MGTOWExpensive Hobbies – MGTOW https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/feed/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 19:36:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.5.14-6684 en-US https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/page/476/#post-12193 <![CDATA[Expensive Hobbies]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/page/476/#post-12193 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 00:19:28 +0000 Stargazer Okay fellas, here’s a thread to talk about the kind of expensive hobbies that we can only enjoy because we’re doing our own thing and answering to nobody.

Mine is astronomy. I’ve got a large and relatively expensive telescope, a Celestron CGEM-DX 1100, a case full of eyepieces and astrophotography gear and a jeep to carry it all around in. So yeah, I dropped some coin to pursue this interest, but even more importantly, I take this gear out to some deserted space a hour or so out of town three to five times a month where I set it up and then spend all night looking at the stars.

It’s quiet and peaceful and I’m usually all alone (except for the occasional wilderness camper or law officer) and I go when and where I want and stay gone for as long as I like.

So what are you guys doing with your time and energy?

]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12221 <![CDATA[Reply To: Expensive Hobbies]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12221 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 07:10:51 +0000 RoyDal Ham radio these days. I do lots of things, but ham is the cost leader.

Society asks MGTOWs: Why are you not making more tax-slaves?

]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12236 <![CDATA[Reply To: Expensive Hobbies]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12236 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 11:09:05 +0000 Stargazer Nice, Roy. I just bought a small mobile ham transceiver… gotta get my license. Have you found many MGTOW on the radio? I’d think it would be a ripe environment for men to communicate with each other about their interests.

]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12315 <![CDATA[Reply To: Expensive Hobbies]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12315 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 20:46:20 +0000 TheLurker My interest is photography. I don’t own a camera of my own, but my father will sometimes let me use his. My dad likes taking pictures of scenery, but what I like taking pictures of is a little different. I will take pictures of scenery and architecture.

]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12322 <![CDATA[Reply To: Expensive Hobbies]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12322 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 21:28:13 +0000 I haven’t got to that stage yet (went my own way on 11/12/2014) but my plan is to buy a sleek as hell Kayak and go up and down the river Thames on it.

]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12361 <![CDATA[Reply To: Expensive Hobbies]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12361 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 03:25:53 +0000 James Hunter sword and knife collecting. I have 2 awesome knives, one Ranger ceremonial knife and one Bekizo tactical. 2 swords: one reversed edge katana (Sakabato) and one German long sword.

]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12376 <![CDATA[Reply To: Expensive Hobbies]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12376 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 07:31:52 +0000 - Deleted on Request - RoyDal & Docfenderson:

I got my callsign almost 10 years ago to the day. This past summer, I finally passed my Advanced exam, so I now have all my certifications.

I spend most of my time working amateur radio satellites. So far, I’ve confirmed 43 American states, 6 Canadian provinces, 2 Canadian territories, 5 countries, and 2 continents–all over the birds. That includes 290 grid squares and nearly 380 different stations as well as 8 different spacecraft.

I’ve got 7 radios and a variety of antennas with my favourite mode being SSB.

A number of hams like monitoring satellites that operate outside the ham bands and I might try my hand at that soon.

]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12381 <![CDATA[Reply To: Expensive Hobbies]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12381 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 08:24:15 +0000 Stargazer Dude, that’s cool. As an amateur astronomer I’m excited when I can locate and see a satellite but bouncing signals off them to talk to people in other parts of the world, that’s off the chart.

You know, I see this whole MGTOW deal as more than a “do my own thing and to hell with females” thing… just think, there’s all us dudes out here, each with our own domain specific knowledge… surrounded by females, simps and manginas who couldn’t give a s~~~ about us or what we can do… but we can share those things with each other. Like I”m sure there’s a number of HAM operators on this site, a few astronomers too, possibly at least one other Discordian… just because we’re not a hierarchical group doesn’t mean we can’t share our experiences and skills with each other.

It’s great to hear what other MGTOW are up to. Keep it coming.

]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12388 <![CDATA[Reply To: Expensive Hobbies]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12388 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:08:16 +0000 kagoshimachris Nice topic,

Currently, learning animation and hoping to leap from teaching to that. Maybe a bit of a pipe dream but it’s a lot of hard work and it’ll change how you see the world.

]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12411 <![CDATA[Reply To: Expensive Hobbies]]> https://www.mgtow.com/forums/topic/expensive-hobbies/#post-12411 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 14:50:31 +0000 - Deleted on Request - Docfenderson:

Since you mentioned observing satellites, you might be interested in these URLs:

http://science.nasa.gov/iSat/iSAT-text-only/?failure=Webgl
https://celestrak.com/
http://satobs.org/
http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l

I use Gpredict and Hamlib to control my IC-910H. Gpredict gives me the pass predictions and changes the radio’s frequencies to account for Doppler shift. Hamlib actually sends the commands to the transceiver.

By the way, I have *8* radios. I forgot to include my first ever rig, a Yaesu FT-2800M. It’s a nice 2 metre FM radio which I used to work many of the local repeaters.

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