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440roadrunnerMon Jun-19-06 02:18 AM
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"Revenge of the amateurs-----the radio amateurs"


          

I happened to tune into yet another probably about to become silly "contest" on NBC, and they immediately start giving out the clues in........MORSE CODE. HAhahahahahahahahahahahaha

Pretty funny

  

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LesMon Jun-19-06 11:20 AM
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#1. "RE: Revenge of the amateurs-----the radio amateurs"
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ShellyMon Jun-19-06 01:59 PM
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#2. "RE: Revenge of the amateurs-----the radio amateurs"
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That "silly contest" was the annual Field Day contest, which serves to train Hams to operate in the field with emergency power generators for long hours, so they will be ready and able to be the only source of reliable communications in the event of a natural or man made disaster. This is a function Hams have long filled and a reason they are given large chunks of valuable frequency spectrum to use under their government licence.

Shelly

  

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440roadrunnerMon Jun-19-06 04:15 PM
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#3. "RE: Revenge of the amateurs-----the radio amateurs"
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Shelly, what in hell are you blathering about?


I'm not talking about field day. For your personal edification, the first field day that I was a part of was before I was an amateur, long about 1963, when I was in junior high school. I've been in and out of ham radio since then, and I'm well aware of "field day."

  

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ShellyMon Jun-19-06 04:26 PM
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#4. "RE: Revenge of the amateurs-----the radio amateurs"
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I happened to tune into yet another probably about to become silly "contest" on NBC


Field Day was Friday (Jun 16, 2006). Seems pretty obvious what I was "blathering about".

Shelly

  

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440roadrunnerMon Jun-19-06 05:03 PM
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#5. "RE: Revenge of the amateurs-----the radio amateurs"
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"silly "contest" on NBC"


"they immediately start giving out the clues in........MORSE CODE"


"I'm not talking about field day"


I guess I'm gonna have to laborously spell it out for you. What I'm referring to, is the new show on NBC last night


http://steeplemedia.com/blogs/nbc_treasure_hunters/


http://www.nbc.com/nbc/Treasure_Hunters/



I am NOT referring to field day, and for the second time, I am WELL aware of what, when, and why, field day, "is."


What I "was" referring to, is that the show operators where giving out the clues to the teams in Morse. NOT ONE of the members was the least bit familiar with Morse, even though some of them were CIA and Air Force.

  

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