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KC3TEC

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People will steal anything.
« on: December 09, 2022, 12:56:18 PM »

I was demonstrating some 4sqrp kits ive built for interested people and i had a 40 meter cricket cw transceiver.
Ill be darned someone actually swiped it.
( i would have given it to them if they had asked)
It didnt cost much so im not out a lot of money.
Just damned annoyed about it.
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K1KIM

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Re: People will steal anything.
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2022, 03:34:23 PM »

Some people just SUCK!

I'd like to believe there is some sort of payback karma.....but I've been alive too long to believe that's true.
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SWMAN

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« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2022, 04:26:35 PM »

 Be careful, there’s a lot of porch pirates out this time of year.
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K6AER

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« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2022, 08:14:12 PM »

I was demonstrating some 4sqrp kits ive built for interested people and i had a 40 meter cricket cw transceiver.
Ill be darned someone actually swiped it.
( i would have given it to them if they had asked)
It didnt cost much so im not out a lot of money.
Just damned annoyed about it.

Just exactly how did they steal your transceiver?
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W3HR

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« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2022, 08:26:42 PM »

I remember the first time I learned that hams are not beyond reproach.  There was a power failure at the Dayton Hamvention one year, and people were grabbing radios from dealer tables and running with them.   I was so disillusioned when I heard about that.  So shameful. 
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KC3TEC

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Re: People will steal anything.
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2022, 05:22:06 AM »

I was demonstrating some 4sqrp kits ive built for interested people and i had a 40 meter cricket cw transceiver.
Ill be darned someone actually swiped it.
( i would have given it to them if they had asked)
It didnt cost much so im not out a lot of money.
Just damned annoyed about it.

Just exactly how did they steal your transceiver?
The transciever is just a little larger than a big cell phone and just a simple kit.
About 3/4 watt output
Cost about $30
They are great for pota/sota adventures because of the light weight.
And like any sub watt qrp transciever it needs a well matched antenna for efficiency.
They are fun and easy to build and you get a certain satisfaction using a radio you put together yourself.
The 4sqrp group has their own cricketeer society dedicated to operations using the crickets
They come in 40 meters, 80 meters, 30 meters, and 20 meters,
The only drawback is they are monoband radios

Anyhow it had to have happened while i was demonstrating the code practice oscillators with some other kids.
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SWMAN

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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2022, 05:37:59 AM »

 It must have been one of the kids parents, what a bunch of low life scum bags.
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AC7CW

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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2022, 06:40:28 AM »

I work in an Electronics department at a Walmart in a very nice area but.... every evening around closing we get meth-heads and con artists. They con me occasionally, and that after I think I've seen it all. They will con/steal to get an item worth under $10 when the penalty for theft is seriously more than that... one couple seemed like perfectly innocent elderly people in fatwagons, I trusted them and they got away with a fairly expensive item. We have a very extensive surveillance system and catch and prosecute large number of criminals every year, the truly stupid ones I'd say, yet the theft is ongoing. I'm thinking that a hamfest would be very easy pickings for some of these people
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K0UA

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Re: People will steal anything.
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2022, 07:02:29 AM »

I need to know what a "fatwagon" is..
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SWMAN

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« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2022, 07:07:26 AM »

 A Fatwagon is one of those little motorized drivable carts that people drive around the store on. Mostly used by handicapped people but a lot of fat people use them also.
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« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2022, 09:36:54 AM »

Thanks for supplying the definition of "fatwagon," I was about to ask the same question.  Lots of those in use around here, too so I should have known...
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W3PX

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« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2022, 10:23:08 AM »

I need to know what a "fatwagon" is..

It's a close cousin to the Hamabout Scooter  :o
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KC6RWI

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Re: People will steal anything.
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2022, 12:38:34 PM »

Going back to the original poster, did you have it on table giving a demo to a small crowd?
That story about the Hamvention is almost hard to believe, I hope those guys didn't have hats with call signs.
Thats just dirty, to grab and run, if you saw it happen would you put your foot out to tri[p them?
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K0UA

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« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2022, 03:27:49 PM »

A Fatwagon is one of those little motorized drivable carts that people drive around the store on. Mostly used by handicapped people but a lot of fat people use them also.

Aha. I learned something new today.
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KC3TEC

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« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2022, 09:32:54 AM »

A Fatwagon is one of those little motorized drivable carts that people drive around the store on. Mostly used by handicapped people but a lot of fat people use them also.

And a lot of the times even handicapped cant use them when they are grabbed up by the overweight people or kids just screwing around.
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