SteveShannon

I think the fairly common rule prohibiting political speech on a privately owned repeater is a good one that makes repeater use more enjoyable for most users. That has nothing to do with being “big headed” or forgetting which country a person lives in. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution never has guaranteed that anybody can say anything anywhere at any time. When we use someone else’s repeater we need to be considerate of the rules. 

I think the fairly common rule prohibiting political speech on a privately owned repeater is a good one that makes repeater use more enjoyable for most users. That has nothing to do with being “big headed” or forgetting which country a person lives in. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution never has guaranteed that anybody can say anything anywhere at any time. When we use someone else’s repeater we need to be considerate of the rules. 

I think the fairly common rule prohibiting political speech on a privately owned repeater is a good one that makes repeater use more enjoyable for most users. That has nothing to do with being “big headed” or forgetting which country a person lives in. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution never has guaranteed that anybody can say anything anywhere at any time. When we use someone else’s repeater we need to be considerate of the rules. 

I know on my KGXS20G when the output went dead the radio still looked like it was transmitting.  Only way I could tell was to put my watt meter on the output to find out it was zilch.

MERRY CHRISTMASS 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all!

Merry Christmas! That is such a great Christmas monologue.

Merry Christmas everyone. 

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Ho Ho HO,,,    I hope Santa brought you enough radio stuff to keep you busy for the next year..  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.   

On later model vehicles with CAN buss systems, the real radio manufactures specify grounding the radios to the chassis ground and not at the battery.

I've got it now.. the VM is really no different than running a Sandbox which i do.   The only problem with the Sandbox, you have to reload it every time you shut it down.  It sounds like the VM is the same but since you can set up several you leave them running and toggle as needed..  The Sandbox works for me as i don't venture to HTML sites that would put me in danger...  When i was doing the AutoCad KeyGen thing i did run all that in the Sandbox along with my browser for VirusTotal..  Before i executed the KeyGen, VirusTotal lit up like a Christmas Tree and interestingly the KeyGen came from a trusted source..  I also run any open source software through the sandbox and check it before i actually install on my machine..  I had originally thought  Sandbox was not available with Windows 10 but learned different last night, it is available under Windows 10 Professional.   The VM is interesting and i'll end up playing with it..   Thanks for the info.   

If you run something that infects your VM with malware you just blow it away and create a new one. 

From the Chirp page:
 

Warnings from AntiVirus and AntiMalware software about CHIRP
Users of CHIRP may experience false positives from their anti-virus/malware software, their browser, etc. Unfortunately, there are not easy solutions to this problem as CHIRP is a volunteer effort without the financial and legal resources to secure agreements with these companies. Further, CHIRP releases fixes and features very often, so that users get the latest stuff as soon as possible. That means the "reputation" for a given version of CHIRP may be lower, the newer it is.
For more information about false positives and AntiVirus in general, see some if these articles:
What are antivirus false positives? How to tell if a virus is actually a false positive Still paying for antivirus? Experts say you probably don't need it Below are some common examples of what you may see, and how to handle them.
Recommendation: Tell your antivirus provider that the file is not a virus! They won't know if you don't tell them and especially if you're paying for their services, make them get it right. If you can report the file as safe, it helps the other users of CHIRP because it decreases the likelihood of them seeing a warning and improves the general "reputation" of the CHIRP project.
 
(The webpage goes on, but due to advertising I didn’t copy it all. If you want to know more go to https://chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/wiki/AntiVirusWarnings

Wrong on both counts. I have several seats of RT Software and there are some very serious bugs in those seats which manipulate linked tables of DMR zones and groups that can completely corrupt a codeplug. Having said that I will continue using RT Systems software, avoiding those features which corrupt memory. 
As far as Chirp goes although it is free, it is no sketchier than any other software I’ve used and the developer is very responsive. I’ll continue using it as well. 
As far as triggering malware detection software I’ve seen false positives on several different CPS programs by various antivirus programs. The reason is heuristic detection. It works by watching for snippets of software that resemble malware. Programs intended to program radios match that pattern, even though they don’t have actual malware embedded. That has been discussed before; it’s not new. 

Wrong on both counts. I have several seats of RT Software and there are some very serious bugs in those seats which manipulate linked tables of DMR zones and groups that can completely corrupt a codeplug. Having said that I will continue using RT Systems software, avoiding those features which corrupt memory. 
As far as Chirp goes although it is free, it is no sketchier than any other software I’ve used and the developer is very responsive. I’ll continue using it as well. 
As far as triggering malware detection software I’ve seen false positives on several different CPS programs by various antivirus programs. The reason is heuristic detection. It works by watching for snippets of software that resemble malware. Programs intended to program radios match that pattern, even though they don’t have actual malware embedded. That has been discussed before; it’s not new. 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

⛄Merry Christmas 🎄 

Merry Christmas!

OffroaderX seems to always know what is in notarubicon's heart

Yes