R_Bert

Thanks. I just posted that to Hams Helping Hams and 470 ARG on FB.

+1 (visit clubs, strike up friendships, take a few ham ops out to lunch and ask plenty of questions.) Maybe even go to the range with a few of the gun-toting mobile operating hams here and look at / LISTEN to their rigs.

Watch the Black Friday sales. Some of the Yaesu mobiles were *very* well priced last year.

If you are on the dreaded BookFace, try this elmering group. They deal with the questions you pose on a daily basis. https://www.facebook.com/groups/293204677817745/ "Ham Radio / New to the Hobby" It is a closed group, so you will have to join to see the postings. You are correct, Morse coded is no longer required. But it ia actually a growing segment of the hobby, and interestingly a lot of preppers are learning it (now that they don't have to - they have discovered what an effective means of communication it really is) There is at least one exam session in your area - http://www.arrl.org/exam_sessions/nashville-tn-37220-1304-16

Robin Midgett K4IDC (I have no idea how to tag him, but he would know (if not do it himself)

YouTube is banning "bump-fire" videos, and assigning "points" each video removed (even from years ago).

easy. garment bags. And a baggage cart.

Apparently fake-news thinks he is not quite room-temp - http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/10/02/report-tom-petty-taken-off-life-support-massive-cardiac-arrest/

Heh. For me, - Joe "broke-###" Consumer - it works quite nicely. (and they do get a few extra $ out of my wallet that otherwise would not go there)

So, an organization actually goes to the source (NSSF), yet the reporting is not legitimate? Just trying to follow the logic.

I'm confused. NSSF is not legitimate?

Wait until Christmas. I know what's on my wishlist.

Perhaps the other side is driving gun sales. I wonder if they will drive them up even more than the right-wingers? ("Those redneck's have 10 guns, so I need 20!") http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/11/2017-track-one-best-years-gun-sales-past-two-decades/

What the heck -have not posted in a while, and do not plan to go to the "far", But Madelyn is still in office, so no gats. They will have metal detectors and obsess over bags this year - https://www.tnvalleyfair.org/safety.html and require Disneyworld bags (clear bags) - http://www.wbir.com/news/local/metal-detectors-clear-bag-policy-at-tenn-valley-fair/471808218 - (interesting that WBIR overlooked the gats) So who is the token lawsuit this year?

Apparently the Internet Compost Pile done gone and burped.

Weak stomach affected a number of potential career choices for me...

Huntsville Hamfest? We can gang up on him.

I am adding the above to my resume...

Not a lot to tell about me, I am recovering from a old bout of misfortune & miscommunication < i.e. looking for work>. While the last few years I mostly serve my family & friends, in my former life I was a project manager in the defense nuclear industry ( and picked up a post-employment PMP certification). I have a real talent for mowing yards, running errands, and talking people out of stupid decisions (based on my own painful experience). My favorite quote is "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot - 1927 - 1956

He is a *reserve* officer. He has a life primarily outside of the SD. And, is a great smith.

DaveTN - "I would guess the state and the Feds have an arrangement for local law enforcement to enforce state law in the parks. (U.S. Code allows for that) " I am afraid that is not the case - I should have included this in my previous post - http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2017/07/01/gatlinburg-deadly-fire-mystery-who-doctored-prosecution-agreement/444714001/ Thus not only are locals excluded, *The State of TN* can do nothing either.

And the next big issue is jurisdiction. The City of Gatlinburg & Sevier County cannot legally prosecute (that is up to the Feds in the case of the National Park where the fires originated). It's appears to be a legal lost-cause for the locals. All the other "stuff" is ancillary if the Feds deem not to prosecute.

They do. All sorts of stuff to hide a gat. Heck, ii could have got an ar15 in several costumes and props. All foil covered and hail-mary passes

That was my experience as well.

Is wanding. (But because I dearly love my wife...................................)