Ham Shack

@Everyone Yeah, I actually know the answer to the question, because I had to look it up quite recently. It was very difficult to find a good answer, so I asked the question here.

And I have now officially fulfilled my commitment here. Whew!

1:01 PM

My amateur radio twitter account has 100 followers, 100 followees. Kind of funny.

I got the contest tag creation. That should be a good one:-)

1:35 PM

Wow, I'm up to 18 badges...

Johannes Kuhn

1:49 PM

:)

Does the review button show up for any of you? Also, what is your reputation?

Johannes Kuhn

2:10 PM

no, and 103

but I can access /review

(only close/reopen queue)

Q: /review tab not accessable on a private beta

That's what I thought. Thanks!

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The /review tab isn't accessible on Private Betas to those with less than 350 reputation. However, if one manually types in the /review, then one can see the review tab, and access the close and reopen queues. It seems that if you can access any of the queues, you should be able to see the review...

2:44 PM

There's a bit less activity on this site than I thought there would be...

3:01 PM

@PearsonArtPhoto that's probably because a bunch of us quickly realized that 90% of the questions we wanted to ask are off topic :P

but seriously, the reality is that there are probably more n00bs and fewer experts, so us n00bs (myself included) don't even know what to ask

hence my question: what do I do with this data? How do I test antennas?

4:37 PM

@PearsonArtPhoto 18? That definitely makes you a badger!!

@Dan TY; but OK with you if I flag the up-vote remark as obsolete? no offence.

4:50 PM

@Everyone nope, no issues there

@Everyone feel free to edit my stuff anytime, heck, I even VTC'd my own question :P

5:52 PM

@Everyone Guess so. And now I'm up to 19;-)

@PearsonArtPhoto Spread the word!

(Which I'm sure you have been doing :P)

I'm enjoying so far the private beta for the Amateur Radio Stack Exchange site. If you'd like to join, send me a pm with your email.

Tweeted by kd7uiy on October 23, 2013 at 1:02 PM

That's about as much as I can get. Plus, it was re-tweeted;-)

Awesome :)

7:19 PM

Arg... I'm running out of votes - I forgot about that cap

7:31 PM

It's always worst on day 2 of private beta...

@PearsonArtPhoto yep

what cap?

oooh

hey @UV-D

hiya - I still do not know what to post

I have a few questions rattling around my head... don't know if they would be on topic

@UV-D Open the 'Ask Question' page, and put the title in first (+: "Can I listen to hams using a broad-cast receiver"

So that's what the sound was! I wondered ...

turns the fan on again

yes, but would that be on topic

7:45 PM

eh?

would that question be on topic - if its just going to be downvoted/closed, then I am not going to post it

I think it should be on-topic ...

_pokes @PearsonArtPhoto _

@Everyone Yells in panic!

@PearsonArtPhoto would the question "Can I listen to hams using a broad-cast receiver" be on topic

Q: Increase the number of votes for the first two days of a private beta?

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I am now participating in my 8th private beta, and one thing that I notice consistently, I never have enough votes to survive the first two days. It almost gets to the point where I'm not as active as I could be if I was given more votes. Is there a chance that for the first two days, an increas...

discussion feature-request private-beta

7:48 PM

haha Why are you panicked? The question in SEx.SE I posted earlier, or the one I just posted here?

Not much privacy with 8 private beta I'm sure (+:<

@Everyone I was poked, it spooked me;-)

@UV-D Something more specific would be required, but yes, that general mold would be okay.

more specific?

Oh good. You haven't been to SEx yet then

Well, what kind of broadcast receiver?

Shortwave radio, AM, FM, police scanner, etc.

@PearsonArtPhoto It's an old old old tube rx my gramps won back in 1931 q+:

7:50 PM

Hmmm. What do you know about it?

aaaaaah

yes, a standard AM/FM receiver

I will post it now

@UV-D Shortwave radio is what you have then

@PearsonArtPhoto got my upvote

so a standard AM/FM receiver is a shortwave radio?

someone can include that in their answer

hint hint

@UV-D Not really.

7:52 PM

@UV-D Not really; short-wave radio is AM but different set of bangs

okies, I'll stick with AM/FM

@UV-D Got the model number?

It's just a Sanyo AM/FM broadcast receivier... a radio

Medium wave then prolly ... there should be a model number written some-place

@Everyone LOL. I have actually been there, and am too busy to properly deal with it now.

7:56 PM

Ut oh... that sounds ominous

got the model number, will include in the post

@UV-D Cool (+: Did you get your down-time?

nope

and I have to leave for work in 30 minutes

another full day

Ouch

The Ham Shack is pathetic )+: 2 days, and just 1 starred comment? Come on, people. Shake things up a bit!

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what tags do I put for that?

7:59 PM

@Everyone There haven't been many star-able posts :(

okay question is getting posted, someone please fix the tags

Someone isn't in here yet ... I haven't seen her online in a while.

Hey, totally forgot Nick Larsen is a ham.

@Seth The name rings a bell, but ...

@PearsonArtPhoto @Everyone the question is posted, my tags suck, edit at will

8:02 PM

NickLarsen KC5VMB ♦, New York, NY

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Careers 2.0 team.

@UV-D How about diy?

hmmm yes, will add that in ther

Cool! He's a rocket-guy

Q: What are some fun activities hams participate in?

yep.

Hmm.. What about this?

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Yes, Amateur radio is a hobby. The general impression however is that it is a geeky/nerdy/kooky (I forget which carries a negative connotation!) hobby; either the ham sits at a transceiver, or is doing something with an oscilloscope, soldering iron, some meters & books at the other table. The o...

fox-hunt

That's mine

now,I have to go get ready for work.... it is 6:05am here, I get to work by 7-7:15 and won't fiish until well aftr 4pm today... and I am bruised, burnt and battered... oh this is going to be a fun day

8:05 PM

I guess it would be a good Q/A as long as the answers are comprehensive.

@Everyone Oh... lol.

@UV-D I can always punch you in the nose, if it'll make the day go any better (+:

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lol, with the day I have ahead, yes it would

@Seth Feel free to edit (+: