I will take the 21st spot.
Dwayne KB5YTA On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Rick Hiller via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Now 19.....no 20!!! > Hi > > Sent from my i-Thingamajig > > On Apr 3, 2017, at 9:07 AM, Jeffery MacMillian via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > WOW 18 email mails all about TRASH :) I find that to be very ironic, with > a wee bit of entertainment value. The longest topic of discussion on the > reflector, all about what NOT to post. All spurred by an Aprils Fools joke. > > The passion we have to make sure other people conform to our idea of what > an Email should or shouldn't be is amazing. > > The joke, well played! I usually just gaze a these email, but this one was > a Gem. > > I would offer my thoughts on what should or should not be posted, but that > would my version of the world (even though it's still in Beta) . I would > suggest more pictures though. This black and white threads is more like > reading an old news paper. > > > "Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then > blaming others for inadequate results." - Scott Adams > > Have Fun, > Jeff > KG5LRP > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 6:36 AM, K5HM via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Right on >> >> >> >> 73, >> >> Ron, K5HM >> >> [email protected] >> >> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm >> >> <image001.jpg>[image: logo (2)][image: smaller Prize] >> >> * Excelsior!* >> >> >> >> *From:* BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *JP >> Pritchard via BVARC >> *Sent:* Sunday, April 2, 2017 5:59 PM >> *To:* 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* JP Pritchard <[email protected]>; 'Jonathan Guthrie' < >> [email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Trash on our Amateur Radio reflector >> >> >> >> I enjoy BVARC (the club and the reflector) for more than one reason. >> Like Mr. Rodriguez, I look to the club for Elmers, and I have found many >> who are willing to help. All I had to do was ask. On the other hand, I >> find the fellowship of the group to be very important in my life. I >> learned a very long time ago that I need social connections with >> like-minded individuals, and I have turned to BVARC to meet this need at >> this time in my life. >> >> >> >> Every time a member posts something, whether it’s focused on amateur >> radio or something else, I learn something about a friend and sometimes I >> learn something new about one topic or another. So no, I am not offended >> and my day isn’t ruined if I encounter something off topic on the >> reflector. (And I am a person who receives more than a hundred emails a >> day, many of them off topic to anything and everything in my life.) >> >> >> >> So, for what little my opinion is worth, I think Mr Jonathan Guthrie has >> replied to this discussion in a most creative and appropriate way. I think >> he’s suggesting that we should all use good judgement in what we post, >> while at the same time we have the freedom, when the signal to noise ratio >> is all wrong, to turn on the noise blanker and the noise DSP if you have >> one, and then either live with the noise that’s left or shut off the >> receiver (delete and move on). >> >> >> >> JP Pritchard, >> >> KG3JPP >> >> >> >> *From:* BVARC [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On >> Behalf Of *Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC >> *Sent:* Sunday, April 02, 2017 2:56 PM >> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* Jonathan Guthrie <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Trash on our Amateur Radio reflector >> >> >> >> Two things about the signal-to-noise ratio of an email list. >> >> First, conversations about the topicality of off-topic messages (by which >> I mean discussions like this very one that we're engaging in right at this >> moment) tend to generate vast quantities of frankly off-topic noise, >> especially when compared to the off-topic messages that are under >> discussion. Consider, for example, the number of "April Fools" messages to >> the number of messages talking about the "April Fools" messages. There >> have been at least twice as many in the meta discussion than were posted in >> the first place. These messages will also tend to be very contentious, >> which probably accounts for there being such a large number of them. >> >> Second, a low signal-to-noise ratio in an email list is nearly always due >> to a low amount of signal in the list rather than to an excess of noise. >> (The only exception I know of is on the SMOFs list, and that has to do with >> the characteristics of certain of the personalities on that list. I can >> explain more, if you want me to, but it probably works better in a private >> conversation.) So, the appropriate response to being unhappy with a low >> signal-to-noise ratio is to try to put more signal in the list rather than >> to put more noise on the list in an attempt to reduce the amount of noise >> on the list. On-topic messages tend to foster more on-topic discussion. >> >> One last point I'll make is that nobody concerned with a low >> signal-to-noise ratio finds comments like "you can always delete the >> messages you don't like" to be very helpful. If the noise is high enough, >> it is easiest to simply withdraw. >> >> On 04/02/2017 10:18 AM, John Chauvin via BVARC wrote: >> >> Au contraire. >> >> >> >> It is not that my, and hopefully anyone else's, whole day is consumed >> with the reflector. Rather it is that many of us have a busy schedule and >> have to sort through this BS to get to our only desire for the reflector - >> amateur radio. >> >> >> >> One exception, because of the nature of many amateur radio operators, an >> occasional "off topic" is required as a one-time question or similar, but >> not leading to a long e-mail trail. I would hope that those that respond >> to these occasional requests do so directly and not respond to the entire >> reflector. >> >> >> >> IMHO (to quote a internationally acclaimed orator and noble statesman). >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Rick Hiller -- W5RH via BVARC <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> >> <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* Rick Hiller -- W5RH <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, April 2, 2017 10:03 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Trash on our Amateur Radio reflector >> >> >> >> >> >> Well now, let's see... >> >> >> >> No political comments -- then no discussion about HR555. >> >> >> >> No religious comments -- then no discussion about the propagation, sun >> spots, solar storms, because that is Mother Nature/God -- the ultimate OP, >> no matter what building you go into Friday, Saturday or Sunday. >> >> >> >> No humorous comments.....oh, no humor, sorry, I'll stop here then. >> >> >> >> C'mon folks, if your whole day is consumed by what comes across the BVARC >> reflector and you do not know what a delete key is, then you deserve to be >> miserable. Even Dr. Feinman had a sense of humor. >> >> >> >> 73 (sincerely) Rick -- W5RH >> >> >> >> ps...keep complaiing and I will start the wood chuck thread >> again....Oh..,,sorry, no humor allowed. My apologies. >> >> >> Rick Hiller >> >> *The Radio Hotel* -- W5RH >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Pat Cameron via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I vote for that! ( and the code requirement :-) >> >> >> >> On Apr 2, 2017 8:56 AM, "K5HM" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I do not care for political or religious comments but if we ban humor, >> well, that is a step too far. >> >> >> >> There is precious little ham humor in our hobby. We all seen to take >> ourselves too seriously. Next thing you know, we will be bannibg the >> expressions of humor like words like Ha Ha or Hee Hee Heee. >> >> Come on April 1st. OK? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 73, >> >> Ron, K5HM >> >> [email protected] >> >> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm >> >> [image: ARRL Logo][image: logo (2)][image: smaller Prize] >> >> * Excelsior!* >> >> >> >> *From:* BVARC [mailto:[email protected] g <[email protected]>] >> *On Behalf Of *Pat Cameron via BVARC >> *Sent:* Sunday, April 2, 2017 7:16 AM >> *To:* BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* Pat Cameron <[email protected]>; Michael Monsour <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [BVARC] Trash on our Amateur Radio reflector >> >> >> >> Can we take a vote? >> >> >> *Best Regards,* >> >> *Pat Cameron* >> >> (832)885-2899 <(832)%20885-2899> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 6:08 AM, K5IZO via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Michael, I agree. >> >> >> >> Let's keep this reflector for ham radio so we don't have to receive this >> garbage. Political views, sinkholes and April Fools trash isn't welcome >> here. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Apr 2, 2017, at 5:57 AM, Michael Monsour via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> If you are going to do April 1st stuff then have the FCC turn ham radio >> into CB. No more calls and free for all and anything goes >> >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 10:51 PM, Jeff Davis via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I enjoyed it, I’ve been hit with so many today that it was getting old. >> Then this one and man I swallowed it hook line and oh you know. >> >> >> >> it wasn’t till I went back to read it again and saw the date that I went, >> oh crap, I fell for one. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> KF5HQE Jeff >> >> >> >> On Apr 1, 2017, at 10:12 PM, gmuller885 via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Just haveing fun michael. Don't take it so seriously. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy® Note 4. >> >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Michael Monsour via BVARC <[email protected]> >> Date: 4/1/17 9:42 PM (GMT-06:00) >> To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]> >> Cc: Michael Monsour <[email protected]>, JP Pritchard <[email protected] >> > >> Subject: Re: [BVARC] FCC action!! >> >> Enough with the April 1st junk >> >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 9:03 PM, JP Pritchard via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I know this is crap since the federal government would never say in a >> press release that it had made a big mistake. Nice try Chris. You're an >> April fool. >> >> JP >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Apr 1, 2017, at 8:45 PM, Chris Boone via BVARC <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > FCC to reinstate Morse Code test >> > >> > Washington, D.C. – April 1, 2017 – >> > >> > Today, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) >> approved Report and Order 14-987af which reinstates the Morse Code test for >> General Class and Amateur Extra Class licensees. >> > >> > “It was a big mistake eliminating the Morse Code test,” admits Dotty >> Dasher, the FCC’s director of examinations. “We now realize that being able >> to send and receive Morse Code is an essential skill for radio amateurs. As >> they say, it really does get through when other modes can’t.” >> > >> > Not only will new applicants have to take the test, but General Class >> licensees who have never passed a code test will have one year to pass a >> 5-wpm code test. Similarly, Amateur Extra class licensees that never passed >> a code test will have one year to pass a 13-wpm test. Those amateurs that >> fail to pass the test will face revocation of their operating privileges. >> Materials for administering the examinations will be distributed to >> Volunteer Examiner Coordinators by the end of April, so that they can begin >> the testing on May 1, 2017. >> > >> > “This isn’t going to be one of those silly multiple-choice type tests,” >> noted Dasher. “We’re going to be sending five-character random code groups, >> just like we did in the old days. And, applicants will have to prove that >> they can send, too, using a poorly adjusted straight key.” >> > >> > Technician Class licensees will not be required to take a Morse Code >> test, nor will a test be required for new applicants. “We discussed it,” >> said Dasher, “but decided that since most Techs can’t even figure out how >> to program their HTs, requiring them to learn Morse Code seemed like cruel >> and unusual punishment.” >> > >> > When asked what other actions we might see from the FCC, Dasher hinted >> that in the future applicants taking the written exam may be required to >> draw circuit diagrams, such as Colpitts oscillators and diode ring mixers, >> once again. “We’re beginning to think that if an applicant passes an >> amateur radio license exam it should mean that he or she actually knows >> something,” she said. >> > ______________________________ __ >> > Cumulus Media Disclaimer >> > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for >> the individual(s) named. 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