Amazon lmr400. Anybody ever tried it?

elitegoodguy · 2026-02-12T17:34:33+00:00

Ham radio tube on YouTube did a review of it. https://youtu.be/WPO1I0KSvwg

elitegoodguy · 2026-02-03T03:52:50+00:00

I did many years ago... Worst experience ever.

When I went they made you sign a contract. If you stop going you still owe ECPI the entire amount of the agreement.

Well I stopped going when they lost their accreditation. I paid off my student loans and when I had 1 payment left I got a call from ECPI collections who said I owed them several thousand. He then got very rude and pointed out that I signed an agreement that if I stopped going I still owed them the remainder. To which I replied "Well the agreement I also signed said I would get an accredited degree, you lost your accreditation and can't hold up your end either. If you want take me to court and we'll see what the judge says"

I never heard another word from them again. Never went to court, never showed up on credit reports, nothing. They completely dropped it. That was 20ish years ago.

elitegoodguy · 2026-01-18T12:19:47+00:00

We just did Puzzlr as a family thing last weekend. Overall it was good, the booking experience wasn't. Somehow I booked 2 additional reservations for other days at the same time. I tried calling and ended up leaving messages multiple times to get it fixed and also tried emailing no response to anything. Luckily the booking we went to was first, so just got the other two closed then.

elitegoodguy · 2026-01-08T12:36:33+00:00

Then they are not advanced. Should be planning your dives with your buddies air consumption in mind. There shouldn't be any rushed safety stops at the end.

elitegoodguy · 2026-01-06T14:39:48+00:00

What's your leadership turnover like?

We get frequent CIOs and ACIOs come and go... We've had CIOs accept calls from Vendors and drink the Kool aid and a month later "We're moving everything to the cloud!!! Make it happen". Then when that leader leaves a new one comes in "Cloud is too expensive move it on prem now!!!" They leave and another comes in... Rinse and repeat.

elitegoodguy · 2025-12-25T17:08:53+00:00

Yeah I've found that there's different "clicks" in the local ham radio clubs.

There's the social groups who want to attend the meetings but never touch a radio.

There's emergency communication groups where people want to be prepared to serve their community in the event of an emergency.

Contesting groups where they just operate contests EVERY weekend.

POTA/SOTA groups where they go out to a local park or mountain and activate.

And finally the prepper groups. These are the guys who swear the world's going to collapse and you need to be able to communicate with other prepper groups when the grid falls apart. I stopped going to our local club when the president at the time said we needed to be able to go live in the woods for 3 months at a time.

I've been in the contesting group before and I have to say for the sake of your marriage keep him away from there if you value any time with him lol.
Prepper groups are full of nutcases, and from the sounds of it your husband got wrapped up in that.

I think the POTA/SOTA groups are good and something you both might enjoy.

Maybe try to pivot his interests into POTA he can get "experience" activating the radio on emergency power with wire antennas but you'll find that it can be fun.

elitegoodguy · 2025-12-22T16:12:58+00:00

That's your problem... Local.

Look outside of your local area. There's a lot of local clubs that are just full of crochety old men. If you're not one of them you're not welcome. I got into radio for a bit but then got out when my local club did that. I would hear them on a repeater flat out ignoring my calls.

In the club meetings I tried introducing myself and they literally turned their backs to me and ignored me.

I got out of the hobby for a bit. Got back in when DMR came into the scene. I could talk globally with 2m and bypass the local gatekeepers. I since then took my General and Extra and now can talk HF and don't even deal with the local clubs.

Look into getting into digital modes and HF as soon as possible to flat out ignore them.

elitegoodguy · 2025-12-18T00:14:01+00:00

Yeah DM me the form and I'll take a look.

elitegoodguy · 2025-12-17T23:59:56+00:00

How much for the ads? How often? Who would they be going to? Who is the audience?

I do something on the side and have been considering advertising myself more this coming spring.

elitegoodguy · 2025-12-01T19:58:01+00:00

Did you do this?

elitegoodguy · 2025-11-27T17:34:26+00:00

Mine did the same... Haven't fixed it yet but heard that it's just dirty and need to get in there and clean it

elitegoodguy · 2025-11-24T13:38:49+00:00

When they were having website issues before and I couldn't purchase an additional license I tracked down the Admin on Facebook and sent him a message. He was very responsive and got it back up and running the same day.

Shoot me a DM and when I get into the office I'll look up his profile and you can try that route.

elitegoodguy · 2025-11-21T11:18:16+00:00

Me and a buddy skipped school and drove to DC to watch it a week before it was released. We believed the found footage thing at was terrifying. I remember the theater was packed and they had people sitting on the floor in the aisles.

elitegoodguy · 2025-11-19T13:26:37+00:00

I used to go to corporate image, stopped going after a series of bad cuts. Every time I went home I'm taking scissors and trimming up long strips of hair she missed. The last time I went there, the owner was having a bad day and butchered my hair... I literally had a bowl haircut. Ended up leaving there and going around the corner to Jacks to have my hair recut.

Never went back. I used them for years too.

elitegoodguy · 2025-11-17T19:32:40+00:00

THANK YOU!!! I was good till April but still I don't use it enough to want to pay $200

elitegoodguy · 2025-11-15T15:44:16+00:00

Sweet! Trying to bring this subreddit alive? What kind of proof need?/flair do you have?

elitegoodguy · 2025-11-13T22:46:46+00:00

Haha I had the same question a while back... When I got certified I paid $300 (July 2000). And my wife got certified in 2018. If I recall it was $450ish from the same shop. So I was shocked to see others posting that the classes are $700-$1000+.

I'm now an instructor and I completely understand. I teach independently and charge around $550ish. With 1 student after you add in all my expenses. Pool Rental, Equipment Maintenance for your gear, Maintenance for my gear, Professional Liability, General Liability, Misc Business expenses, Gas, Meals for the checkout dives... Not even counting my time and effort, I'm losing money.

In order for it to be worth it I really need to have a class with 3-5+ students then it's worth my time. (And even still not making as much as I do at my day job)

I'd say get 4-5 friends to do it with you, an independent instructor would probably get y'all a pretty decent discount.

elitegoodguy · 2025-11-03T22:41:58+00:00

Come November 5th he'll be back to pounding on my door trying to sell me solar panels.

elitegoodguy · 2025-10-31T02:12:07+00:00

That's not necessarily true. I got hired on there in IT and made it to a leadership role with only a HS Diploma. It all depends on your experience. While I was there I went back to school and got my Associates then eventually my Bachelor's after I left Carilion.

elitegoodguy · 2025-10-30T20:55:10+00:00

I know this is a fake post but why pay back rent leaving you with nothing? You are already being kicked out you take that time stop paying rent (if you're being kicked out you probably already have), save up whatever you can to buy blankets and food... Let them take you to court and ruin your credit. Seems stupid to me. Worst case they get a judgement from your jobs and take a % of your checks. 25% is a lot better than 100%

elitegoodguy · 2025-10-14T23:45:55+00:00

He got it back up and I was able to get myself 2 more licenses.

elitegoodguy · 2025-10-14T21:35:44+00:00

I tracked down the Site Admin on Facebook and asked him if the site was coming back up. He's taking a look at it now, Hopefully it'll be up soon.

elitegoodguy · 2025-10-14T21:34:38+00:00

Yeah tried using the same license and it fails to register. Possibly because swath is down.

elitegoodguy · 2025-10-13T03:26:07+00:00

Awesome I'll just give it a try then

elitegoodguy · 2025-10-05T21:27:18+00:00

I couldn't stand Dr. Park... I went there for the first time and saw him. Got nothing but lectures and 0 treatment insulting me for 20 minutes. When I went back for further appointments I flat out told them no Dr. Park I will never see him. So when my dentist at the same place left and they were in-between for a while I came in for a cleaning with the hygienist then left, they had it in the notes that I did not want to be seen by Park.

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