Re: 30 Steps for all New Hams
- From: Ray - KU2S <nomail@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:16:26 GMT
On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:37:38 GMT, "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL"
<nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>Thanks to WA8ULX for original post.
>KB7ADL
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>The 30 Steps below will help all New Hams, it will also help you to find
>others just like yourself. These 30 steps should also be added to the
>present writtens.
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>Step One: Use as many "Q" signals as possible. Yes, I know they were
>invented solely for CW and are totally inappropriate for two meter FM, but
>they are fun and entertaining. They keep people guessing as to what you
>really meant. I.E. "I'm going to QSY to the phone." Can you really change
>frequencies to the phone? QSL used to mean, "I am acknowledging receipt",
>but now it appears to mean, "yes" or "OK". I guess I missed it when the
>ARRL changed the meaning. It is also best to use "OK" and "QSL" together.
>Redundancy is the better part of Lid-dom.
>
mucho snippage...
>Step Thirty: If the repeater is off the air for service, complain about
>the fact that it was off the air as soon as it's turned back on. Act as
>though your entire day has been ruined because the repeater wasn't
>available when you wanted to use it. Even thought you have never paid a
>penny to help out with the upkeep of it.
You forgot one...
Step Thirty-one: When, after attempting to make contact on a repeater
with another in-duh-vidual has resulted in no reply, please announce
that fact so that we ALL know that you've been snubbed. For example:
"K2FQ, K2FQ, this is W3LID" (pause) "Nothing heard. W3LID standing
by."
Raymond A. Sirois - KU2S
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6023
http://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6080
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