a C&E gunshow the same weekend...
by Mong
Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:39 pm
Forum: VoIP/IRLP/EchoLink etc
Topic: FCC Report and Order
Replies: 10
Views: 25484

Re: FCC Report and Order

Holy dogshit, a thread back from the dead :baby:
by Mong
Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:49 pm
Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
Topic: DSTAR true acromyn revealed
Replies: 15
Views: 33883

Re: DSTAR true acromyn revealed

The mirror worked, did the user database get hosed in the transfer? It really won't be a problem re-registering if needed.
by Mong
Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:20 pm
Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
Topic: DSTAR true acromyn revealed
Replies: 15
Views: 33883

Re: DSTAR true acromyn revealed

Don't most of those "douchebags" share a state with you? :baby: Just a couple that I know of. There is some of the SC riffraff who are so far away from their own capital that NC accepts them :baby: Yup including the founder. Feel free to look up John K4WTF and let him know how you really ...
by Mong
Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:26 pm
Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
Topic: DSTAR true acromyn revealed
Replies: 15
Views: 33883

Re: DSTAR true acromyn revealed

LM2032 wrote:Rumor has it that this acronym will make an appearance on some batlounge shirts this year at Dayton...

Those douchbags would be the type to do so.
by Mong
Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:23 pm
Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
Topic: DSTAR true acromyn revealed
Replies: 15
Views: 33883

Re: DSTAR true acromyn revealed

That's the best you could come up with for a first post? How was it passing the 20wpm test back in the old days?



Hope your second post is not as :xls:
by Mong
Wed Dec 09, 2009 6:39 pm
Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
Topic: A little help for an astro n00b
Replies: 15
Views: 38794

Re: A little help for an astro n00b

MOL, will send you the latest and greatest that is available, they have no mechanism to provide "out of date software". We had a /\/\ sales dude come by yesterday. He looked at my Saber II on my desk and said something about not supporting them anymore. I wanted to say "no shit"...
by Mong
Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:25 am
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Shelby 2009 - Dallas Gaston NC
Replies: 19
Views: 35128

Re: Shelby 2009 - Dallas Gaston NC

My real camera died at the beginning of the hamfest so here's a few cellphone pics (not resized but not overly gigantic)....... Mobile BBQ command post http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r4/gromnc/ea188ec6.jpg Wacker lights http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r4/gromnc/ff475e43.jpg Wacker truck http:...
by Mong
Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:07 am
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Shelby 2009 - Dallas Gaston NC
Replies: 19
Views: 35128

Re: Shelby 2009 - Dallas Gaston NC

Now, I plan to make no purchases, so I will just be along for the ride and to hopefully find that dandy ice cream factory with the awesome sandwich shop attached! :baby: You have my number, send me a text if any of you guys make it up here. I can always give you simple directions in case I can't ha...
by Mong
Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:13 am
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Shelby 2009 - Dallas Gaston NC
Replies: 19
Views: 35128

Re: Shelby 2009 - Dallas Gaston NC

Charles, check your PMs, Uncle Tom sent you one :baby:
by Mong
Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:02 am
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: Shelby 2009 - Dallas Gaston NC
Replies: 19
Views: 35128

Re: Shelby 2009 - Dallas Gaston NC

I'll be there but it's only eight miles away for me. In fact, I was at the site this morning.
by Mong
Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:40 am
Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
Topic: ICOM ID-800H at gigaparts $399.00 ends today (can be 379.00)
Replies: 0
Views: 33191

ICOM ID-800H at gigaparts $399.00 ends today (can be 379.00)

http://www.gigaparts.com/store.php?acti ... zic-id-800


It's $379.00 after a $20 mail in rebate. Seems pretty cheap for a dual-band D-star mobile.
by Mong
Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:46 am
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest
Replies: 28
Views: 44201

Re: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest

At least the entire fest' is inside a modern facility.


Guess it is time for me to put clothes on and get going :baby:
by Mong
Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:32 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest
Replies: 28
Views: 44201

Re: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest

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by Mong
Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:46 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest
Replies: 28
Views: 44201

Re: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest

They have a Carrabba’s but that might a little too romantic for a bunch of guys.... :xls: Ha! I thought the Steak & Ale private room they put us in was too close for quarters last May! You say that because you were between me and Father Jack :baby: I noticed all Steak and Als have gone out of b...
by Mong
Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:04 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest
Replies: 28
Views: 44201

Re: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest

Where you want to do lunch? I sent this link to the good Father http://www.macados.net/menu.htm I've been there a few times and they have enough different sandwiches to choose from. It's located in a huge mall so that is one thing to consider but there is enough places to eat in Concord adjacent to...
by Mong
Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:08 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest
Replies: 28
Views: 44201

Re: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest

It's about 10 miles further away than the old location but unless something at work comes up I will be there Saturday.
by Mong
Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:42 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest
Replies: 28
Views: 44201

Re: 2009 Charlotte NC Hamfest

I had no idea if anyone would be able to make it so I didn't post it here :baby:


The new facility should be better than the old one, although I never thought it was bad (except for paying to park).
by Mong
Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:43 pm
Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
Topic: TRBO Scan mode PL problem
Replies: 10
Views: 24116

Re: TRBO Scan mode PL problem

escomm wrote:yes they can

at least an ht1250 does not make it sound like you have a sock in your mouth

Well the "ock" was expected, just figured you'd use a different letter in front :baby:


The trbo and waris crap look like :ham: rigs
by Mong
Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:37 pm
Forum: EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
Topic: A different look at the DX-40
Replies: 11
Views: 25707

Re: A different look at the DX-40

I talk about the DX-40 and my sister's reaction to it Is the DX-40 a new sex toy? That is totally the question I would have expected from a CBer or a member of hamsexy A... I've never been an alcoholic, so no CBs have crossed my path B... You can always leave, no one is forcing you to come here and...
by Mong
Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:31 pm
Forum: EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
Topic: A different look at the DX-40
Replies: 11
Views: 25707

Re: A different look at the DX-40

That might be why I've never heard of AM forums :baby:
by Mong
Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:02 pm
Forum: EQUIPMENT REVIEWS
Topic: A different look at the DX-40
Replies: 11
Views: 25707

Re: A different look at the DX-40

k1oik wrote: I talk about the DX-40 and my sister's reaction to it

Is the DX-40 a new sex toy?
by Mong
Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:55 pm
Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
Topic: NXDN?
Replies: 14
Views: 31078

Re: NXDN?

My problem with competing standards is that no matter how "directed" a non-P25 system may be for business, you are eventually going to have public safety and local government entities buying into it, and when that happens you may as well never have created a public-safety standard in the ...
by Mong
Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:18 pm
Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
Topic: NXDN?
Replies: 14
Views: 31078

Re: NXDN?

Fuck NXDN and fuck TRBO. The LMR industry needs to get their shit together and settle on one digital voice standard, or Uncle Charlie needs to step in and mandate that they pick one. For that matter, fuck the 6.25 mandate too.. if Uncle Moneybags Charlie wasn't addicted to spectrum auctions we woul...
by Mong
Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:35 pm
Forum: Astro DStar and other digital voice formats
Topic: Moto DP3400
Replies: 5
Views: 16431

Re: Moto DP3400

M3ECM wrote: I just wondered if by some freak chance, Motorola would re-use a charger for a new line of radios.

You'd think that when you see how many chargers work with the Jedis :baby:
by Mong
Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:11 pm
Forum: HAMFESTS!!!
Topic: (SC) Rock Hill hamfest October 4th 2008
Replies: 5
Views: 11087

Re: (SC) Rock Hill hamfest October 4th 2008

FatherJack wrote:Dammit, not sure if I will or not because The Ten Tec Hamfest is on in Sevierville (or however the hell you spell it), the weekend before...... :anus:

Don't be a :pussy: You know you'll only use three gallons of gas getting here and back in that little rice burner :baby: