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443.900 on is on some shit talking abiut aliens lmao
This shit is the best entertainment I've had all night
 
Aljam said:
443.900 on is on some shit talking abiut aliens lmao
This shit is the best entertainment I've had all night
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UHF always had some colorful characters, moreso with GMRS but sometimes it gets to the HAMmies too
 
Roxanne Wolf said:
My fellow HAMsters, the White Savior has come:


The TLDR of this is that this dude is speaking for ALL minority groups that should be hecken put on a pedestal as to what HAM radio is really about.

The reddit post was kinda entertaining before it got locked, a mix of him being accused of playing white Savior and others saying lol I don't wanna talk about gender and sex on the air.

I honestly wonder why people feel the need to bitch and moan about inclusivity, like if you didn't want Gatekeeping go to GMRS. I'll be six feel under before my ARES (I know, I know, but it it's fun) net allows LGBTQF+ HAMs to check in first.
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it's fun that people are calling him out for being an idiot. it's a radio, i don't care if you're a troon or a normal person. if anything you'll be called a fat retard, and that would be it.
 
Archie_Kimkicker said:
Does anyone here know the history of the WARFA (Western Amateur Radio Friendship Association) net? They primarily hang out on 80 meters and have had feuds with various people over the years, to the point the FCC bitch-slapped a few naughty operators.
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Long time lurker, first time poster, been following the WARFA drama for years. Have recordings of the troll riling them up. Sometimes it's pretty funny stuff. My favorite night was tuning into a dude arguing with a hank hill sound board.

The drama, It's kinda like this place, the haters enjoy having something to hate. The WARFA dudes seem to enjoy having the troll to talk about and avoid. Both halves give each other purpose.
 
hog cranking frog said:
Long time lurker, first time poster, been following the WARFA drama for years. Have recordings of the troll riling them up. Sometimes it's pretty funny stuff. My favorite night was tuning into a dude arguing with a hank hill sound board.

The drama, It's kinda like this place, the haters enjoy having something to hate. The WARFA dudes seem to enjoy having the troll to talk about and avoid. Both halves give each other purpose.
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Would that troll be William Crowell W6WBJ?
 
Archie_Kimkicker said:
Would that troll be William Crowell W6WBJ?
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Yup. Been at it well over a decade. I think (others may know better, I moved to a new QTH and can't listen to the drama anymore) he is mobile and lives out of a travel trailer in norcal. He mentions his "children" joining in the jamming but I think that's what he calls his transmitters.

RF drama has a special uniqueness I can't quite explain.
 
hog cranking frog said:
Yup. Been at it well over a decade. I think (others may know better, I moved to a new QTH and can't listen to the drama anymore) he is mobile and lives out of a travel trailer in norcal. He mentions his "children" joining in the jamming but I think that's what he calls his transmitters.

RF drama has a special uniqueness I can't quite explain.
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I think part of it is the sheer effort. You have to be dedicated to really keep this shit up. It pre-filters you down to the trans-uranic elements of trolling, the really heavy stuff you have to work hard to distill down to on the modern Internet.

You have to be smart enough to be decent at the radio side and also crazy enough to keep up the trolling. A special, special blend.
 
hog cranking frog said:
My favorite night was tuning into a dude arguing with a hank hill sound board.
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hog cranking frog said:
He mentions his "children" joining in the jamming but I think that's what he calls his transmitters.
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I really would love to hear that record. If he is using transmitters in different places to appear as several different people, I already love the guy. This is pure genius.
 
Juan Números said:
One thing pissing me off at the moment is people (mostly Italians and older hams) not using ITU standard radio alphabet for absolutely no reason.
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Growing up around ham radio I know that back and front. One time at work I had to work with a support organization and tell them something... maybe a circuit ID, I forget. I rattled off the complicated alphanumeric designator then followed up with clear, rapid fire phonetics.

I got off the phone and my boss, an ex-Army sergeant thanked me for not utterly butchering it.
 
Juan Números said:
One thing pissing me off at the moment is people (mostly Italians and older hams) not using ITU standard radio alphabet for absolutely no reason.
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When I first got my license I went to the local club's Field Day and used their GOTA station for some QSOs. I double-logged someone because they insisted on using "kilowatt" which I interpreted as "KW". Ever since then I've had a special hatred for "kilowatt" instead of "kilo". Why bother with the extra syllable?
 
Spasticus Autisticus said:
When I first got my license I went to the local club's Field Day and used their GOTA station for some QSOs. I double-logged someone because they insisted on using "kilowatt" which I interpreted as "KW". Ever since then I've had a special hatred for "kilowatt" instead of "kilo". Why bother with the extra syllable?
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That's legit retarded. Like it's the worst substitution possible, since it will cause meaning confusion.
 
Archie_Kimkicker said:
Does anyone here know the history of the WARFA (Western Amateur Radio Friendship Association) net? They primarily hang out on 80 meters and have had feuds with various people over the years, to the point the FCC bitch-slapped a few naughty operators.
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Is this that big net that does kinda creepy have your kids/grandkids talk to santa thing during Xmas?

There has been lots of net friction with the popularity of POTA exploding. These old boomer nets don't ask if the freq is in use and just start on top of a park activator. Like if they asked I am sure the activator would move because he wont have the power to talk over them. But they just start and fuck everyone over by not giving the activator a chance to tell hunters a new freq.

It happens to this ham youtuber at the 11:40'ish mark.
I am sure the guys hunting AK where super pissed and I hope they stuck around to troll what ever net it was. AK is a very hard pota get.

Juan Números said:
One thing pissing me off at the moment is people (mostly Italians and older hams) not using ITU standard radio alphabet for absolutely no reason.
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It drives me nuts when people use country names. Like JAPAN for J. Like are you in Japan or is there a J in your call? Or other random words that force my smoothbrain to have to do extra steps to figure out what the word you said is and what letter it starts with. I end up missing it and making them repeat.
 
Jump said:
Is this that big net that does kinda creepy have your kids/grandkids talk to santa thing during Xmas?

There has been lots of net friction with the popularity of POTA exploding. These old boomer nets don't ask if the freq is in use and just start on top of a park activator. Like if they asked I am sure the activator would move because he wont have the power to talk over them. But they just start and fuck everyone over by not giving the activator a chance to tell hunters a new freq.

It happens to this ham youtuber at the 11:40'ish mark.
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I'll have to watch that video. I can see both sides. If it's a well known net frequency and they've been meeting forever why the fuck do they have to move for a Trendy Shit On The Air 'activation'? On the other hand if the net's on a contesting/expedition frequency they're being dipshits.

I forget how scheduled nets and dxpedition pileups have been maintaining frequency separation forever, but they used to, who's fucking it up?
 
Mikoyan said:
I'll have to watch that video. I can see both sides. If it's a well known net frequency and they've been meeting forever why the fuck do they have to move for a Trendy Shit On The Air 'activation'? On the other hand if the net's on a contesting/expedition frequency they're being dipshits.

I forget how scheduled nets and dxpedition pileups have been maintaining frequency separation forever, but they used to, who's fucking it up?
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No one owns a frequency.
It doesn't matter if your boomer net has been there for 100 years.
The rule is you ask "IS THIS FREQUENCY IN USE?" and if it is you technically have to wait or go to your alternate.
Now the gentlemanly thing to do would be to inform the POTA kids there is a scheduled net here and at least give them a chance to get their hunters QSYed off. POTA people don't care and normally will move if you give them a chance. They likely only ended up there because it was clear when they started. And they know their little portable station will get rolled by a real station so they wont bother fighting. And if they do, oh well. You at least gave them a chance.

Ive had QSO's crashed by nets even before POTA was a thing. Most people aren't looking to get in to a fight and will just move for a sked net if you ask. But there are net control operators who feel they shouldn't have to ask and everyone should know about their net and respect their ownersip of that frequency. They hit the power button and key up. Or just pretend they didn't hear you and talk over you.
And then they wonder why they get jammers. :ow:
 
When I was 9 or 10 I was crazy about getting into ham radio. It never progressed beyond reading books at the library phase though.

Nowadays when I'm stuck in a traffic jam I turn on the CB and start calling all the truck drivers nigger.
 
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