Then, there are those who believe "if you can see the antenna it just isn't high enough!"
Tom

You forgot "yellow".  You'd need to make it "bad boys ruin our young grass....." or yellow grass or ??

Tom

Kuby (and all who won't put forth the effort),
Does your physician keep up his/her continuing education requirements?
I guess, based on your premise its fine if that physician never opens another medical book or reads or studies the latest research in their chosen field of practice.
I guess you would happily hop aboard an airliner who's pilot doesn't believe in taking his/her annual/biannual flight reviews.
Now, true, YOUR life may not depend on your properly operating your hammy radio BUT, your neighbor's might, when you interfere with your local ambulance (or police, or fire, or electric or gas utility) while its trying to locate your stricken neighbor.  NO THANKS!  If you're not willing to spend the miniscule effort to STAY CURRENT in your chosen avocation, then, PLEASE STAY OUT of it for everyone's sake.
Tom

That may be true when morality predominates in a society.  However, in the type of society we have today where its "every person for themselves", "free market" only benefits the very wealthy and the old axiom, "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer" prevails.
Tom

These folks are the successors to the TriEx towers and a lot of their people are former TriEx employees.  Perhaps they can help.

http://www.tashtowers.com/index.html

Good Luck,
Tom

Just the kind of comment I might expect from someone  who is ashamed to post his/her callsign; OR, don't you have one???

With age comes the realization that having the "latest and greatest" of everything is nothing more than egotistical stupidity coupled with a hefty dose of arrogance.
Tom

When I tired of ham radio in California the first time, I sold the tower, cut the anchor bolts flush with the pad and put a lawn building on the, now smooth, pad.  The "beer can" variety (aluminum building) of lawn buildings are relatively inexpensive and look fairly nice with minimal care and they do help keep the mowers, etc. in much better condition over the years.  The building went with the house when it was sold.
Tom

The 'E' stands for 'Electromotive Force" which also got bas******** to "voltage" and, then, of course, someone attempted to change the 'E' to a 'V'.
If somebody thinks they need to honor all these guys, BUY 'EM A BEER, next time you see 'em in the bar, but leave the self-explanatory symbols and terms alone!
Tom

Well stated.
My personal weakness is test equipment.  As with many other categories of electronics, that one can drive one to the "poor house" in very short order.  So, I ask myself, "were you satisfied with the relevant item BEFORE you heard about this new addition, option, add-on, gimmick, etc., etc.?"  If the answer is YES, no further action needs to be taken.  If the answer is NO, then I ask, "does this new 'ueopufdh' address the reason you were dissatisfied?"  If the answer is NO, once again, no further action needs to be taken.  Only if the answer is YES, do I need to look further into the new item.  After going through this exercise, I usually become much more studied about the benefits v. cost of the new item and tend to make better decisions.
Tom

You'd better let Comscope, Andrew, Larsen and a few others know about that!  They're "apparently" wasting a lot of manpower marketing (apparently) unsellable products!


You mean all those rural communities throughout this country are communicating on ARTIFACTS?  Gee!  I thought they were communicating on VIABLE and RELIABLE (take note, new technology!) two way radios!

Forgive me if I seem presumptuous but I can't resist asking the question, "which radio manufacturer signs YOUR paycheck"?

Well said.  While its presently a fairly small sample, every Tesla electric automobile running is using a very large lithium battery array and, to date, I have never heard of an incident of any kind since developmental testing.  Its hard to imagine a more demanding application than being the SOLE power source for an electric vehicle.  Its all about the control system, both charge and discharge.  The batteries are safe when the associated control  electronics are competently designed.
Tom

A crude, unnecessary, irrelevant comment if there ever was one.  What got your panties all in a bunch?  Lighten up and learn to show some respect.  You'll be "old" a darn sight sooner than you think and wonder where the time went just as all of us have.  Wish I could be there to see you respond to a similar comment.  You'll throw a hissy-fit to end all hissy-fits, I'd bet my station on it!
Tom

Well, it WAS when that connector was trademarked!  I bought my first model 43 around 1962 and they had been around quite a while before that.  It sure was nice to be able to match the installation without having to use the lossy and poorly matched (and manufactured) adapters; especially when one manufacturer decided that the mini"U" was a better choice than the then standard UHF connector.  Since most of my test cables have always been type N (to match my test equipment) the 43 input connector was an N female and the output connector was either a UHF female or, later, a miniU female.
I guess, by today's standard, they no longer fill the bill for "instant gratification" that today's generation demands, but, at the time, the connectors were innovative and useful.
Tom

I gotta admit, I had to laugh when I read my comment out of context.  Sounded kinda "rambo like", didn't it?  Actually nothing was further from my mind.  What I did mean was that an intruder would be outnumbered five to one when I'm home.  Four dogs and me!  One being an Akita with a bite that WILL break bones.  I'm sure that my role would be fairly minor but I will try to keep things fair by trying to keep the weapons out of the "other guy's" hands.  Duke can handle the rest with a little help from his "little buddies".
While there might have been a time when things were different, today, at 70, I'll leave the "heavy lifting" to my "bed partners".
Tom

Oh yes!  My decision to cancel my security system was based on numerous articles and stories passed around animal welfare sites describing exactly that type of incident or worse.  My apology was intended to point out that I am not aware of anything like that taking place in MY COMMUNITY and my experience with our local emergency people has been nothing but positive.



The most recent article that I read in the newspaper and one that gave me the greatest distress about what to do described an apartment burglary (this was in an adjoining city to mine) where the intruder encountered a dog IN A CRATE (so it could be no threat to the burglar) YET HE FOUND IT NECESSARY TO STAB THE DOG WHICH WAS UNABLE TO DEFEND ITSELF.  Thankfully the poor dog survived that attack but why did the dog have to be harmed when it couldn't interfere with the burglar?
This is also one reason why I do not believe in keeping a gun in the house.
1.  If an intruder breaks in while I'm home, I don't need a gun.
2.  If an intruder breaks in while I'm away, he will find the gun and take it and, if I'm really unlucky, I'll return home while he's still there and he'll use the gun on ME.  Either way, a no win!
So, they may not carry weapons but they sure know where to get them when they want them.  Good thing for that dog that the resident didn't have a gun; the dog would have been dead from a gunshot, no doubt in my mind!
Tom