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alorona
MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO

Southland County Morning News

Southland -- A ham radio enthusiast was admitted to County Hospital today suffering from anxiety over what he perceived as serious problems with his new radio, authorities reported Tuesday.

Irv Stumpo, 55, of East Pharsalia, checked into the emergency room "in distress," according to the nurse on watch just before midnight Tuesday. "He was perspiring profusely and moaning over and over, 'My K-3 is no good, no good'," said Paula Stevens, a nurse at County. "He had enormous headphones clamped tightly on his head which we had a ton of difficulty removing, and he was also wearing ear buds," she said. "Isn't that strange? He was half incoherent but kept mumbling something about dynamic range and audio artifacts. I have no idea what that means."

Randy LaHood, a fifteen year emergency room veteran, said that during an examination Mr. Stumpo went into considerable technical detail about a radio he had recently purchased from Elecraft, a company that makes high-end ham radios. "He began by explaining that his radio had 'noisy receiver' and 'mushy signals'," explained Dr. LaHood. "From what I could gather, he had just spent a lot of money on a radio and hadn't actually noticed any of these problems himself, but others in a internet group kept putting the ideas into his head," he said. Over a course of weeks, Stumpo became distraught over various imperfections in what Dr. LaHood said was a classic case of the power of suggestion.

The hospital records also said that Stumpo drew mathematical figures he labeled "AGC slope", and filled four pages by writing "AGC off", "Ear Isolation" and "K3" repeatedly. Hospital officials could not explain the cryptic scribblings.

Dr. LaHood said that Stumpo repeated the phrase "mushy AGC" for at least four hours while he waited for treatment. Other patients who were in the waiting room at the time moved to the other side of the room for fear he might endanger them. J. B. Archer was one of those in the waiting room at the time who had brought in his twelve-year-old son with a basketball injury. "Good ol' boy was pretty upset, I just told him it would be alright, but he wouldn't let up with 'I can't pick out the pileups'. I thought he had been involved in a big accident on the highway. Then he said other things like 'the impedance of my headphones' and 'ride the R. F. gain'. Then he started with 'diversity problem' and I thought maybe he was having trouble with racial relations. He was in terrible shape, I'll tell you that."

Rick Culver, president of a local ham radio club, told the Morning News in a telephone interview, "A lot of these guys spend five or ten thousand dollars on a radio they think is going to be absolutely perfect in every conceiveable way. When it's not, they go into a panic buying lots of other accessories which promise to fix the issue they think they're having. This is followed by a deep buyer's remorse." He went on to recount a recent case which epitomized this effect. "We had one guy who had a radio that put out 95 watts instead of 100. He went berserk and ended up smashing his radio with a baseball bat. Not everyone gets that violent, but he never would have worried about it if it hadn't been for an internet forum that drummed it into his head twenty four seven that his radio was broken."

Hospital officials said that Stumpo was treated with sedatives and is being kept for observation.
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Re: Man Hospitalized

Grant Youngman
 Too good!! :-)

Grant/NQ5T

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> MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO

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Re: Man Hospitalized

Mike Reublin
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ROTFLMAO!!!

73, Mike NF4L

Al Lorona wrote:

> MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO
>
> Southland County Morning News
>
> Southland -- A ham radio enthusiast was admitted to County Hospital today suffering from anxiety over what he perceived as serious problems with his new radio, authorities reported Tuesday.
>
> Irv Stumpo, 55, of East Pharsalia, checked into the emergency room "in distress," according to the nurse on watch just before midnight Tuesday. "He was perspiring profusely and moaning over and over, 'My K-3 is no good, no good'," said Paula Stevens, a nurse at County. "He had enormous headphones clamped tightly on his head which we had a ton of difficulty removing, and he was also wearing ear buds," she said. "Isn't that strange? He was half incoherent but kept mumbling something about dynamic range and audio artifacts. I have no idea what that means."
>
> Randy LaHood, a fifteen year emergency room veteran, said that during an examination Mr. Stumpo went into considerable technical detail about a radio he had recently purchased from Elecraft, a company that makes high-end ham radios. "He began by explaining that his radio had 'noisy receiver' and 'mushy signals'," explained Dr. LaHood. "From what I could gather, he had just spent a lot of money on a radio and hadn't actually noticed any of these problems himself, but others in a internet group kept putting the ideas into his head," he said. Over a course of weeks, Stumpo became distraught over various imperfections in what Dr. LaHood said was a classic case of the power of suggestion.
>
> The hospital records also said that Stumpo drew mathematical figures he labeled "AGC slope", and filled four pages by writing "AGC off", "Ear Isolation" and "K3" repeatedly. Hospital officials could not explain the cryptic scribblings.
>
> Dr. LaHood said that Stumpo repeated the phrase "mushy AGC" for at least four hours while he waited for treatment. Other patients who were in the waiting room at the time moved to the other side of the room for fear he might endanger them. J. B. Archer was one of those in the waiting room at the time who had brought in his twelve-year-old son with a basketball injury. "Good ol' boy was pretty upset, I just told him it would be alright, but he wouldn't let up with 'I can't pick out the pileups'. I thought he had been involved in a big accident on the highway. Then he said other things like 'the impedance of my headphones' and 'ride the R. F. gain'. Then he started with 'diversity problem' and I thought maybe he was having trouble with racial relations. He was in terrible shape, I'll tell you that."
>
> Rick Culver, president of a local ham radio club, told the Morning News in a telephone interview, "A lot of these guys spend five or ten thousand dollars on a radio they think is going to be absolutely perfect in every conceiveable way. When it's not, they go into a panic buying lots of other accessories which promise to fix the issue they think they're having. This is followed by a deep buyer's remorse." He went on to recount a recent case which epitomized this effect. "We had one guy who had a radio that put out 95 watts instead of 100. He went berserk and ended up smashing his radio with a baseball bat. Not everyone gets that violent, but he never would have worried about it if it hadn't been for an internet forum that drummed it into his head twenty four seven that his radio was broken."
>
> Hospital officials said that Stumpo was treated with sedatives and is being kept for observation.
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Re: Man Hospitalized

Mike B-12
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Grant Youngman wrote:
>  Too good!! :-)
And too true!


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Re: Man Hospitalized

T Gahagan
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Thanks very much!  I haven't had that good a laugh in a very long time.

73, Todd
WA7U

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Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized

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Re: Man Hospitalized

N3PSJ-2
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Hilarious!

Ken KE3C

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> Grant Youngman wrote:
> >  Too good!! :-)
> And too true!
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Re: Man Hospitalized

ab2tc
Absolutely hysterically funny and to the point!

Knut - AB2TC

N3PSJ-2 wrote
Hilarious!

Ken KE3C

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Mike B <kw1nd@comcast.net> wrote:

>
>
> Grant Youngman wrote:
> >  Too good!! :-)
> And too true!
>
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Re: Man Hospitalized

Bob - W0GI
This is funny stuff.

And a lesson. Learn how to use the PRE, ATT, and RF Gain knob, and save your health. :>)
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Re: Man Hospitalized

Ken Alexander-2
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Sounds like a bad case of "Obsessive AGC Disorder"!  Been a lot of it going around lately.  8-)

73 - Ken



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> From: Al Lorona <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]>
> Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 11:22 PM
> MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER
> HAM RADIO
>
> Southland County Morning News
>
> Southland -- A ham radio enthusiast was admitted to County
> Hospital today suffering from anxiety over what he perceived
> as serious problems with his new radio, authorities reported
> Tuesday.


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Re: Man Hospitalized

akiwi ham
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I Enjoyed that.

(Maybe you should consider giving up the day job.)

Bryan, Zl1NI

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> MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO
>
> ............

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Re: Man Hospitalized

Philippe Trottet
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Great...  and there is still a kernel of truth    Hi !!
73's
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>>> Mike <[hidden email]> 10-02-2010 3:54 >>>
ROTFLMAO!!!

73, Mike NF4L

Al Lorona wrote:

> MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO
>
> Southland County Morning News
>
> Southland -- A ham radio enthusiast was admitted to County Hospital today suffering from anxiety over what he perceived as serious problems with his new radio, authorities reported Tuesday.
>
> Irv Stumpo, 55, of East Pharsalia, checked into the emergency room "in distress," according to the nurse on watch just before midnight Tuesday. "He was perspiring profusely and moaning over and over, 'My K-3 is no good, no good'," said Paula Stevens, a nurse at County. "He had enormous headphones clamped tightly on his head which we had a ton of difficulty removing, and he was also wearing ear buds," she said. "Isn't that strange? He was half incoherent but kept mumbling something about dynamic range and audio artifacts. I have no idea what that means."
>
> Randy LaHood, a fifteen year emergency room veteran, said that during an examination Mr. Stumpo went into considerable technical detail about a radio he had recently purchased from Elecraft, a company that makes high-end ham radios. "He began by explaining that his radio had 'noisy receiver' and 'mushy signals'," explained Dr. LaHood. "From what I could gather, he had just spent a lot of money on a radio and hadn't actually noticed any of these problems himself, but others in a internet group kept putting the ideas into his head," he said. Over a course of weeks, Stumpo became distraught over various imperfections in what Dr. LaHood said was a classic case of the power of suggestion.
>
> The hospital records also said that Stumpo drew mathematical figures he labeled "AGC slope", and filled four pages by writing "AGC off", "Ear Isolation" and "K3" repeatedly. Hospital officials could not explain the cryptic scribblings.
>
> Dr. LaHood said that Stumpo repeated the phrase "mushy AGC" for at least four hours while he waited for treatment. Other patients who were in the waiting room at the time moved to the other side of the room for fear he might endanger them. J. B. Archer was one of those in the waiting room at the time who had brought in his twelve-year-old son with a basketball injury. "Good ol' boy was pretty upset, I just told him it would be alright, but he wouldn't let up with 'I can't pick out the pileups'. I thought he had been involved in a big accident on the highway. Then he said other things like 'the impedance of my headphones' and 'ride the R. F. gain'. Then he started with 'diversity problem' and I thought maybe he was having trouble with racial relations. He was in terrible shape, I'll tell you that."
>
> Rick Culver, president of a local ham radio club, told the Morning News in a telephone interview, "A lot of these guys spend five or ten thousand dollars on a radio they think is going to be absolutely perfect in every conceiveable way. When it's not, they go into a panic buying lots of other accessories which promise to fix the issue they think they're having. This is followed by a deep buyer's remorse." He went on to recount a recent case which epitomized this effect. "We had one guy who had a radio that put out 95 watts instead of 100. He went berserk and ended up smashing his radio with a baseball bat. Not everyone gets that violent, but he never would have worried about it if it hadn't been for an internet forum that drummed it into his head twenty four seven that his radio was broken."
>
> Hospital officials said that Stumpo was treated with sedatives and is being kept for observation.
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Re: Man Hospitalized

w7aqk
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Bravo!

Dave W7AQK


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Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:22 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized


MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO

Southland County Morning News

Southland -- A ham radio enthusiast was admitted to County Hospital today
suffering from anxiety over what he perceived as serious problems with his
new radio, authorities reported Tuesday.

Irv Stumpo, 55, of East Pharsalia, checked into the emergency room "in
distress," according to the nurse on watch just before midnight Tuesday. "He
was perspiring profusely and moaning over and over, 'My K-3 is no good, no
good'," said Paula Stevens, a nurse at County. "He had enormous headphones
clamped tightly on his head which we had a ton of difficulty removing, and
he was also wearing ear buds," she said. "Isn't that strange? He was half
incoherent but kept mumbling something about dynamic range and audio
artifacts. I have no idea what that means."

Randy LaHood, a fifteen year emergency room veteran, said that during an
examination Mr. Stumpo went into considerable technical detail about a radio
he had recently purchased from Elecraft, a company that makes high-end ham
radios. "He began by explaining that his radio had 'noisy receiver' and
'mushy signals'," explained Dr. LaHood. "From what I could gather, he had
just spent a lot of money on a radio and hadn't actually noticed any of
these problems himself, but others in a internet group kept putting the
ideas into his head," he said. Over a course of weeks, Stumpo became
distraught over various imperfections in what Dr. LaHood said was a classic
case of the power of suggestion.

The hospital records also said that Stumpo drew mathematical figures he
labeled "AGC slope", and filled four pages by writing "AGC off", "Ear
Isolation" and "K3" repeatedly. Hospital officials could not explain the
cryptic scribblings.

Dr. LaHood said that Stumpo repeated the phrase "mushy AGC" for at least
four hours while he waited for treatment. Other patients who were in the
waiting room at the time moved to the other side of the room for fear he
might endanger them. J. B. Archer was one of those in the waiting room at
the time who had brought in his twelve-year-old son with a basketball
injury. "Good ol' boy was pretty upset, I just told him it would be alright,
but he wouldn't let up with 'I can't pick out the pileups'. I thought he had
been involved in a big accident on the highway. Then he said other things
like 'the impedance of my headphones' and 'ride the R. F. gain'. Then he
started with 'diversity problem' and I thought maybe he was having trouble
with racial relations. He was in terrible shape, I'll tell you that."

Rick Culver, president of a local ham radio club, told the Morning News in a
telephone interview, "A lot of these guys spend five or ten thousand dollars
on a radio they think is going to be absolutely perfect in every
conceiveable way. When it's not, they go into a panic buying lots of other
accessories which promise to fix the issue they think they're having. This
is followed by a deep buyer's remorse." He went on to recount a recent case
which epitomized this effect. "We had one guy who had a radio that put out
95 watts instead of 100. He went berserk and ended up smashing his radio
with a baseball bat. Not everyone gets that violent, but he never would have
worried about it if it hadn't been for an internet forum that drummed it
into his head twenty four seven that his radio was broken."

Hospital officials said that Stumpo was treated with sedatives and is being
kept for observation.
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Re: Man Hospitalized

JIM DAVIS-11
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On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:25:40 -0800 (PST)
  ab2tc <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Absolutely hysterically funny and to the point!
>
> Knut - AB2TC
>
>
> N3PSJ-2 wrote:
>>
>> Hilarious!
>>
>> Ken KE3C
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Mike B <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Grant Youngman wrote:
>>> >  Too good!! :-)
>>> And too true!

****************************************************************************************************
I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT!  Elecraft was messing with our "Brains?" I should have kept my
"Hallicrafters
SX-28A and Eico 723 xmtr!!!

NOW! If we can just get a price figure outta that "UN-Affiliated" organization (Elecraft) for the
"P3" then we'll all be "Happy-Campers!".

GAWD! I LOVE THIS HOBBY!!!

Jim/nn6ee

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Re: Man Hospitalized

Steve Ellington
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The article was an obvious violation of federal HIPAA law and subject to
fines. Mr. Stumpo has reported this to HHS who promised to act swiftly and
decisively.
Let this be a warning to the rest of you because repeating the story could
involve you in prosecution. I suggest we drop the matter immediately before
the hammer falls.

Steve
N4LQ
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Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized


> Bravo!
>
> Dave W7AQK
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Lorona" <[hidden email]>
> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:22 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] Man Hospitalized
>
>
> MAN HOSPITALIZED WITH ANXIETY OVER HAM RADIO
>
> Southland County Morning News
>
> Southland -- A ham radio enthusiast was admitted to County Hospital today
> suffering from anxiety over what he perceived as serious problems with his
> new radio, authorities reported Tuesday.
>
> Irv Stumpo, 55, of East Pharsalia, checked into the emergency room "in
> distress," according to the nurse on watch just before midnight Tuesday.
> "He
> was perspiring profusely and moaning over and over, 'My K-3 is no good, no
> good'," said Paula Stevens, a nurse at County. "He had enormous headphones
> clamped tightly on his head which we had a ton of difficulty removing, and
> he was also wearing ear buds," she said. "Isn't that strange? He was half
> incoherent but kept mumbling something about dynamic range and audio
> artifacts. I have no idea what that means."
>
> Randy LaHood, a fifteen year emergency room veteran, said that during an
> examination Mr. Stumpo went into considerable technical detail about a
> radio
> he had recently purchased from Elecraft, a company that makes high-end ham
> radios. "He began by explaining that his radio had 'noisy receiver' and
> 'mushy signals'," explained Dr. LaHood. "From what I could gather, he had
> just spent a lot of money on a radio and hadn't actually noticed any of
> these problems himself, but others in a internet group kept putting the
> ideas into his head," he said. Over a course of weeks, Stumpo became
> distraught over various imperfections in what Dr. LaHood said was a
> classic
> case of the power of suggestion.
>
> The hospital records also said that Stumpo drew mathematical figures he
> labeled "AGC slope", and filled four pages by writing "AGC off", "Ear
> Isolation" and "K3" repeatedly. Hospital officials could not explain the
> cryptic scribblings.
>
> Dr. LaHood said that Stumpo repeated the phrase "mushy AGC" for at least
> four hours while he waited for treatment. Other patients who were in the
> waiting room at the time moved to the other side of the room for fear he
> might endanger them. J. B. Archer was one of those in the waiting room at
> the time who had brought in his twelve-year-old son with a basketball
> injury. "Good ol' boy was pretty upset, I just told him it would be
> alright,
> but he wouldn't let up with 'I can't pick out the pileups'. I thought he
> had
> been involved in a big accident on the highway. Then he said other things
> like 'the impedance of my headphones' and 'ride the R. F. gain'. Then he
> started with 'diversity problem' and I thought maybe he was having trouble
> with racial relations. He was in terrible shape, I'll tell you that."
>
> Rick Culver, president of a local ham radio club, told the Morning News in
> a
> telephone interview, "A lot of these guys spend five or ten thousand
> dollars
> on a radio they think is going to be absolutely perfect in every
> conceiveable way. When it's not, they go into a panic buying lots of other
> accessories which promise to fix the issue they think they're having. This
> is followed by a deep buyer's remorse." He went on to recount a recent
> case
> which epitomized this effect. "We had one guy who had a radio that put out
> 95 watts instead of 100. He went berserk and ended up smashing his radio
> with a baseball bat. Not everyone gets that violent, but he never would
> have
> worried about it if it hadn't been for an internet forum that drummed it
> into his head twenty four seven that his radio was broken."
>
> Hospital officials said that Stumpo was treated with sedatives and is
> being
> kept for observation.
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