in my imediate family, mother father and sisters, 6 out 0 in
i was the last one out.
i made sure i turned off the lights.
i added up all the imediate members of my family who have left the b'org and more have left then remain.
this was promped by a conversation i had lastnight with my son who told me about a jw kid from his past got in contact with him out of the blue and she was telling him how many in her family were now df'ed and never planning on returning.
we were really surprised because she was an elder's daughter and one of the last people you would think would leave.. so what is your family score?
in my imediate family, mother father and sisters, 6 out 0 in
i was the last one out.
i made sure i turned off the lights.
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a woman and two of her cousins are suing the seekonk and attleboro, massachussetts congregations of jehovah's witnesses for compensation, as well as her stepfather, a former ministerial servant, who pled guilty to abusing her last year.. see "woman sues church" at.
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2004/09/18/city/city1.bxt
i dont know if its my n.e.
upbringing, but how many of you out there enjoy a little ketchup with your eggs.
tabasco sauce doesn't count.
i also like ketchup on my chicken pot pie.
wakey wakey, the bands are opening up, i'm on 20m 14.070.0 on bpsk31 with my new (to me) station.. kenwood ts530s and laptop, buck comm interface.. .
cushcraft r7000 10m-40m antenna.... .
and my handi work attaching this baby to the pole.
got your pm happy dad and replied. you just never know who the hams are until you pull up in front of their house and see the array of antennas or the tower out back.
i'm working on the tower thingy......
thats why i keep dropping these little tid bits here. lots of new people on th board and why not enjoy a nice qso with an exjw using their favorite hobby?
i'm not up on all the new amatuer stuf, hd.....so all i can say is, look around and see what you think is best.
dang, my radio is almost as old as my youngest sister. i just don't keep up. at least i'm in the somewhat didgital age with bpsk, qbsk, rtty and stuff like that. haqving a ball with it.
73's
zev
wakey wakey, the bands are opening up, i'm on 20m 14.070.0 on bpsk31 with my new (to me) station.. kenwood ts530s and laptop, buck comm interface.. .
cushcraft r7000 10m-40m antenna.... .
and my handi work attaching this baby to the pole.
elsewhere:
CQ means "Calling any station" in the earlt days of radio, morse code was THE only means...and it was much easier to build your own equipment, for just doing morse code. voise is another story. so to save keying the whole phrase "Calling any station" a shorts word structure was developed. letters instaead of words and phrases. its so common now that any ham who hears them knows what they are, even though with todays technoligy, computers can do the code better faster and easier than ever.
Atilla,
actually, other than the sight of the antenna, a properly run, tuned station will cause no interference with tv's and other electronics. even running up to the radio's maximum capability of 200 watts, i don't disturb anyone. and the antenna is in a good spot. its really not in anyons way, view or anything. of course most of the time we run as low power as possible, enough to make the contact. allot of guys like to run "qrp" very low power, typically under 5 watts. their signal can be heard across the globe, under the right ionsphereic conditions.
wakey wakey, the bands are opening up, i'm on 20m 14.070.0 on bpsk31 with my new (to me) station.. kenwood ts530s and laptop, buck comm interface.. .
cushcraft r7000 10m-40m antenna.... .
and my handi work attaching this baby to the pole.
wakey wakey, the bands are opening up, i'm on 20m 14.070.0 on bpsk31 with my new (to me) station.
kenwood ts530s and laptop, buck comm interface.
cushcraft r7000 10m-40m antenna...
and my handi work attaching this baby to the pole. i had to improvize, but thats what ham radio is all about. doing what you can with what you have.
common you guys, lets dx!
just curious.. todays "times" says that americans do most things one hour before the brits do.. americans, it says, start work at 8am, brits rarely before 9 am.
american lunch is at 12 noon, the uk is 1pm.
american dinner is at 6pm, uk eats around 7.. but how many hours do you need to actually work?.
i work between 40- 53 depending on if its the week i work one saturday a month.
7:30 -5 hour for lunch.
i've never experienced insomnia before in my life.
lately i've been waking up around three or four in the morning and staying awake for several hours before going back to sleep shortly before my alarm goes off.. this is driving me nuts!
i normally wake up feeling refreshed, but now i'm dragging myself out of bed and going through the day feeling sleepy.
fmz,
i didn't notice the db ratings but one reason i can think of as to why it might be only 3bd gain is that it is a multi band antenna. from what i remember it covers 10-80 meters. thats allot to ask an antenna to cover. therefore the 3 traps you see on it. i'd do better with a beem, but i don't have a tower (yet) to put it on
can't wait to fire this rig into it and see who i catch......
i've never experienced insomnia before in my life.
lately i've been waking up around three or four in the morning and staying awake for several hours before going back to sleep shortly before my alarm goes off.. this is driving me nuts!
i normally wake up feeling refreshed, but now i'm dragging myself out of bed and going through the day feeling sleepy.
i wonder if its something in the water?
i woke at 2am and couldn't sleep either.
i took the opportunity to put my cushcraft r7000 antenna together. had to clean up the joints and check all the tightness of every nut bolt and screw.
its going up this weekend.
i'll be able to radiate a signal clear across the planet. on less power than it takes to light a light bulb.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/77810/1.ashx
thought i would post this, if you are having any computer problems, strange windows popping up, computer saying you have errors (that you probaly don't have), or if you have picked up viruses, try downloading spyboy search and destroy, fixed my computer, i almost went out and bought a new one, now its like having a new computer.. and most important the program is free !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
takes about 15 minutes to run the whole program, found over 900 errors the first time i ran it, now my computer is a 1000 x faster and no stupid errors popping up when on the internet.. anybody else use this program ??????