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The content of each message is entirely the opinion of the poster and in no way reflects the opinions of any of the persons or corporations connected to or referenced by Hambone.
Note that registrations may be revoked entirely at the discretion of the management.
Since Hambone is intended to provide an information exchange about ham radio - it would make sense to post items about ham radio. However, there is really no topic restriction. We would ask that you keep your posts civil, courteous, friendly and good natured.
Posters who make persistent insulting, baiting, or mean spirited posts will have their registrations revoked without notice. Posters who make persistent posts entirely unrelated to ham radio will have their registrations revoked without notice.
Use the link that appears near the bottom of the page to send a message to the webmaster. The message automatically includes codes identifying the page you were viewing. The webmaster doesn't necessarily promise to do anything about any particular post, but reserves the right to remove any posts for any reason and to revoke the registration of any poster without notice.
Yes. However, if you want to be taken seriously, you should probably identify yourself. NOTE: even though you need a password to post, there is nothing that appears in public to identify you unless you choose to put it in your registration. Only the webmaster can see your email address unless you choose to reveal it in your profile.
Hambone.ca is personal project controlled entirely by Neil VE3PUE.
Just click on the "register" link on any message board page and fill in the form. YOU ONLY NEED A PASSWORD TO POST OR VOTE IN POLLS!
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In the dim, dark past, the Radio Amateurs of Cayley suggested that there was a need for a message board called "Ask Brian". To be modern, I decided to use the current American pronunciation of "ask" - namely "axe". The rest should be pretty obvious. Axe Brain ran for about 2 months and was then folded into Hambone.
Years ago, I had a ham-related newsletter called "Hambone". Everybody seemed to like the name. I still do. I went down into the lowest depths of the vaults, deep inside the secret lair in the Rocky Mountain foothills, and found the original copies of Hambone "The Alternative Ham Newsletter". As it turns out, there were only 2 issues ever published - the third issue had been started and abandoned (probably not a bad thing!!).
For those of you with time to waste, I have uploaded PDFs of both issues (both about 40 kbytes) for your downloading and reading pleasure.
WARNING: The material in these issues dates from 1994, so you may find references to products or addresses that no longer exist. There is at least one irreverent article about a ham who is now a Silent Key. There is (heaven help us) a discussion of the merits of CW in one issue. If you download these PDFs to read, remember that they are 11 years old, or in internet time, 328 years old. Click on these links to download them:
Please enjoy this peek back into Hambone history.
The picture of piglets is the closest I could get (in my royalty-free picture collection) to a picture of a hambone. If anybody is insulted by that picture, they have problems I can't solve. ;->
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