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Pashuteh Yid, much thanks.
Can I reliably get used equipment on eBay? Did a lot of people become licensed since the morse requirement was dropped? Is most communications over the air voice or morse code? And are the airwaves male dominated?
And what are you tested on these days? Also, how is the test different for the various classes?
Maybe one of you guys can answer some questions?
What does a repeater do? Is it to extend the range of the radio signal? Because I thought you could communicated across the globe even without a repeater.
What do these terms refer to? HT, CW, mag mount, HF bands, QRP, net.
Do mosts licensees participate in social gatherings like field day, or just use their transceiver from the privacy of their place? What do you do at field day different than at home? What are clubs?
Do people use morse code manually or with a computer/software? Why are you against dropping the morse code requirement? Doesn’t that make it easier for new people to join? What usefulness does morse have these days? Who gives the tests these days? How hard are they? What are you tested on? How much harder is an Extra or General license as opposed to a Novice?
Is it possible to get one transceiver for all frequencies and all available ham areas? What kinds of antennas do you need to put on the outside of your home? How much would a new user expect in cost to get setup? Are handheld units powerful?
Thanks!
InShidduchim, flatbush27, & ames:
Well stated!
gavra: You obviously have this ‘i dont like ny’ complex. Many out of towners suffer from this form of jealousy. 🙂 You can always visit NY (and even move here if you want to be near so many mekomos haTorah, Gedolim, Shiurim, etc.)
Oz VeHadar Levushah
Pages 70/71
Items of other cultures/highly fashionable items:
1. It is ossur min HaTorah for a man or woman to conduct themselves in a way that is typical of the cultures of the Umos HaOlam.
2. The issur applies to three types of garments:
(a) Strange looking garments
(b) Garments that project a feeling of superiority
(c) A garment that is pritzusdik:
The poskim write that a garment for females that onlooker to gaze at the wearer is subject to the issur of b’cholkoseihem. Being a pritzusdik garment, it belongs to other cultures and is foreign to Yiddishkeit (mekoros in appendex 46:7 and Responsa Divrei Chaim 1:30.)
It follows that all forms of alluring dress, jewlery, makeup, and perfume are doubly forbidden (except when a woman is alone with her husband.) Firstly, it is pritzus to go around in such a way, and one who does so transgresses the issurim of “And your camp shall be holy” Devarim 23:15 AND Lifnei Ivur “Not to cause others to sin.” Secondly she transgresses the issur of b’chulkoseihem – the issur of dressing in garments that are distictly designed to fit in with the pursuits of other societies.
Chazal say (Sanhedrin 37a) that the word “Beged” could also be read as “Boged” (traitor). With a garment a woman can either adorn herself, or chas v’shalom turn traitor to her people. See Yeshaya 24:16 where this tragic misuse of garments is spelt out in no uncertain terms.
A. Nuran, huh? Our Torah is eternal. Feminism doesn’t fit into Yiddishkeit.
cherry, why don’t you trust the Gedolim’s judgement over your own? Do you consider yourself more informed and wiser than the Gedolim? That you know the Emes, not the Gedolim?
Rabbosai, Please take a deep breath. We are having a discussion of halacha, and quoting the meforshim that doesn’t jibe with someones idea of modern society shouldn’t cause a tantrum.
A. Nuran, what you said was out of line. I’m afraid to say that you come across as having been strongly influenced by the feminist movement. This is totally out of line with Yiddishkeit. If there is a conflict between the norms of modern society and the Torah, as explained by the meforshim, we choose the Torah over modern mores.
Some posters have been brainwashed to the point that they cannot view the Torah without the blurred slant feminism has wrought upon society.
ames, i think the sometimes heated nature of the discussion came out in an unintended way. no one questions your ahavas yisroel and you don’t question others frumkeit. people were just trying to point out that possibly the choice of words in one of your sentences could have been expressed in a slightly better way. and that they very much disagree with your characterization of yiddish. fair enough, i think, just sometimes we express ourselves either too strongly or it comes across stronger than intended.
Chuck, I recall I started hearing people refer to Cholov Akum as Cholov Stam when that class of food started having a negative connotation and the akumites needed a new feel-good term for it
Kinda like “African-American” or “disadvantaged.” 🙂
gawker, you’re missing everyone’s point. The point is we need gedarim. And that means the Rabbonim must advise us what those gedarim are. And if we (inappropriately or not) jump over one geder, does not discount the need of another.
qwerty, curious is a she, but of an unknown age.
Curious, you’re old enough to be moish’s parent? He’s 16.
qwerty, its a she. (Mazal Tov!)
Curious, you mentioned somewhere you went through 5 years of college. Even assuming you started at 18… and assuming you finished within the past few years…
Was that your shidduch advisor that said 18+? In any event, if asdf said 21, and I said 25 you’d better spit it out because at this rate the next guy will say 29.
Curious, I’d venture to say 25. What are you actually?
rusty!!?? Is that really you!?
The Big one and Will Hill are right. Someone using birth control is depriving these children and all their future generations from life.
get more mods to cover the times the other mods are gone.
I say the brocho “shelo asani goy” with extra kavana!
seichel, did you ask her what her screen name is?
moishele, you don’t feel strange here… it is strange here.
Curious, how old are you?
have some seichel, the Rosh Yeshiva Shlita didn’t mention that, but whatever floats your boat.
asdf, WOW, you INHERITED your truck driving position from Grandpa!?
josh31, where did you come up with that one about so-called “high impact customs”? nothing of the sort mentioned in Shulchan Aruch. Sounds like something to sooth modern orthodox sensibilities.
asdf, how much do you have in your trust?
And if you don’t need to work so much, why do you post 4 am in the Irish morning?
have some seichel, the Rosh Yeshiva Shlita declared NO cell phones within reach.
Capish?
asdf, cause intellegent will sniff you out again. And besides all those exclamation points would give you away.
asdf, by calling everyone here a crack addict.
beacon, squeak wasn’t kidding.
asdf, Why do you want poor moishle to “fell better” and hurt himself again even more??? Then he will be in TWO leg casts.
asdf, then you would need to get a new screen name like dont have internet to regain your anonymity.
squeak, how are the posts fully trackable?
asdf, why do you keep insulting everyone and calling yourself a crack addict?
jf2, Until a month ago you never drank coffee, now you can’t wait till the fast is over to drink it?
I wonder if any of the new members are old members.
intellegent, you better set asdf straight. He ain’t gonna believe you unless you provide corroborating evidence demonstrating something proving that you know — like saying something only someone who knows who he is would now.
Whatever happened with the editor promising to accept Resumes on Chanuka for new mods??
Things post soooo slowly around here… we could use a few new good hands!
Zalman,
Is that from Rav Miller’s Sefer?
Itzik_S, brooklyn19, You are absolutely correct. The tziyonim have caused untold death and destruction in Klal Yisroel. Anything the zionists do in contaminated with pure tumah. People like ‘dd’ need to get a grip and realize they are going down a ditch with the zionists before it is too late.
dd,
Why not return to your cave? You have a lot of azus to get on your high-horse, especially considering how wrong you are. Anyone who can use the disgusting language you engaged in, calls into question their self. I personally doubt your authenticity as a yid, especially considering the experiance we’ve seen of anti-semites coming onto Jewish sites to engage in their illness. If you are not a gentile, you surely are a self-hating jew. Please keep your vileness off here. Thank You
Wow, is squeak Minnie Mouse here?
Of course we must seek the Gedolim’s wise counsel regarding events that entail both genders. There are major tznius issues involved (by definition).
B&H has top notch service.
(re: above, its funny how Reb Moshe and the Satmar Rav too were called hotheaded and too heilige by those who didn’t like the message.)
Ed/Mod:
Whats the deal with the editor’s comment that they’ll be adding mods over Chanukah? We sure could use some new faces here, to keep the traffic flowing at a decent pace! 🙂
brklyn, I dunno. Its just atypical for someone in BY. Nutin wrong.
brook19, I notice you still are avoiding a direct response to the 2 points 🙂
brook, okay, so I’m only right about the first and you actually went to Sephardic schools.
brook, okay, so I’m only right about the first and you actually went to Sephardic schools.
brook19, am I correct on both counts thus far? 🙂
brook19, shall we call it educated guesses? 🙂