Comments on: About This Blob, I mean Blog

By: sarahalisabethfox

sarahalisabethfox — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:24:48 +0000

I am really enjoying your blog. So excited to have found it, and giddy that you’re getting a kick out of mine!
Yay.

By: Mike Lefebvre, The Uncommon Agent

Mike Lefebvre, The Uncommon Agent — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:13:02 +0000

OK, now I’m borderline stalking you…. LOL!

Great stuff. Enjoy reading/watching/viewing it all.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:00:06 +0000

I’ve always seen you comment on planetross’ blog, and so I decided to check out your blog. Your photography is incredible! I think I’ll be back.

By: planetross

planetross — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:40:02 +0000

I hope you have a GREAT BIRTHDAY!

By: w1kkp

w1kkp — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:49:31 +0000

No, psychsribe, I didn’t get it!! I just checked my email history as well. Although, why do I feel I have heard from you? Oh, this is maddening! I appreciate your effort.

By: psychscribe

psychscribe — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:45:11 +0000

Hi, I wrote you a kinda long intro here a few days ago and now I don’t see it anywhere. Did you ever get it?

By: Bill Fabrey

Bill Fabrey — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:55:33 +0000

Yes, hams are well known for being friendly and helpful, for the most part. It comes from having a hobby in which you feel like a pioneer of sorts, and you are out of the mainstream, but other radio amateurs understand and speak your lingo. Also, antenna work often takes a village, so to speak, especially in erecting a tower!

Years ago, it was rare for a woman to have an amateur license–it was a very technical pursuit. Those that did, were highly prized by the rest of us. To save time using the morse code, a woman, licensed or not, was termed a “YL” (young lady) unless she was married, in which she was termed an XYL. The column in the ARRL magazine dedicated to female hams was called “YL News and Views”, I think. I wonder if it still is. There are far more female radio amateurs today, I suspect.

Looks like WordPress may have corrected the problem. The double http has disappeared, and I accessed this readily by clicking on the link in the email notification of a new post on this thread.

Maybe you need a different thread dedicated to ham radio? I feel funny typing all this on your “about” page! LOL

By: w1kkp

w1kkp — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:57:09 +0000

Kelley and Bob– First, thank you so much for your interest and information. What makes me smile about this is that this is what I remember about my father’s ham friends: they were always so helpful! A fountain of information always and those who lived closer would come by and they would work on a antennae problem (I remember the days with the huge platform antennae outside the house so there always seemed to be an antennae problem!

Who knows? I just might do this license thing while I’m trying to reinvent myself !

Bill,the email notification double “http” sounds like a wordpress issue and I’ll pass it on. I think that is a fairly new feature so they are probably having some newbie issues with it.

Again, thanks, to you both!!

By: Bill Fabrey

Bill Fabrey — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:14:06 +0000

Thanks, that’s good to know, Kelly! I have bookmarked the address you gave.

Pat, I notice that suddenly, email notifications that I receive from this thread are going out with an extra http at the front, with the result that the links, if clicked on, do not come here, but Google says the site can not be found.

By: Kelly Martin

Kelly Martin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:06:36 +0000

The call has not yet been reassigned. (Neither has yours, Bill.) You can look up wireless licensees (which include amateurs) on the FCC’s website at http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchLicense.jsp