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motorola_otaku wrote:... Popular Communications hyped it up...

Well, there's yer problem right there!

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That's two years in a row I'm on the front page! I should demand some compensation or something!!

I'll be doing parking again. Hopefully Justin and his merry men don't try to run me down like they did last year.

Thanks for the new hat offer, Bryan.

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So... who all showed up?

I saw the snowsquall warning for Niagara and decided to stay home.

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Hmm... lots of t-band Sabers to be found on eBay?

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I had a factory 220 GP300 at one time but sold it because I never used it. Looking to get back into it (of course) and I'm really digging the Alinco DJ-296. The problem is, since our region is the only one that has 1.25m privileges manufacturers of said gear are few. Bravo to Alinco for maintaining ...

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I'd like to go too.

I was there last year and the guy running the spark-gap put on a good show. I also Picked up some Midland UHF gain antennas for $2 a pop new-in-bag.

Anyone taking bets on whether VDC will be there or not?

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Doing a little recon work there, Ray?

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Interesting changes.

I'd never heard of the restrictions on 33 cm in Wyoming and Colorado. Anyone know why?

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Hmm... I take it you're not a fan of his?

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ka8ypy wrote:Isn't it still a little cold there in February??

On the up side, us southerners could walk across the Niagra river ti St. Catherines...Nice place to stay for a couple of days in July though.

DB

That's a bit of a hike from the Niagara river to St. Kitts.

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You haven't experienced the barn-door front end of the IC-2720.

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I've been using a DJ-596 for several months now and it does the job.

Can't beat the price for a dual-band handy.

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Our club's running an 8A (or 9A?) station. Spent the morning helping them set up. My group (20 SSB) is running a Sigma 5 vertical this year for a change. It seemed to hear okay when I tested it earlier.

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Hmmm... I bang the one on the right in a heartbeat.

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Is there one this year? Usually it's the first weekend in June.

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Yeah, I was talking to a buddy of mine and he said there was a lot of crap. No real gold anywhere.

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And no one better be noshing on those chips, man.... there are two places where you don't eat the food - Strip Clubs and Hamfests. What, you mean that $2.99 prime rib at the local peeler joint should be avoided? :baby: The weather cooperated somewhat this year. At least it didn't rain! Last year's ...

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Ham-Ex has come and gone. Did my parking duty this morning and had lots of people say "you're the dude on the website!" Nice to be famous for a minute or two. :baby: Also ran into grinthock and mikey and his pals (didn't catch their names). I'm sure they'll be posting some of the "hig...

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I've got a broken Saber Convertacom I could throw your way.

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Heh, yeah. All indoors. Dozens of hambones milling about. Mmmmm..

The hat I was wearing is an official Hamsexy one given to me by Bryan on the actual day. I'll have to wear it again this year.

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The BIG event in Peel Region is coming up! Saturday, March 25 at the Brampton Fairgrounds.

See here for more details and a hamsexy picture of yours truly on the front page on parking patrol!

http://www.ham-ex.ca/

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Many years ago Radio Shack sold a DTMF encoder about the size of a deck of cards.

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But but I thought computer controlled rigs are the antithesis of amateur radio?!

You know, unless you can see the dial by the light of the tubes you ain't no

!

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Buddy of mine has one and really likes it.

It's the replacement for the TS-50 but I personally think it's in a totally different league.

200 watt sexy!

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Home, car, strapped to your back Dayton style?

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My experience with hamfests is that all the good stuff is gone within the first half hour of opening. What's left tends to be overpriced and/or crap.

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Hi rez pix or stfu!!

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VA3XL wrote:Bob scores 95% on the basic test!

That means full HF privileges for Bob when he's up in the Great White North.

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Hey, congrats Bob! Like the call too. :halfnotworthy: Got a chance to meet SXY as well. Lots of people rumaging about. Not sure how it compared to previous years but it seemed like a success. The spark transmitter they had operating was pretty cool but it sure threw out a lot of hash, even hooked up...

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VE3SXY wrote:I'll be on analog ... 147.570 PL 107.2 and mixed mode 147.555 (CSQ)...

I don't have any Astro gear but I'll program up the Saber 3 and give you a shout.

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One more week to go!!

Never been so I'm looking forward to it. I've heard it's a good sized one and really kicks off the hamfest season around here.

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TiNy wrote:but i do have Yahoo Ft8900 in the truck which I am thinking of getting rid of just cause I do not use it....

Really...

Let me know. I might be interested.

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Icom for < 30 MHz
Yaesu, Kenwood, Alinco and /\/\ for > 30 MHz.

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What's with all this talk about flea power radios?

Real men run QRO!!

Life's to short for QRP!

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Certainly nothing that exotic.

But used gear i've purchased is usually covered in some

goo that takes a good scrubbing to remove.

Smokers are the worst with that brown nicotine film.

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