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Jim GM4DHJ ...
Nov 3, 2022, 11:31:01 AM11/3/22
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couldn't believe what I heard on 40m this morning while out
mobile.......two old guys were having a quiz taking turns to sing/hum a
song from the 60s and the other tries to guess what the song is.....
mobile.......two old guys were having a quiz taking turns to sing/hum a
song from the 60s and the other tries to guess what the song is.....
Woody
Nov 3, 2022, 4:32:46 PM11/3/22
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Oops sorry, I missed that you are in the Scottish Land. Say no more!!
Jim Stewart ...
Nov 4, 2022, 3:59:15 AM11/4/22
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Jim Stewart ...
Nov 5, 2022, 2:27:51 AM11/5/22
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On 04/11/2022 11:15, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Op 03/11/2022 om 15:30 schreef Jim GM4DHJ ...:
> phone section of the spectrum but don't piss in my garden. I expect
> nothing else that pre-boomer nutters talking about the good ole dayz
> when there was no bloody forrinerz!
>
how can you sing a song in CW ?......
> Op 03/11/2022 om 15:30 schreef Jim GM4DHJ ...:
>> couldn't believe what I heard on 40m this morning while out
>> mobile.......two old guys were having a quiz taking turns to sing/hum
>> a song from the 60s and the other tries to guess what the song is.....
>
> I hope it wasn't in the CW section. You can do what you want in the
>> mobile.......two old guys were having a quiz taking turns to sing/hum
>> a song from the 60s and the other tries to guess what the song is.....
>
> phone section of the spectrum but don't piss in my garden. I expect
> nothing else that pre-boomer nutters talking about the good ole dayz
> when there was no bloody forrinerz!
>
how can you sing a song in CW ?......
Jim Stewart ...
Nov 5, 2022, 2:43:59 PM11/5/22
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On 05/11/2022 10:10, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Op 05/11/2022 om 06:27 schreef Jim Stewart ...:
> By invading a part of the spectrum that you shouldn't use.
>
passed my CW in 1974 so I can
> Op 05/11/2022 om 06:27 schreef Jim Stewart ...:
>
passed my CW in 1974 so I can
Jim Stewart ...
Nov 6, 2022, 2:03:48 AM11/6/22
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On 05/11/2022 10:09, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Op 04/11/2022 om 15:18 schreef Brian Morrison:
>> On Fri, 4 Nov 2022 11:15:05 +0000
>> Would you have heard them through your narrow filter?
>>
>
> That's not really a nice way to talk about my a**e!
>
bona
> Op 04/11/2022 om 15:18 schreef Brian Morrison:
>> On Fri, 4 Nov 2022 11:15:05 +0000
>> Would you have heard them through your narrow filter?
>>
>
> That's not really a nice way to talk about my a**e!
>
bona
Jim Stewart ...
Nov 6, 2022, 11:51:24 AM11/6/22
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On 06/11/2022 13:53, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Op 05/11/2022 om 18:43 schreef Jim Stewart ...:
> Are you saying you have a special licence that allows you to use phone
> in the CW segment?
>
>
my Licence allows that
> Op 05/11/2022 om 18:43 schreef Jim Stewart ...:
> in the CW segment?
>
>
my Licence allows that
Jim Stewart ...
Nov 6, 2022, 2:15:43 PM11/6/22
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On 06/11/2022 18:42, Brian Morrison wrote:
>
> Jim likes to run AM in the satellite allocation too :)
>
we were there first .....
> On Sun, 6 Nov 2022 16:51:23 +0000
> "Jim Stewart ..." <kinvig...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>>> Are you saying you have a special licence that allows you to use
>>> phone in the CW segment?
>>>
>>>
>> my Licence allows that
>
> It's bad form to do it but the band plan is not compulsory in the UK.
> "Jim Stewart ..." <kinvig...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>>> Are you saying you have a special licence that allows you to use
>>> phone in the CW segment?
>>>
>>>
>> my Licence allows that
>
>
> Jim likes to run AM in the satellite allocation too :)
>
we were there first .....
Jim Stewart ...
Nov 6, 2022, 2:18:29 PM11/6/22
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Jim Stewart ...
Nov 7, 2022, 7:38:03 AM11/7/22
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On 07/11/2022 11:36, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Op 06/11/2022 om 16:51 schreef Jim Stewart ...:
> Please post your licence and I want to check if that's different from mine.
>
>
piss off
> Op 06/11/2022 om 16:51 schreef Jim Stewart ...:
>
>
piss off
David
Nov 7, 2022, 8:30:46 AM11/7/22
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On 07/11/2022 11:36, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Op 06/11/2022 om 16:51 schreef Jim Stewart ...:
> Please post your licence and I want to check if that's different from mine.
>
>
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/214116/emf-amateur-licence-terms-and-conditions.pdf
>
>
Jim Stewart ...
Nov 8, 2022, 1:20:49 PM11/8/22
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On 08/11/2022 15:51, Ottavio Caruso wrote:
> Op 08/11/2022 om 15:26 schreef Brian Morrison:
>> On Tue, 8 Nov 2022 10:49:34 +0000
>> Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> There are band plans. They are for gentlemen.
>>
>> The band plans are not mandatory for UK licensees, whether gentlemen or
>> not.
>>
>
>
> We all know that, but, in pre-Ofcom, DTI good old days, licences were
> indeed regularly revoked for naughty behaviour.
>
> Ofcom can revoke a licence although they've never done it since 2003.
>
> https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence/radiocommunication-licences/amateur-radio/licence-misuse-licence
>
> Having a G* call sign and being 70+ of age is not the master key to do
> whatever you want on air, though I met a few pillocks at various radio
> clubs who are genuinely convinced they are "entitled".
>
>
>
yes it is
> Op 08/11/2022 om 15:26 schreef Brian Morrison:
>> On Tue, 8 Nov 2022 10:49:34 +0000
>> Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> There are band plans. They are for gentlemen.
>>
>> The band plans are not mandatory for UK licensees, whether gentlemen or
>> not.
>>
>
>
> We all know that, but, in pre-Ofcom, DTI good old days, licences were
> indeed regularly revoked for naughty behaviour.
>
> Ofcom can revoke a licence although they've never done it since 2003.
>
> https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-licence/radiocommunication-licences/amateur-radio/licence-misuse-licence
>
> Having a G* call sign and being 70+ of age is not the master key to do
> whatever you want on air, though I met a few pillocks at various radio
> clubs who are genuinely convinced they are "entitled".
>
>
>
yes it is
A. non Eyemouse
Nov 10, 2022, 3:48:47 AM11/10/22
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On Tue, 8 Nov 2022 18:20:47 +0000
I've heard all these self-taught M zeros on CW. It's all dah-dah
dah-dah-dah-dah-dah... I usually fall asleep by the time they get to
that bit or go and listen to something more interesting.
--
Mouse.
Where Morse meets House.
dah-dah-dah-dah-dah... I usually fall asleep by the time they get to
that bit or go and listen to something more interesting.
--
Mouse.
Where Morse meets House.
Jim Stewart ...
Nov 10, 2022, 8:18:04 AM11/10/22
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came in .....
Ian Jackson
Nov 10, 2022, 4:01:51 PM11/10/22
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In message <jt3s7c...@mid.individual.net>, A. non Eyemouse
<some...@work.invalid> writes
If I was a keen CW enthusiast (which, thank The Lord, I'm not, Sir), I'd
hate having an M0 callsign!
--
Ian
<some...@work.invalid> writes
hate having an M0 callsign!
--
Ian
Julian Macassey
Nov 12, 2022, 1:22:13 PM11/12/22
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:17:29 +0000, Brian Morrison
>
> Heh! MM0OOO would be ideal. Or MW0JJJ just to allow a bit of relief
> even if it takes longer to send. And sign /MM just for fun.
How about:
MW0MJJJ/M
--
Hitler, no doubt, will soon disappear, but only at the expense of
strengthening (a) Stalin, (b) the Anglo-American millionaires and
(c) all sorts of petty fuhrers° of the type of de Gaulle.
- George Orwell, 1944
>
> Heh! MM0OOO would be ideal. Or MW0JJJ just to allow a bit of relief
> even if it takes longer to send. And sign /MM just for fun.
How about:
MW0MJJJ/M
--
Hitler, no doubt, will soon disappear, but only at the expense of
strengthening (a) Stalin, (b) the Anglo-American millionaires and
(c) all sorts of petty fuhrers° of the type of de Gaulle.
- George Orwell, 1944
Ian Jackson
Nov 12, 2022, 3:55:55 PM11/12/22
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In message <slrntmvp2j....@n6are.com>, Julian Macassey
<jul...@n6are.com> writes
--
Ian
<jul...@n6are.com> writes
>On Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:17:29 +0000, Brian Morrison
>>
>> Heh! MM0OOO would be ideal. Or MW0JJJ just to allow a bit of relief
>> even if it takes longer to send. And sign /MM just for fun.
>
> How about:
>
> MW0MJJJ/M
>
MJJJ?
>>
>> Heh! MM0OOO would be ideal. Or MW0JJJ just to allow a bit of relief
>> even if it takes longer to send. And sign /MM just for fun.
>
> How about:
>
> MW0MJJJ/M
>
--
Ian
Ian Jackson
Nov 12, 2022, 4:05:55 PM11/12/22
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>On Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:17:29 +0000, Brian Morrison
>>
>> Heh! MM0OOO would be ideal. Or MW0JJJ just to allow a bit of relief
>> even if it takes longer to send. And sign /MM just for fun.
>
> How about:
>
> MW0MJJJ/M
>
How about GJ0JJJ (+ /MM ?)
>>
>> Heh! MM0OOO would be ideal. Or MW0JJJ just to allow a bit of relief
>> even if it takes longer to send. And sign /MM just for fun.
>
> How about:
>
> MW0MJJJ/M
>
or
GJ0JQQ/MM
[Don't think that GJ0QQQ/MM is allowed.]
--
Ian
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