Here is what the web site has to say about antennas, preying on the fears of the public. http://www.antennasearch.com/ Did You Know? There are over 1.7 Million Antennas in the US? Many are placed nea
Well, I ran a search, put in my own address, and discovered that not only do they not have MY installation listed, but they don't have the hotel that is 3 blocks away (And one of the higher points in
Dave-- Did you get ANY hits on antennas? Did you pay the $9.95? Just hate to see people try to profit on and create new fears in an uninformed public to the detriment of the hobby. --John ___________
Has anyone communicated with the site owner? Perhaps he/she could be invited to a Club meeting or to visit an EOC and be educated about the value and safety of antennas. Perhaps the site owner does
For $9.95 I could tell them to look at the top of their cell phone... Chuck W5PR --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of W0U
I would bet the motivation here is to make a buck(duh), they could care less whether or not the topic was towers or canopeners. Towers looked like a way to sensationalize their marketing motivation i
Well.. Since we now know that any creature that breathes oxygen, will eventually die... I guess I'll start a public service website and charge $9.99 to tell them where they can go and not have to bre
When you read their FAQ you just get more negative-reinforcement that towers and antennas are BAD. Obviously they are hyping their "service" but it just PISSES ME OFF! ;-) But then I moved to an area
I think I heard somewhere that the Japanese have approved the sale of O2 in vending machine cans. Sigh. Then again, some of us might want a couple of cans when up too high on a tower! :-) -- Thanks!
To the contrary. They link to the FCC tower data base. Ham installations will not show up unless you have tower(s) registered ie over 200 feet high, special exception etc. Not all "towers" are in the
Maybe we should advise the site owner to hook his site into the QRZ data base, that would make it easier for people to find out if they have a Ham in their neighborhood. (only joking) I could happen
They don't want to be educated, they just want to make a buck by instilling fear and exploiting that fear. Jim Rhodes K0XU jim@rhodesend.net Experience is the thing you have left when everything else
Please do not donate your $9.95 to the sites upkeep by running a paid search. Also, don't mention ham radio to him and invite him to a club meeting. Otherwise you might soon see ham operators home ad
Author: "K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 13:11:54 -0400
I think it's one of the "crackpot sites", but it's also *probably* a scam to get addresses and money. I've noticed a marked jump in spam to a number of my addresses although it's still a drop in the
Some one whant to make some money from the panic of the common people. better than avoid antennas , avoid the use of the Cell phone!!! http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk http://li
<snip> John, you're not seeing the income potentials created by this: Did You Know? Amateur Radio Operators may be in your neighborhood! They can transmit with (equivalent isotropic) Radiated Power*
Uhh.. I don't think the site owner cares. What he/she wants is folks to send in their ten bucks to get what is, in health terms, a useless report. Not unless you can show them a way to make money fro
Author: "K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 19:22:25 -0400
How does that saying go? "When all else fails Amateur raido still works" or something to that effect, so when it comes to disasters that big antenna might just become a thing of beauty. OK so for a
Likewise, I put an address into this site located one block from our County Communication Center which has significant tower presence (and has for years) and came up with NADA. But if you want to vis
Reminds me of the sign: "Danger! Megohms!" John K5MO _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com ht